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Old 05-26-2011, 09:50 AM   #61
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I'm just excited they no longer have that feather in their cap to throw at us non kindle owners. that's all.
OK, but it's because the new nook last longer, not because we'd be happy with shorter! Nook was wise to drop the power-guzzling LCD strip! Kindle's battery life was and is an important feature (I have hiked the Appalachian trail*!), and now another 1st tier reader has the same advantage. Good for nook.

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Old 05-26-2011, 09:51 AM   #62
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The Nook finally gets two upgrades I've longed for - good battery life and black color - and in the process ditches two features I still need - audio player and speakers.

Can't win for lose with B&N. Looks like it'll be a Kindle Touch in my future.
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(I have hiked the Appalachian trail*!), and now another 1st tier reader has the same advantage. Good for nook.

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I've seen pictures of it... at least a few hundred feet of it... for a minute or two...
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OK, but it's because the new nook last longer, not because we'd be happy with shorter! Nook was wise to drop the power-guzzling LCD strip! Kindle's battery life was and is an important feature (I have hiked the Appalachian trail*!), and now another 1st tier reader has the same advantage. Good for nook.

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I love the lcd strip I'm sad to see it go to tell you the truth
but battery life has become a spec to tout and they just weren't going to do it with it still implemented, let alone the extra costs to production.
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OK, but it's because the new nook last longer, not because we'd be happy with shorter! Nook was wise to drop the power-guzzling LCD strip! Kindle's battery life was and is an important feature (I have hiked the Appalachian trail*!), and now another 1st tier reader has the same advantage. Good for nook.

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I understand why they dropped the lcd panel--but I really wish they hadn't. I liked it, and I didn't care that it was the reason for the shorter battery life.
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This is just a pissing contest. However you look at it, both the Kindle and the new nook have an excellent battery life. The actual "numbers" are pretty irrelevant; all that matters to me with the Kindle is that I can go away for a week's holiday and know that I won't have to worry about recharging it.
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And BN is not playing around with Amazon. WOW.
Yeah, it's like, you totally stole the book business from us, and then the e-book business. You are NOT getting battery life too!
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The thing I hate about this is when I don't get close to advertised performance I wonder if there's something wrong with my unit or what I'm doing.

(umm seems like there's a bad joke in there somewhere)
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The thing I hate about this is when I don't get close to advertised performance I wonder if there's something wrong with my unit or what I'm doing.

(umm seems like there's a bad joke in there somewhere)
You mean like "Sir, the Viagra forum is two doors down."
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