tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post194074919490934979..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: Kindle Touch 3G now available in 175+ countries. Kindle features vs Nook features - UpdateAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-80340263674959748372012-03-30T16:19:20.749-07:002012-03-30T16:19:20.749-07:00Marissa, That's a good point, although others ...Marissa, That's a good point, although others have mentioned getting books at B&N that Amazon doesn't have also. I have both a NookColor and my Kindles, as well a Samsung tablet and I read on all of them, with the apps now available from both B&N and Amazon, and I buy from both Amazon and B&N.<br /><br /> I also have Nook app on my Kindle Fire. If I like the ePub version better for layout I can read even DRM'd ePub books on the NookColor and now I can read it via Aldiko or Mantano on my Kindle Fire.<br /><br /> Amazon does have more contemporary books (of varying quality), while B&N tells a white lie in counting their free Google books (with their many scanning and OCR errors) as part of their 2 million books. People should check pricing on the non Big6 books also before they decide though, for the types of books they most prefer. <br /> Sometimes Amazon will be better on those and sometimes B&N. So this is a personal decision. I know many who are very happy with their Nooks too. But I wanted to make sure it's known that there are differences in the capabilities of these two devices, since the forum question was that the Kindle is basically a Nook now and that certainly isn't true...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-321035464149235452012-03-30T12:39:31.972-07:002012-03-30T12:39:31.972-07:00Great review over all but I think when considering...Great review over all but I think when considering an ereader one needs to distinguish what purpose you are wanting it for. There are so many on the market these days that have a ton of bells and whistles, but if it is simply a dedicated ereader you are after then these extra features are really not necessary. Thus, for a simple ereader device I would have to say I lean towards the kindle, for one reason only, and that is that AMazon still has the widest variety of ereader books available. The <a href="http://www.comparenookandkindle.com/which-is-better-kindle-or-nook.html" rel="nofollow">barnes and noble nook</a> is still left in the dust when this fact is taken into consideration. And if you ask me, it is a very important fact to take into account, as whats the use of an ereader device if none of the books your after are available through your provider?Marissahttp://www.comparenooksandkindle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-26491120395244745552012-03-28T19:49:02.425-07:002012-03-28T19:49:02.425-07:00Sony PRS-T1 has been selling for $99 off and on at...Sony PRS-T1 has been selling for $99 off and on at various stores since before Christmas (when it sold for that on sony.com), and I think last week was $80 somewhere (Fry's?). I got mine at Target for $99 in February. B&N apparently is selling refurbished Nook Color and Nook Touch as a bundle for $150. When is someone just going to give them away (e.g. give $100 store credit with purchase of device)?Tom Semplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127272649086914117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-4496307707643024342012-03-28T10:23:50.173-07:002012-03-28T10:23:50.173-07:00Geert, thanks for that. It must have been fairly ...Geert, thanks for that. It must have been fairly late last year.<br /><br /> I've been using the Wi-Drive for my added 32G of storage as I can simultaneously, smoothly stream it to 3 devices -- it's smaller than a small cell phone. I am more apt to use it for the Kindle Fire than for an e-Ink device since I'm never been near maximum as there just so many e-books I want to think about reading at any time and even then I have over 200 on the device, including a few encyclopedias. <br /><br /> The Wi-Drive streams its data by making its own WiFi network but also allows all devices to also connect with the Net. The 16-gig version is $48.<br /><br /> The Seagate GoFlex (I think that's the name) is not a flash drive that can easily be pocketable like the Wi-Drive, but it has 500 Gigs on it and can stream/share files also in the same way. It just got an update to allow access to the Net while it's offering or streaming files to a device. I may get one of those just to have a non-cabled version without having to use the USB slot on my router network.<br /><br /> Some prefer the AirStash, as it holds SD cards, but it's somewhat pricey for that and you can't access the Net while it's functioning so it's not been on my list.<br /> <br /> Thanks for the added info, which I'll point people to.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-13943168907588542862012-03-28T10:04:10.879-07:002012-03-28T10:04:10.879-07:00The Sony sounds good, but it was pretty pricey, la...The Sony sounds good, but it was pretty pricey, last I looked... Thanks for this added, detailed review!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-86290146399902809962012-03-28T10:03:10.107-07:002012-03-28T10:03:10.107-07:00B&N last year changed its policy. If your acco...B&N last year changed its policy. If your account is registered with an US credit card you can now buy ebooks anywhere in the world.