Kindle 3 vs. Nook vs. whatever
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I like my nook (first generation, not the color), the smaller form factor of the second generation eink model seems to get consistent positive reviews. Never played with the Kindle.
FWIW, when I said second generation I meant the one in the pic below, if there were incremental improvements to the original eink model I wasn't paying attention.
Nook touch is awesome...I have Kindle 3 and Nook touch(the one above, which is the newest model that just came out a few months ago)...the touch is so much easier to use...they have the same features basically, just the nook is easier cause you just touch it instead of scrolling around with a directional pad. plus the keyboard is somewhat of a pain on the kindle where it's really nice on the nook. It's a bit thicker than a kindle, but it's also shorter too.
I am still waiting personally. I want to see what Amazon is doing with their tablet in the fall. Will probably either end up with a Kindle/Amazon Tablet or Nook. I can read off a LCD fine and read a lot of comics/manga so I'm thinking the color option might be good, but then again I don't know if two tablets are overkill. Right now I am still waiting though.
I'm still using an RCA REB1100. After dropping the damn thing a million times it still works, I can still buy books for it and the software that came out after the original company folded ensures that I can put pretty much anything on it.
Best of all, since it has a backlight, I can read it in bed. I think Amazon bought the company that was selling the 1150 model to get them off the market.
My friend pulled out his Kindle for a compare and contrast (I have a new toy and it's better than yours,) dropped the fucker, and cracked the screen.
For a pure ebook reader - you can't beat this. If you want something with more functions - think iPad.
Best of all, since it has a backlight, I can read it in bed. I think Amazon bought the company that was selling the 1150 model to get them off the market.
My friend pulled out his Kindle for a compare and contrast (I have a new toy and it's better than yours,) dropped the fucker, and cracked the screen.
For a pure ebook reader - you can't beat this. If you want something with more functions - think iPad.
Yeah, ereaders are getting really cheap. You can get the sponsored kindle for like $120, that leaves like ~$400 for another tablet. I mean, I could either get an ereader and a tablet or a crappy laptop.
I think I just going to wait for the $99 price point for most of the major models and then see where the tablets are. Since I don't really want to read heavily on an lcd (at least not without some sort of f.lux or redshift equivalent) and dropping ~$500 is about my limit for this sort of thing and that will get you about two tablets.
