What are the advantages and disadvantages of a Nook/Kindle?

Question

I was wondering about the advantages and disadvantages of a Nook and a Kindle??? I kinda wanted to get a Nook Color (since i have books piling up in my closet), but i wasn't sure what the difference was between a Nook Color and a Kindle. Any help here? :D Thanks for anyone who answers POSITIVELY.

Answer 1

KINDLE

-long hours of reading

-doesn’t come in a color version

-the “e-ink” technology is easy to read and easy on the eyes for long hours

-does have a nice feature called “e-book lending"

-screen is a slight bit smaller



NOOK

-in both color and non-color versions

-also can be used for long hours of reading(Kindle does have a longer battery life)

-better text and display

-comes with many added features

-games

-allows you to download any book for free



ACTUAL READING : KINDLE

TRAVEL AND LEISURE : NOOK

CONNECTIVITY : KINDLE

OUTDOOR READING : KINDLE

READING IN THE DARK : NOOK

LIBRARY : NOOK

PRICE : KINDLE

BATTERY LIFE : KINDLE

Answer 2

Display :

Kindle has an E Ink® electronic paper 6'' display, 600 x 800 pixels resolution, it shows 16 shade gray scale. While Nook has smaller screen of 3.5 inch color touchscreen LCD, and the written letters are not capable of being read in direct sunlight.



Weight

Kindle is bit lesser in weight i.e 0.63 pounds while nook is bit heavier with 0.75 pounds



Connectivity:

Kindle: EVDO modem with fallback to 1xRTT, Amazon Whispernet provides wireless coverage through 3G high-speed provided by Sprint

Nook:Free wireless from Barnes & Noble from AT&T



Battery Life:

Fifteen days when fully charged, while nook can go on for ten days when charged completely



Supports

Kindle: AZW, TXT, MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, PDF, HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion

Nook:EPUB, PDB, PDF, EPUB, PDB, PDF



The Amazon Kindle too has many applications that allows the user great ease. One of the best features of the Kindle 3, that it shares with other variants as well, is that it is extremely simple to use. The Kindle also comes with a Read to Me feature which allows for books to be read out. While using the Kindle you will also realize that refreshing pages of an ebook is much faster on Kindle than on Nook. Since it comes with a physical keyboard, small things like making notes is much easier with the Kindle. While the free Internet connection is great it is slow compared to the Wi-Fi connectivity of the Nook. It is usable in more than a hundred countries and comes with free access to Wikipedia all over the world. The Amazon Kindle also allows for screen rotation. The Kindle comes with stereo speakers that makes listening to audio books a better experience when compared to the Nook which has a mono speaker. A look at the costs of both the readers will tell you that the difference is not large.



Here you would find some more info on which one to take:



http://budurl.com/ChooseKindleOrNook

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Books increase your grammar, reading level, spelling, vocabulary, and generally will be more educational than T.V.

Answer 5

when you are watching a movie or tv it is very easy to get distracted and multi task, where reading a book, it offers your full attention usually!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Hey, PeppyFlute, Kindle Touch or Nook Simpletouch are e-Ink devices for reading and not video/web/apps while Kindle Fire or Nook Color are LCD screen devices for video/web/apps but not too much for reading. The only E-ink models I would take into consideration are Nook Simpletouch from Barnes & Noble and the new Kindle Touch (non-ad-supported) that both cost $139. Ad-supported Kindle models show full page ads to you (and everyone around you) every time they go to sleep mode and also show 2 line ads right there at your home screen - so annoying that Amazon even released a software that for $30 can convert ad-supported Kindle into non-ad-supported one. Non-touch screen Kindle models are such basic stone age devices (with page turn lag, buttons, and black blinks/flashes on each page turn) that I would not even speak about them. Nook (unlike Kindle) supports eBooks in ePub format that is the universal format most used in the world. Current e-Ink Nook Simpletouch has the latest generation touch screen display, no page turn lag, it weights less, its battery lasts twice as long (two months on one charge), it has microSD slot and it doesn't blink on each page turn - much better than current Kindle 3 or Kindle Keyboard. Nook Touch is still better designed than even the new Kindle Touch with battery lasting two months with ONE hour reading a day with Wi-Fi off thus it's still twice as long as new Kindle's two months with HALF and hour a day with Wi-Fi off. It looks like Kindle didn't get any battery improvement in the new model, they only changed the test condition. More, Kindle Touch still flashes black on each page turn while Nook Touch reduces the flashing by 80%. Nook Touch and Nook Color (unlike Kindle) have microSD card slot to take a card (class 6 or above) up to 32 GB. If you walk in with the Nook to Barnes & Noble store, you’re allowed to read ANY available eBook for free while in the store via free provided in the store Wi-Fi.

Before you think of getting a Kindle Fire, here's some limitations of it that you need to consider:

- Kindle Fire doesn't have microSD slot that, for example, Nook Color has thus it is stuck with 6 GB usable internal storage unlike Nook Color that can get up to 32 GB card in. Kindles are made to make sure you're tied up to Amazon's storage on the web (for which you need Wi-Fi connection to get to) and you can only store content you get from Amazon there, not other files. Quoting Amazon on Kindle Fire: "Free cloud storage for all Amazon content".

- The stats of how long the battery can last (Kindle Fire theory is 7.5 hours) are taken with Wi-Fi off. It will last only about 3 hours if you use it to access/stream content from their Cloud storage over Wi-Fi.

- Amazon can spy on your web activity through their new cloud-integrated web browser of Kindle Fire.

- lack of microSD slot means that if you decide to root your Kindle Fire, you’ll have to root the actual device thus there will be no coming back. On Nook Color, you can make it boot from a “rooted” microSD card and if you want to get back to the original Nook you can just take out the card and reboot.

- Kindle doesn't support eBooks in ePub format that is the most used format in the world.

- Kindle app store contains only Amazon approved apps and it does not include (and will not include) Netflix app that iPad has and Nook Color is getting thus again you're stuck with Amazon content only.

- Amazon confirmed that you cannot download/stream anything to Kindle Fire when traveling outside US.

- Amazon says it will review every app in its Appstore for Fire compatibility, as part of an automated process. Rejected apps will include those that rely on a gyroscope, camera, WAN module, Bluetooth, microphone, GPS, or micro SD. Apps are also forbidden from using Google's Mobile Services (and in-app billing), which, if included, will have to be "gracefully" removed. In terms of actual content, Amazon has outlawed all apps that change the tablet's UI in any way (including theme- or wallpaper-based tools), as well as any that demand root access.

According to recently appeared leaks on the Internet, Nook Color 2 will be released by Barnes & Noble on November 7, and this device sure leaves Kindle Fire in the dust.

Leaked specs include:

- dial-core 1.2 Ghz processor vs. 1.0 Ghz of Kindle Fire

- 1.0 GB of RAM vs. 512 MB of Kindle Fire

- 16 GB capacity for apps, videos, photos, ebooks vs. 8 GB of Kindle Fire

- microSD slot to expand capacity even further by another 32 GB vs. no expandable capacity of Kindle Fire

- 1024 x 800 IPS HD display vs. 1024 x 600 of Kindle Fire

- 14.1 oz weight vs. 14.6 oz of Kindle Fire

- Netflix and Hulu Plus for millions of movies streaming built-in vs. 13,000 movies in Amazon store that allows no Netflix and Hulu.