which one should I buy? :)

[bucsie]

So, I have read, re-read and the more I read, the more undecided I get.
So here's the situation:

I am from Europe (Romania) but I do have a friend in the US should I need to use a US address or something.
The price is a big issue, so Kindle kind of has no competition, at $139 + 25% VAT + customs fee. I also loved the nook, but apparently the touchscreen usage and menu kind of sucks, according to endgadget.com. I won't go any higher than 200 euros total for this, so that's the end of possibilities, as far as I am aware.
I think the WiFi thing is important - I have a WiFi router set up in my home, so can I connect to calibre on my PC/laptop and get my books from it?

but on amazon's site there are different pages for kindle, a version for the US, and a version for international shipping. what is the difference between the two? If I buy the international one, am I locked out of the amazon US book store? Do I get a different device, or different accessories?

[supermighty]

I used to have a nook. I enjoyed it, but I enjoy my Kindle3 more. The touch screen was a neat idea, but wasn't implemented as well as the Kindle interface.

Hardware wise I think the K3 is better than the nook. It's lighter and I feel it is sturdier too.

[ProfCrash]

There is no difference in the K3. The US version is the same as the International version. I looked at the page it tells you to buy from living in Romania all that is different is that the page says for international shipment.

I have no idea if the page you buy it from will effect where you can shop. I would hope not since I know US citizens living abroad who might be a Kindle from the Japan page and should still have access to the US bookstore.

[boswd]

Originally Posted by bucsie

So, I have read, re-read and the more I read, the more undecided I get.
So here's the situation:

I am from Europe (Romania) but I do have a friend in the US should I need to use a US address or something.
The price is a big issue, so Kindle kind of has no competition, at $139 + 25% VAT + customs fee. I also loved the nook, but apparently the touchscreen usage and menu kind of sucks, according to endgadget.com. I won't go any higher than 200 euros total for this, so that's the end of possibilities, as far as I am aware.
I think the WiFi thing is important - I have a WiFi router set up in my home, so can I connect to calibre on my PC/laptop and get my books from it?

but on amazon's site there are different pages for kindle, a version for the US, and a version for international shipping. what is the difference between the two? If I buy the international one, am I locked out of the amazon US book store? Do I get a different device, or different accessories?

Well the engadget review was done when the Nook was first release, and yes they rushed their product out to market but it's issues were all firmware fixable and upgradable. They did a series of 4 updates since the release and the consensus of Nook owners are it's a huge success, page turning is faster, the screen is more responsive, fast processing all in all It's now a very very solid device. Some Professional reviewers actually went back and re-edited their reviews to reflect the Nooks improved performance due to the upgrades such as Cnet http://reviews.cnet.com/e-book-reade...?tag=mncol;lst

Learning to navigate does take a little bit of learning curve, but nothing on par with learning a new phone. It's really easy and becomes very enjoyable.