Should I buy a Kindle or wait for the Nook to come out on Jan 11?
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The Nook has a color touch screen on the lower 1/5 of the screen which is a much nicer interface to find and select books. The ability to lend books to other Nook users is a great feature to try before you buy or just do a quick read for 12-14 days, then it's removed.
The only questions still not answered yet is how to get PDFs into the device, If it can use Google books as a source, and how much support from 3rd party integrators will there be to read and sync the books onto your PC and mobile devices.
I would wait at least a week before you decide so you can try it out and get a few more questions answered.
Talked to Barnes & Noble store about availability and some functionality
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If the iPod taught us anything it's that the power in devices like these lie in the content and not necessarily the device itself. When looked at this way, I think that the Kindle is going to be tough to beat.
Personally, I'm not buying either. I REALLY want an e-book reader. However, there is a line of tablets looming. These tablets will likely change the game for ebook readers. We will loose a little bit of contrast and battery life, but gain color displays, multimedia, etc.
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Both the Kindle and the nook cost exactly the same. Both the Kindle and the nook have 3G, but the nook also has WiFi on top of that. Both machines have a 6" screen, but the nook also has a 3.5" color LCD touch screen that runs Android.
So book a Nook.
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M$There is always option C. Wait until there are more readers on the market, currently readers go for about $250 for roughly the same price you can get a netbook which is also very portable and can do much more then an e-reader.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5307898&Sku=M975-11002
Or a PDA Smartphone for less . . .
http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/LG-KP500-Cookie-Quadband-Unlocked-GSM-Touchscreen-Cell-Phone/4111093/product.html
Personally I think EReaders are cool, they just aren't worth the current prices. When they drop to < $100 I will get one.
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"There is always option C. Wait until there are more readers on the market, currently readers go for about $250 for roughly the same price you can get a netbook which is also very portable and can do much more then an e-reader."
I agree with you on the capabilities of a netbook over an ebook. But the plus are paper book like handling and portability, battery life, size, shape, weight, - ebook beats the netbook.
". . . the plus are paper book like handling and portability, battery life, size, shape, weight, - ebook beats the netbook."
I guess it depends on how much value you place on the above aspects. Personally the difference in size/shape/weight is so small that it is not much of a consideration. You could always go with PDA if you place a high value on small and light and there is the added bonus that PDAs are cheaper then the readers.
Frankly the one item you list above that I do strongly value is battery life, which is nice yet not much of an argument for a reader taken by itself. So when I think of how much value I would place on a reader I came up with $100.
Take the $100 point of view with a grain of salt if you would like, as I am admittedly pretty cheap, hence the name. ^_^
The once-nonexistent intersection of netbooks and e-readers seems to be populating quite hastily these days, "
did you say cheap? Same here in case of electronics, 'coz they become obsolete in no time. I will go for a netbook too. I am just waiting for the price to come down and with dual core, touch screen, with W7 and also with some ebook feature buttons, tablet pc style swivel screens and so on...i missed one more - 64Gig+ SSD.
Does any of the current ebook (hw or sw) have keyword search function?
Awesome!
That should only take a few years.
A netbook like that would rock my socks. ^_^
Me personally I would go for the nook. It works with public libaries and has a speical mode when walking into a Barnes and Noble store, among a lot of other goodies the Kindles do not have.
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M$Some of my more technically oriented friends are excited over the android aspect of the nook, might be worth looking into. I mean, it sounds like it means upgrading it would be easier than with a kindle, but I'd say to do some research on that. (They also talk about the droid phone, but since I've a two year old phone I'm not good on that aspect!)
The biggest downside of nook is the not surfing the internet. But I've got a laptop, so I'm good there. I'd go mostly for reading on vacation since I tend to overpack on books and jackets, and an ereader would get rid of half the weight at least....
If it's for you and there's no rush, I'd say to wait and see how they are when they hit stores, and bug someone with a kindle to play with it for a bit. See what strikes you as more intuitive. I'm a fan of the wait and see, which tends to be the slowest option but sometimes comes with the least regrets. (I've friends with them on order and figure they'll let me play if I beg a bit!)
If you're in more of a rush you could always preorder a nook then return it to a store if you're not impressed when you see them/
bn.com, amazon.com, some online reviews and some excited friends
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With that said... You should get a Nook, actually, and here's why:
1. The Nook does everything the current standard ebook reader does, and does it as well as the Kindle.
2. The Nook does (almost) everything an ebook reader shoulddo. It plays music, has Wi-Fi, supports PDFs and holds/displays your pictures. The only thing it should do and doesn't is browse the web as well as an iPod Touch does.
**Cue rumors of Apple Slate...**
3. Did somebody say Android? Thanks to geeks like you and the nature of Android, you'll be swimming in a sea of hacks, mods and open source software before you know it! Android + capable hardware + geeks = a better world :)
Teh interwebz + logic.
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If you want a reader right away, get a Kindle
If you think the Nook will be better and can wait, and that is what your heart is set on, then wait.
If you don't read much and would rather have a newer gadget wait for the Nook because a new product is unlikely to have the large body of books available that you can get on the Kindle.
The Kindle comes with a large bundle of included reading material already the size of a small library - how would the Nook compare and is that important to you? or would you save more money only getting a few books you need on the Nook?
If money is the deciding factor and most of all you would like to save some, then do neither - if portability is not necessary - and you just want some current titles - perhaps on $.99 Kindle sale prices even....
Then wait for this: Free Kindle for PC
http://www.mahalo.com/free-kindle-for-pc
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Agree, the Kindle app is free for iPhone or iPod Touch, and you can now also download Kindle for free onto your PC:
http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Amazon-Puts-Kindle-on-PC-for-Free/story.xhtml?story_id=0020008675F4
The kindle app doesn't have support for ebook public library loaning. I think if you were in my shoes you'd probably want the nook.
That said I'm still not sure why they B&N named their device after a creature that cannot read.
"We took a look, we saw a Nook. On his head he had a hook. On his hook he had a book. On his book was How to Cook. But a Nook can't read so a Nook can't cook so what good to a Nook is a hook cook book?"
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