Nook color: who bought one? - Page 13

Mitzasuro · 11-30-2010, 04:26 PM

Thanks

the circle sync keeps escaping my mind lol

Rocketime · 11-30-2010, 06:03 PM

Well, sold my Nook Classic yesterday and picked the NC last night.

Reasons: eyesight going fast and the LCD does the trick for these old used eyes. Functionality is so much better. Touch screen is much more user friendly. Mags are absolutely amazing and PDF's work as advertised.

Very happy with the Nook Color.

eGeezer · 11-30-2010, 08:29 PM

Regarding the page turns on the NC.

Wandered into B&N to check the Color, and 1.5 on nook classic. As I recall, you don't have to swipe the screen to turn pages. You merely have to tap right to move ahead, tap left to move back. Could be wrong, but since I know Bluefire works that way on my wife's iPad, I am pretty sure I did the tap thing on the NC without thinking about it.

tubemonkey · 11-30-2010, 08:57 PM

Page turns on the Color can be accomplished by right/left finger swipes or right/left finger taps. Your choice.

joey301 · 12-03-2010, 10:27 AM

I have had mine now a few weeks. I got it on the first Friday they came out. I like it a lot, I use it every day, but I do have some criticisms. The criticisms do not outweigh the nice features of this reader.

1. It is not easy to read pdf files. Maybe it is just me, but you can't just turn the page in a pdf file. Instead, it has to load each page and it takes too long.

2. The web browser is hard to navigate. It is way too easy to hit the wrong little button and end up where you did not want to go. This use to be my complaint about cell phones buy my Droid was a huge improvement on that. It is not easy to pinch the screen size and I am just as likely to hit the wrong button doing this too.

3. I have been surprised at how many books are not available electronically. It is fine for latest publications, but I have a huge collection of gardening and cook books that I can't get for the Nook.

4. 2 week lending period is not enough, I should be able to give my books away. As long as there is just one copy, it should be mine to do what I want with it. Make it un copyable.

5. Some screens do not have a back button. This is an annoyance and you have to go back to the start screen

SCION · 12-03-2010, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joey301

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2. The web browser is hard to navigate. It is way too easy to hit the wrong little button and end up where you did not want to go. This use to be my complaint about cell phones buy my Droid was a huge improvement on that. It is not easy to pinch the screen size and I am just as likely to hit the wrong button doing this too.
...

I agree. I changed my browsing settings to Text Size = Huge and Default Zoom = Close

It's been a less frustrating experience. I also locked browsing to landscape mode.

ZeroTX · 12-05-2010, 08:19 PM

The web browser is the easiest no-brainer fix for B&N.... there are good, free browsers for Android and it makes sense to fix this fast and at zero cost.

SCION · 12-05-2010, 08:29 PM

Yeah, after rooting I use Dolphin Browser HD. The difference is night and day.

zorzal · 12-06-2010, 05:13 PM

PDF files page turns.
--------------------

I had the same problem as Joey301 with PDF files. Could not turn pages. Tap did not work. Right and left swipe did not work either. Then I find the solution almost by chance. Swipe up to go to the next page, swipe down to go to the previous page. Works like a charm with my Nook Color.

dixieknits · 12-06-2010, 06:20 PM

[QUOTE=joey301;1250932]I have had mine now a few weeks. I got it on the first Friday they came out. I like it a lot, I use it every day, but I do have some criticisms. The criticisms do not outweigh the nice features of this reader.

1. It is not easy to read pdf files. Maybe it is just me, but you can't just turn the page in a pdf file. Instead, it has to load each page and it takes too long.

My Kindle is the same way.. I use a free utility that is amazing for conversion from pdf to epub. http://www.pdftoepub.com/
It formats for a 7" kindle or epub reader and turns the pdfs to nice epubs.

I've had my NC for only a day and I'm truly LOVING it... Will write more later.

DuncanWatson · 12-06-2010, 06:23 PM

Funny, the PDF support is something I love in the NOOKColor. I read a lot of technical spec's (LSC 1.1, ADI 2.0, RTSP, etc) and the tables and graphic load well and page turning though vertical instead of horizontal is quick and easy.

I create a number of reports in PDF as well and they work nicely too.

lionel47 · 12-06-2010, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SCION

Yeah, after rooting I use Dolphin Browser HD. The difference is night and day.

Where did you get the Dolphin .apk?

SCION · 12-06-2010, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lionel47

Where did you get the Dolphin .apk?

http://www.freewarelovers.com/androi...hin-browser-hd

joey301 · 12-10-2010, 06:09 AM

[QUOTE=dixieknits;1256958]

Quote:

Originally Posted by joey301

I have had mine now a few weeks. I got it on the first Friday they came out. I like it a lot, I use it every day, but I do have some criticisms. The criticisms do not outweigh the nice features of this reader.

1. It is not easy to read pdf files. Maybe it is just me, but you can't just turn the page in a pdf file. Instead, it has to load each page and it takes too long.

My Kindle is the same way.. I use a free utility that is amazing for conversion from pdf to epub. http://www.pdftoepub.com/
It formats for a 7" kindle or epub reader and turns the pdfs to nice epubs.

I've had my NC for only a day and I'm truly LOVING it... Will write more later.

