@pacsguy
...is to read *books*. I just bought one, and let me tell you it's a real joy to use. The screen is clear, it can be read *even better* in bright light/full sunlight, where something like an iPad fades to illegibility.
Battery life for just reading (no wifi/3g) is something well over a week because e-ink doesn't take power to hold the page image. They say 10 days, but *everybody* lies about battery time...
I broke down and bought a $20 cover for the Nook, making it feel *exactly* like a small notebook/thin small hardback. The weight, the size, the fact I can fold the cover over when I'm reading, and the whole tactile feel says the Nook is a *book*, not a computer device.
For bibliophiles, the Nook is just aesthetically better. When I'm reading I don't want to watch movies or listen to music (although the nook can play audio files while reading), I don't want to surf the web (although the Nook can do that too) and I really don't care about color (ever looked at a novel lately? Still black and white! :))
For reading books, the Nook does an excellent job. As anything else, meh, it's no contest. But for *reading*, give me e-ink any day.
Plus Barnes and Noble haven't burned books or installed rootkits on my PC...
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