Nook Glowlight vs Kindle Paperwhite

[NickyWithNook]

Here's the Paperwhite home page. It also has space used up by recommendations.

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[JSWolf]

So B&N has cleaned up the main screen some. I still don't like the partitioned storage. It's just silly to pay about $99 for 500mb of storage for side loading.

[NickyWithNook]

There are people with total B&N brand loyalty, I imagine, and if you are only going to buy from B&N, then it has more storage. But I agree, that is a negative in my opinion too. Despite my user name, I have no brand loyalty at all. And I do not like B&N's customer service, or lack thereof.

[JSWolf]

Here are some images from the UI of the Kobo firmware. I especially like the second one showing a very nice cover view in the library.

[Section8]

Originally Posted by NickyWithNook

Here's the Paperwhite home page. It also has space used up by recommendations.

I just got one of these (a PW2) and am still figuring things out. There is a setting buried somewhere that will disable that on the home page, even if you have the "special offers" version.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by NickyWithNook

That isn't a picture of the glowlight, and that's not what the glowlight's home page looks like.

Here it is:


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I think that is marginally worse...

Originally Posted by NickyWithNook

Here's the Paperwhite home page. It also has space used up by recommendations.
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Odd, here's mine: ------------- Oh, wait, I know, it's because of this :
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The real question is, can the Nook disable them too?

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Section8

I just got one of these (a PW2) and am still figuring things out. There is a setting buried somewhere that will disable that on the home page, even if you have the "special offers" version.

Special Offers and Recommendations are totally different. In fact, they show up on the same screen together.

Except on mine, which has neither.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Here are some images from the UI of the Kobo firmware. I especially like the second one showing a very nice cover view in the library.

How do you get that second view? -- is it available in the Glo? I don't like the standard "hodge podge" home view. I guess I like my books to "line up" in a row.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

The real question is, can the Nook disable them too?

When I turn on my Nooks they either open up to the book I'm reading or Library View -- I almost never see or go to the Home Screen. You can do that with the Nooks as their menu system doesn't depend on the Home Screen, unlike the Kindle.

(And, don't get me wrong, I like the way Kindles work also -- they're just different.)

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

At the bottom of the screen is a large wasted space for nook recommendations.



Also, there are no collections so you cannot organize your content.

As mentioned in another post, I never (hardly ever at least) see this (the above) view. When turn on the Nook I only see the Library view (or go directly to the book I'm reading). And the Library View has no ads and no recommendations. I'll see if I can find that view and post it here.
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Here it is (below). With a Nook you only go to the Home Screen if you specifically want to. There's no Home Button like you find in the old Kindles -- or even on the Home Button on the Screen of the new ones. So comparing Home Screen to Home Screen only matters to Nook users who want to look at the Home Screen. You can use your Nook for the rest of your life without ever seeing it (I guess you would see it if you have to turn on the Nook from a complete shut down). You can also use a List View in the Library View -- like the old Kindles.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

The real question is, can the Nook disable them too?

You don't have to disable them -- Just don't go to the Home Screen, use the Library View instead.

Problem solved.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by rcentros

You don't have to disable them -- Just don't go to the Home Screen, use the Library View instead.

Problem solved.

Aside from your kindness in answering me twice ... I believe the home button on the Kindle opens a menu to select library view vs store vs homescreen?

I prefer my home button to take me directly home to my library. Why have a home screen leading to an extra button press, when I could just skip it altogether? it is awkward and serves no purpose... clumsy UI...

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Aside from your kindness in answering me twice ... I believe the home button on the Kindle opens a menu to select library view vs store vs homescreen?

I prefer my home button to take me directly home to my library. Why have a home screen leading to an extra button press, when I could just skip it altogether? it is awkward and serves no purpose... clumsy UI...

Then you won't like the new Kindles, or the Kobos, which have no Home Button and require two screen presses to get to the Home Screen when in Book View. I happen to like the Kindle Touch and my Non Touch Basic use of the Home Button -- but no new Kindle has that now.

But, at any rate, how you get to the Home Screen really wasn't my point -- my point was you don't have to use the Home Screen -- ever. And, yes, you press the Nook "N" button and choose Library (or you can choose Home, or Shop, or Search or Settings -- and on the Glowlight version, "Glowlight"). It takes two key presses (just like the Kobo and the new Kindles). One thing, however, that it superior in my opinion, is that you can always go directly back to the book you're reading from any Screen, by pressing the Book Icon in the upper left corner.

At any rate, you can just use to the Library View, if you find the Home Screen is too ugly. You'll never have to see the Home Screen again.

[eschwartz]

Answer: I love my Kindle Touch too.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Answer: I love my Kindle Touch too.

I like all my eReaders -- some a little more than the others. The two Kindles and the Nooks aren't going anywhere -- the Kobo Glo and the T2 however ... the jury is still out.