What is better the amazon kindle or the B&N nook?
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From the official page of B&N, here is how the Nook compares next to the Kindle:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/compa…
Since Barnes and Noble page is only mentioning the advantage of the Nook over the Kindle, let me try to bring up to date more about the benefit of the Kindle 2 over the Nook:
- There is no internet browser for the Nook. So even with Wi-Fi, you can only use it to purchase book. You cannot do questioning in Google, Wikipedia, check email, etc., like what you can do with the Kindle.
- The Amazon Kindle have international free 3G wireless which covers over 100 countries. So even if you're in places like the UK or Australia, you can access the internet with the Kindle free of charge. The Nook have wireless only within the U.S., and is limited for use of buying books merely
- The Kindle is available outside the U.S. (it ships to 176 countries), while the Nook only ship within the U.S. at this moment.
- The Kindle has text-to-speech function, so it can treat an ebook approaching audio book. This function is not present on the Nook.
- Amazon is already doing some change after the Nook is announced (still more than one month for it to be available). They dropped the price of their International Kindle even further. And they are going to release a PC software which can read their Kindle books.
Finally, one thing to be aware is that, at first peep you may think the Nook can read ebooks with color touch screen. But indeed the color touch peak is only a small screen beneath the greyscale eink screen, and seem it is only used to browse the cover of ebooks.
In my opinion, it is a tie between the Kindle and the Barnes and Noble. But since you travel every summer, you should go for the Kindle for sure for the free internet access outside the United States. Moreover, I trust the Kindle will come up near some strategies very soon, like improving their lend book function. The Kindle is the biggest player in the ereader market right now, and I believe it will put gargantuan effort to hold its position.
I recommend this article as well, it is the best review on ebook readers I've ever read, from a character who has tried a number of ebook readers:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i…
Hope this information help. Source(s): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015T9… (Amazon Kindle)
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/index… (Barnes and Nobles Nook)
I hold a Kindle (original) and love it. I can whole-heartedly recommend this product. As for the Nook...if you look at the chart, you will be convinced that it has more features than a Kindle and that you should have that. But that's just their inference. I would guess that a Nook is also great and the Barnes and Noble bookstores are fantastic. Here is my one concern about the nook--it's wireless is provided through ATT. I have an ATT phone and love it, but I'm also realistic plenty to know that ATT's network isn't strong everywhere. Kindle's is provided through Sprint and I've never had a low signal for downloads or connectivity.
I own the Kindle 2. If you ask me to choose again now, I'll still go for the Kindle instead of the Nook, because I think the pattern browsing function is rather important (the Nook does not have a net browser). The free internet (and now it is free international internet) plus the web browser allow me to look for information whenever I'm in involve. It is really a cool feature that cannot be missed. And right now it is free for both the U.S. and many other countries, it is merely incredible when you bring it to trip.
I like to use the text-to-speech function on the Kindle too, meaning that I can "read" with my hand and eyes free...
And I remember I read this review when I decided to get my Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i…
Hope it helps :)
Go for the Kindle, you can't be wrong. Read the end of this article too, it mentions something about Barnes and Nobles and other ebook readers:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?i…
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