Classic Distracting? - Page 4

Doug Pardee · 08-18-2010, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarahsbloke

If battery life is not a consideration in choosing a reader, why do B&N not advertise the Nook with a battery that provides 12 hours of reading time?

That's for them to say.

Rich_D · 08-18-2010, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarahsbloke

If battery life is not a consideration in choosing a reader, why do B&N not advertise the Nook with a battery that provides 12 hours of reading time?

It's monsoon where I live, electricity often out for days, nothing to do except read and make babies!

No company does. The kindle has a longer battery life but you can't get 336 reading hours out of it yet they still advertise a 14 day battery life.

You've been whining about the same thing on several boards for days... if you are that unhappy with your purchase, sell it on ebay and buy a kindle.

sarahsbloke · 08-18-2010, 09:06 PM

So Rich
If you bought a car that was advertised as getting 100 miles per gallon
You would happily accept that it only travelled 4 miles on that gallon?
And you would keep your mouth shut so as to not upset the other fanboys who also got the same car?

Seems unlikely to me.
But that's a problem with fanboys and their electronic gadgets, what they bought is always the best, defend against all naysayers.

Anyway, I have posted on 2 boards in 2 threads on battery life, but I suppose in Nook calculating terms (exaggerate x24) that becomes almost 100 posts in your eyes.

lionel47 · 08-18-2010, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by sarahsbloke

So Rich
If you bought a car that was advertised as getting 100 miles per gallon
You would happily accept that it only travelled 4 miles on that gallon?
And you would keep your mouth shut so as to not upset the other fanboys who also got the same car?

Seems unlikely to me.
But that's a problem with fanboys and their electronic gadgets, what they bought is always the best, defend against all naysayers.

Anyway, I have posted on 2 boards in 2 threads on battery life, but I suppose in Nook calculating terms (exaggerate x24) that becomes almost 100 posts in your eyes.

Dude. Give it a rest. Get a Nook or don't get a Nook. Either way: STFU (with all due respect).

Rich_D · 08-18-2010, 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarahsbloke

So Rich
If you bought a car that was advertised as getting 100 miles per gallon
You would happily accept that it only travelled 4 miles on that gallon?
And you would keep your mouth shut so as to not upset the other fanboys who also got the same car?

Seems unlikely to me.
But that's a problem with fanboys and their electronic gadgets, what they bought is always the best, defend against all naysayers.

Anyway, I have posted on 2 boards in 2 threads on battery life, but I suppose in Nook calculating terms (exaggerate x24) that becomes almost 100 posts in your eyes.

I'm not foolish enough to think that they meant 240 straight hours of reading.

I'm not saying the kindle doesn't have better battery life - it does.

I'm saying if I bought a product and I wasn't satisfied with it, I'd switch and move on with my life.

montsnmags · 08-18-2010, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

Please note that this is a discussion-based community and as such everyone is entitled to share his or her opinion politely. Even if you personally consider another person's opinion useless, please let's all remain civil and polite to each other.

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Cheers,
Marc
Moderator

Now, now, people. I didn't post the above because I like the sound of my own voice (though I do, at least in my head, where I sound a little like John Rhys-Davies, rather than the Peewee Herman my ears hear). Keep it civil, polite, like the Guidelines say in the link above. The alternative just doesn't bear thinking about.

Cheers,
Marc
Moderator (with a strained smile)

lionel47 · 08-19-2010, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Now, now, people. I didn't post the above because I like the sound of my own voice (though I do, at least in my head, where I sound a little like John Rhys-Davies, rather than the Peewee Herman my ears hear). Keep it civil, polite, like the Guidelines say in the link above. The alternative just doesn't bear thinking about.

Cheers,
Marc
Moderator (with a strained smile)

I will tone it down.

Josienjoe · 08-19-2010, 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiley

I want to ask Nook owners a question - do you find the glare from the glossy white casing distracting while reading? And what about the LCD?

I looked at this thing in-store and I just couldn't convince myself that it's better than the Kindle. The LCD didn't seem intuitive - looking from e-ink to LCD and back again numerous times seemed like a hassle and potentially hard on the eyes.

Not distracting at all.

If you can't convince yourself that the nook is better than the kindle, you know how to handle that. For me, the nook is a better fit, even living outside of the US, and I prefer not seeing a keyboard unless I need it. I'm not sure why you'd look from e-ink to the LCD numerous times. I just let mine go dark and don't even notice it.

08-18-2010, 09:06 PM	#48
sarahsbloke Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 16 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Thailand Device: Original Nook, Kindle Keyboard	So Rich If you bought a car that was advertised as getting 100 miles per gallon You would happily accept that it only travelled 4 miles on that gallon? And you would keep your mouth shut so as to not upset the other fanboys who also got the same car? Seems unlikely to me. But that's a problem with fanboys and their electronic gadgets, what they bought is always the best, defend against all naysayers. Anyway, I have posted on 2 boards in 2 threads on battery life, but I suppose in Nook calculating terms (exaggerate x24) that becomes almost 100 posts in your eyes. Last edited by sarahsbloke; 08-18-2010 at 09:08 PM.