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Trying to decide between Nook and Kindle, What made you decide for the Nook?
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KimWin
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May 20, 2010 06:26AM
I am buying an Ereader at the end of the month, but I just can't decide which one I want. I have really read the specifications, and I think I understand the differences. But I would like to ask you all about the Nook. When I have checked it out, it is very slow to process. The guy at BN was not as knowledgable I was about the ereader. It also froze quite a bit. Was it because it was a demo or does it happen to yours?
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The lend me feature, and also the 1 hr of free reading if you bring your nook to the store.And because Amazon isn't selling ebooks from certain publishers.
For me it was the lending feature, the free in-store reading, and the samples of the books before you buy. I don't know if Amazon offers any free e-books, but I know Barnes and Noble does.I haven't had my Nook long, but it hasn't frozen once, and it is easy to use and manage.
I researched both the Nook and the Kindle for months before I made my purchase. The Nook does have a number of unique features and I like the instore incentives but when it came down to it, the deciding factor was the fact that I could play with a Nook before I purchased it. None of my friends own a Kindle and there is no store that I could walk into and play with a Kindle before I made a purchase. I can not bring myself to spend that kind of money on an electronic I have never played with. I love my Nook. I think the books I purchase from B&N run smoothly. I have not had any issue with delays or freezing. The non B&N books can run slow but they are files that I converted into EPUB so I have no issue with that.
I think the final decision about wanting the Nook over the Kindle was that the Nook is compatible with my library. I could download books from the library onto my Nook. Maybe someday the library will have eBooks that are Kindle compatible, but not yet. I haven't had any problems with my Nook at all. I have friends that have the Kindle and they love it just as much as I love my Nook.
the deciding factors for me were that it has expandable memory for near unlimited book storage and that it tells you where you are in the book (page X of Y) the kindle tells you what percentage of the book you have left but not how many pages. i heard that libraries are going to go with the nook as their format for downloadable books so that's a plus, too.
I didn't like the fixed keyboard of the Kindle. It made the physical footprint larger than the Nook and it only does one thing. The touch screen on the nook can be a keyboard, slide/flip display screen and now even a web browser. Back when I bought mine, the Kindle was faster and had more features. The Nook was slower and buggy. Since then, B&N has provided two firmware updates and now the Nook is as fast or faster than the Kindle and not very many bugs. The lock-up problem was fixed with the last firmware update.
To sum up, I knew the things I didn't like about the Nook could be solved with firmware updates, and they have been and much faster than I expected. The things I didn't like about the Kindle could only be fixed with a new Kindle.
Thanks, those were thoughts I had also. I like the page numbers on the nook. It is just the slowness and freezing that worries me. But you haven't had as much problems with that?
I bought mine two weeks ago and I had the same concerns but turns out its fine. Not slow or anything. I chose the nook because of the color touch screen and the fact that it updates itself. So instead of buying a new one every time there is an update, I can just keep the one I have. The lend me feature is awesome too and I like being able to go into the bn store and talk to employees if I have questions.
For me it was the fact that I could walk into a store and pick up the Nook, I had a live person there who has his nook with him and was happy to talk about it's highlights as well as it's short commings..
Kim, I've owned two K=kindles and two nooks and currently use the nook. There is a lot of good advice here and it kind of boils down to the type of books you read. That being said, the nook with the touch screen below the iInk is easier to use. I have big, clumsy hands, and am far sighted, and can't stand the kindle keyboard. Amazon has a better book selection than B&N and is sometimes a few bucks cheaper. Don't believe the B&N hype about lending books....very few are lendable.
B&N customer service, especially if your nook breaks, is fantastic. Mine was replaced in less than 48 hours, even before I sent the broken unit back. No questions asked about how my screen broke.
You might want to consider a 'third party' ereader, again that depends on what you read. You get spoiled having the 3G downloading on both nook or kindle, but downloading via a computer is not that hard to do. There are a few for under $150 and some use standard AAA batteries, so you don't have to worry about expensive or impossible battery replacement down the road. Just buy rechargable AAA's
Let us know which way you decide
Part of me is seriously leaning towards the nook because I can see it and the talk about the wifi only nook that is coming out. I am very cheap and $199 is really sounding good. I have wifi at home so it wouldn't be a hardship to only use wifi. I tried one of the early bookreaders, and was seriously burned. I had the horrid eBookman. Boy did that reek! I want a book reader that is supported by a bookstore. But everytime I think I want a Nook, Amazon comes out with another free book. They are really tempting me!
Like me, it looks like what you read can be found at either nook or kindle. What swayed me was the "perky" B&N Barclay credit card offer -I've received at least half of my nook books for free- and the fact that I live close to an ultramegasupersized B&N
I am spoiled. I live near two BNs! One is at the mall and 2 storied!!! The closer one is just a regular store, but 4 minutes from my house. Before I transferred school, it was half way to my job. That was really tempting!
I played with the Nook at Best Buy last night. It seemed a lot faster with the new firmware update. I may wait for the Nook Lite before I buy...
I love my Nook. First - you can play with it in the store. Second - if you live by a store you can go in and get free stuff (including the seven layer bar if there is a Starbucks, which is AMAZING!!). Third - the touch screen is more natural and seems more...um...with the times than the small square navigator on the Kindle. The biggest sell was mostly the LCD touchscreen. When you read reviews about a slow nook screen, they are outdated already, because the nook is now much faster with 1.3 update. The Lend Me feature seems like crap, but everything else is awesome! I have played with the Kindle before I bought my nook and I hated navigation, as it seemed so '90s.
I haven't purchased the Nook yet, but it is the reader I'm going for when I have the funds to do so. A couple of the reasons:-multiple book formats accepted, including non DRM books
-expandable space with SD slot
-ability to change the battery yourself and the added bonus of the new batteries only being about $35
-customer service that comes with it
-uses Android
Those five things are what really pushed me into deciding the Nook is what I'll be going for. Especially the battery thing - having to send in your device for $80 to get a new battery is ridiculous. Not being able to upgrade the memory is silly as well, I don't want to play deleting/adding games just to have enough space.
