It’s also $259! Priced on the same level as the Kindle but offering more features. We all know this is coming, a Barnes and Noble ebook reader, officially Nook, but we didn’t know they’re going to make it a color reader. Just imagine the potential: e-books, e-newspapers and now e-magazines. The B&N Nook boasts two screen–a 6-inch diagonal e-ink screen and a 3.5-inch below for navigation. Unlike the Amazon Kindle, the Nook has WiFi, besides AT&T’s 3G antenna. On a full charge, the battery will give you reading time of up to ten days, though we’re not sure if this means it’s turned on a continuous 24 hours x 10. Storage is 2GB with the inclusion of a microSD slot. Definitely a more complete e-reader than its famous rival.
More information: Nook allows you to read where you left off with your markings and highlights on your your phone (Engadget mentions iPhone and BlackBerry) with the Barnes and Noble free e-reader. You can lend e-books to friends using the Nook, sample ebooks and Nook settings allow you to customize the Nook, and there’s a screensaver. You can have magazine and newspaper subscription and this goes to your “inbox.” Video at Engadget.
[barnesandnoble via gizmodo]
October 20th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
“but we didn’t know they’re going to make it a color reader”
It’s not, really. It’s an ordinary b/w e-ink screen with color LCD navigation.
October 20th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
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October 20th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
That looks very sleek.
October 20th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Yeah, exactly as Martin put it.
That is, except it doesn’t have colors. It has a touchscreen which uses colors.
Still probably better but anyway. Price is kinda decent imho, atleast if they really have 500.000 free books or whatever they claimed?
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October 28th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Do either Nook or Kindle have a feature that scrolls the text at an adjustable rate or some way to help the reader with eye-text coordination problems track with steady pace?
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