Thanks for this conversion utility. I did not even think of that. The page up and down does not always work for me, but sometimes it helps. There seems to be more than one kind of pdf file. Sometimes, there is a page number in the upper right hand corner that shows up when you touch the corner, and if that is there, I can't leave a bookmark. However, when that is not there, I can leave the bookmark. I also think it makes a difference if there are more or fewer pages. I have a few entire books in pdf and these are the ones that are hard to turn the page. If the pdf is just a few pages, the up and down works for me too.

lisajjb · 12-15-2010, 09:48 AM

UPS delivers mine today!!!

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11-30-2010, 04:26 PM	#181
Mitzasuro Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 116 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Alaska Device: Nook, Nook Color	Thanks the circle sync keeps escaping my mind lol

11-30-2010, 06:03 PM	#182
Rocketime Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 431 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fruita, CO Device: Kindle/Nook Color/NST/Acer Iconica	Well, sold my Nook Classic yesterday and picked the NC last night. Reasons: eyesight going fast and the LCD does the trick for these old used eyes. Functionality is so much better. Touch screen is much more user friendly. Mags are absolutely amazing and PDF's work as advertised. Very happy with the Nook Color.

11-30-2010, 08:29 PM	#183
eGeezer NE1 seen my glasses? Posts: 396 Karma: 4864 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Seattle Device: Nook Glowlight (following previous nook STR and STR w/GL)	Regarding the page turns on the NC. Wandered into B&N to check the Color, and 1.5 on nook classic. As I recall, you don't have to swipe the screen to turn pages. You merely have to tap right to move ahead, tap left to move back. Could be wrong, but since I know Bluefire works that way on my wife's iPad, I am pretty sure I did the tap thing on the NC without thinking about it.

11-30-2010, 08:57 PM	#184
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,772 Karma: 158733736 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	Page turns on the Color can be accomplished by right/left finger swipes or right/left finger taps. Your choice.

12-03-2010, 10:27 AM	#185
joey301 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: nook	I have had mine now a few weeks. I got it on the first Friday they came out. I like it a lot, I use it every day, but I do have some criticisms. The criticisms do not outweigh the nice features of this reader. 1. It is not easy to read pdf files. Maybe it is just me, but you can't just turn the page in a pdf file. Instead, it has to load each page and it takes too long. 2. The web browser is hard to navigate. It is way too easy to hit the wrong little button and end up where you did not want to go. This use to be my complaint about cell phones buy my Droid was a huge improvement on that. It is not easy to pinch the screen size and I am just as likely to hit the wrong button doing this too. 3. I have been surprised at how many books are not available electronically. It is fine for latest publications, but I have a huge collection of gardening and cook books that I can't get for the Nook. 4. 2 week lending period is not enough, I should be able to give my books away. As long as there is just one copy, it should be mine to do what I want with it. Make it un copyable. 5. Some screens do not have a back button. This is an annoyance and you have to go back to the start screen

12-05-2010, 08:19 PM	#187
ZeroTX New Reader Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: TEXAS Device: NOOK Color	The web browser is the easiest no-brainer fix for B&N.... there are good, free browsers for Android and it makes sense to fix this fast and at zero cost.

12-05-2010, 08:29 PM	#188
SCION Séduisant Posts: 4,706 Karma: 2107018 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas, USA Device: Boox Note Air2+; Kobo Libra2; Kindle Scribe, Oasis3; iPad Mini6	Yeah, after rooting I use Dolphin Browser HD. The difference is night and day.

12-06-2010, 05:13 PM	#189
zorzal Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 2476 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Device: Kindle2, NookColor, iTouch, BlackBerry	PDF files page turns. -------------------- I had the same problem as Joey301 with PDF files. Could not turn pages. Tap did not work. Right and left swipe did not work either. Then I find the solution almost by chance. Swipe up to go to the next page, swipe down to go to the previous page. Works like a charm with my Nook Color.

12-06-2010, 06:20 PM	#190
dixieknits Addict Posts: 283 Karma: 1011418 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kindle 3, Nook Color	[QUOTE=joey301;1250932]I have had mine now a few weeks. I got it on the first Friday they came out. I like it a lot, I use it every day, but I do have some criticisms. The criticisms do not outweigh the nice features of this reader. 1. It is not easy to read pdf files. Maybe it is just me, but you can't just turn the page in a pdf file. Instead, it has to load each page and it takes too long. My Kindle is the same way.. I use a free utility that is amazing for conversion from pdf to epub. http://www.pdftoepub.com/ It formats for a 7" kindle or epub reader and turns the pdfs to nice epubs. I've had my NC for only a day and I'm truly LOVING it... Will write more later.

12-06-2010, 06:23 PM	#191
DuncanWatson Kindle Convert Posts: 190 Karma: 62704 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Woodinville, WA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Nook (all)	Funny, the PDF support is something I love in the NOOKColor. I read a lot of technical spec's (LSC 1.1, ADI 2.0, RTSP, etc) and the tables and graphic load well and page turning though vertical instead of horizontal is quick and easy. I create a number of reports in PDF as well and they work nicely too.

12-15-2010, 09:48 AM	#195
lisajjb Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Aluratek Libre, Nook Color, Samsung Galaxy 10"	UPS delivers mine today!!!