<br /><br />The Nook has no cloud storage for personal documents, but it does have a micro-SD card slot which means you can add up to 32GB of local storage.Geertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-2776929892856360522012-03-27T22:14:01.651-07:002012-03-27T22:14:01.651-07:00Sony PRS-T1 is much better than both Nook and Kind...Sony PRS-T1 is much better than both Nook and Kindle Touch, as a reading device. <br /><br />The browser is more functional than KT. Integration with Overdrive is great (as long as you don't want to sync on different devices), and you can borrow and read PDF reasonably well (where ePub or Kindle format is not available). You can zoom and pan any page (ePub or PDF). It's got landscape. Reading settings (text size, orientation, cropping, typeface) are item-specific, so you don't have to keep tweaking things once as you move from one item to another (which drove me crazy with Nook, with its Publisher Defaults setting). Page turn buttons that aren't as finicky as Nook Touch. Tap does nothing, unless you hit a hyperlink, so for example you can pick up lint on your fingertip without locking the screen first. It has fantastic navigation, you can follow breadcrumbs to every page that you've visited in the book, not just 'Back'. So for example you can jump easily back and forth between endnote and its reference. Free form annotation with stylus. There's a Note app. It is really light. MicroSD slot. Side-loaded content is a full citizen, you can remove Store content and delete the rest (this drove me crazy with Nook, where you can't remove Store content without opening the book, and cannot delete side-loaded content without hooking up a USB cable). You can side-load from web sites Dropbox, gutenburg, feedbooks, calibre server, etc. even DRM content (locked with same AdobeID). Text selection can be adjusted after initial selection in most cases, as there are 'handles' on both ends. Wikipedia/Google search are options with selection (awkward on KT, impossible on Nook). Localized UI, includes about 10 dictionaries for various languages and translation to English.<br /><br />Cons are the soft glossy plastic frame which collects scratches, fingerprints and lint (a skin or cover might help). Cropping in landscape doesn't work correctly, though it is good enough. It will not read B&N books (this might be possible using next release of ADE as proxy). Hyperlink style is very ugly (grey highlight), especially ugly where entire phrases are hyperlinked (maybe you can hack the CSS to fix that). Not as much time between charges (hence lighter weight).<br /><br />Physically Nook is great, except I could not get used to the page turn buttons even after a couple of months (gotta get the thumb in JUST the right place). But it is crippled without a web browser. And the reader settings have some bad 'wiring': changing text size should not turn off publisher defaults, for example. The settings should be item-specific because publisher defaults doesn't work well with all books, while it's necessary for others. Both Nook and Sony are more interesting as rooting projects, as they are Android.<br /><br />Kindle Touch does have that chapter navigation that usually works. Full content search.Tom Semplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127272649086914117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-52961710009899267162012-03-27T20:50:31.206-07:002012-03-27T20:50:31.206-07:00Joe, yes, that was a good, and certainly thorough ...Joe, yes, that was a good, and certainly thorough review/comparison you did of the two.<br /> With the user interface that isn't intuitive because there's no clue that all you have to do is lightly press the top center edge to get the Menu and several other options, it can be daunting.<br /><br /> For 'next chapter' within a book -- if there ARE chapter markers made by the publisher -- it's just a swipe straight up or straight down to get to start of next or previous chapter. This Home page is also a swipe up/down affair, which is not what we expect coming from the Kindle Keyboard.<br /><br /> But, yes, accidental screen touches can lead to surprise areas.<br /><br /> The $79 Kindle would drive me absolutely batty because I'm one who often uses the Search function and who does like to make small notes added to some highlights. There is nothing I dislike more than trying to find an alpha character from picking and choosing from a sequential a-z rectangle, as we have to do with some TVs and remote controls when doing passwords or video titles.<br /><br /> So, the $79 Kindle would be hell for me, but for people who don't use the keyboard, it would be the smallest, lightest, easiest no-nonsense reader.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-9829059445787377832012-03-27T19:40:41.274-07:002012-03-27T19:40:41.274-07:00Hi Andrys,
As you know, I did a very detailed rev...Hi Andrys,<br /><br />As you know, I did a very detailed review of the Nook Touch (http://www.filterjoe.com/2011/09/28/which-is-the-best-e-reader-the-nook-simple-touch/). I also then purchased a Kindle Touch model when it first came out. I used it for a month and then returned it. Everything you stated is accurate. But the thing which made the Kindle Touch unusable for me was the user interface. I simply couldn't get the hang of it, despite making myself use it nearly every day for a month. Accidental screen touches would cause me to zoom off to somewhere I didn't expect, while sometimes the simplest of actions took 4 touches in a sequence I found hard to remember (like changing chapters from within a book). Also, I never figured out how to hold it in a way that didn't cause lots of accidental page turns or tire my hand.<br /><br />After returning the Kindle Touch I got the $79 Kindle and I love it. The user interface is fairly obvious as it's geared towards button presses. And I get all the wonderful Kindle platform benefits that I miss with the Nook.<br /><br />The Nook makes it painful enough to get material onto to it that I only use it for something that will take me several hours or more to read - mainly novels. I use my Kindle 4 for everything else, especially Instapaper.Joe Golton (FilterJoe)http://www.filterjoe.comnoreply@blogger.com