09-10-2012, 06:18 AM | #1 |
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kindle paper white or nook glowlight
which to buy kindle paper white with limited storage and nook had sounds which one worth to buy
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09-10-2012, 06:39 AM | #2 |
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The Paperwhite, by all reports so far, is superior to the Nook Glowlight. The Nook has no audio, if that's what you mean by "sounds." It does have an SD card slot.
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09-10-2012, 06:44 AM | #3 |
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I think That this issue is better presented in poll form.
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09-10-2012, 09:12 AM | #4 |
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09-10-2012, 09:26 AM | #5 |
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I had to buy a nook for some ebook testing, and the thing that bugs me the most is that you can't turn the page forward, using the touch screen, with your left hand. With the kindle, I can read with just my left hand - you just have to reach past a very narrow strip of the screen which turns the page backwards, to get to the area (most of the screen) which will turn the page forward. But with the nook, you have to touch the right third of the screen to page forward - impossible to do with your left thumb (while holding the nook with your left hand).
Yes, it has page turn buttons, but you have to press them really hard, and since the nook has a kind of rounded back, the nook would rock quite a bit whenever I tried using the buttons. And finally - what the others said. The kindle paperwhite has higher resolution, whiter white, blacker black, a better light, and costs less. |
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09-10-2012, 02:50 PM | #7 | |
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09-10-2012, 03:17 PM | #8 |
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I remember there being issues with the nook glow where if something impacted the screen, it would not break, but the spot of impact had a darker area when the glow was on.
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20.../#.UE48gZb-1sk I don't know if the Kindle PaperWhite would suffer a similar fate. |
09-10-2012, 03:20 PM | #9 | |
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The nook at least has the microSD slot if that matters. But there is also the Kobo Glo with the same XGA screen that the Kindle PW uses. |
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09-10-2012, 04:28 PM | #10 |
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Kindle has a web browser, which Nook lacks (unless 'you hacks'). Storage is more limited but between 5GB personal documents storage, and ability to access dropbox, calibre server, etc. with the browser makes it more flexible and convenient if you have 3rd party content.
Nook only has something like 250MB for 3rd party content unless you add SD card, and it all has to be managed over USB. Of course comparisons of screens/lighting is pretty hypothetical at this point, as only Nook Glowlite exists in the wild. And I think we can anticipate a new Nook before the holidays with at least XGA screen. The limited comparisons we have with NGL and KPW seem to favor KPW however, as they should, or Amazon would be silly to ship KPW. |
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09-10-2012, 05:39 PM | #12 |
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That used to work, but a firmware update turned that 'feature' off. At least that was true last time I tried it, and I haven't seen an update since then. Even when it 'worked' it was not particularly useable.
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09-10-2012, 06:19 PM | #13 | |
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EDIT: I cannot access web pages with 1.1.2. What's up with that? It's MY wifi, and MY ereader. Why the feature regression? Sadly, I did not back it up first. Oh well, a lot of websites did not work anyway. It sucks when they remove features (even crappy ones). Apparently, they WANT me to root it to restore the missing features. If the Paperwhite has the same facebook and twitter "social networking" loopholes as the K5 did, you can still access any web page over 3G with a stock (fresh out of the box) Kindle, if you know how (but I would not recommend making a habit of it). Of course, amazon has the option to fix this in a firmware update if they so choose. It would be interesting to test these built-in "internet gateway" loopholes in the Paperwhite 3G. However, other than testing for educational purposes, please do not abuse those loopholes. Thanks. Last edited by geekmaster; 09-10-2012 at 09:10 PM. |
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