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- monkeyrun, on 10/20/2009, -1/+68http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/techsp ...
Native PDF Support
Touch screen LCD.
I love competition! - mdjohnson1, on 10/20/2009, -5/+39"read up to 10 days without recharging" ... that is crap. I want to read for 11 days without recharging. It's pretty common for me to read for 260+ hours straight. All I want is an ebook that can support my lifestyle.
- Liam000, on 10/20/2009, -6/+35this need to be $99 so everyone gets one . so we can pirate textbooks like mp3s ***** the textbook racket.
- hdar3415, on 10/20/2009, -6/+34I've always liked nook-e.
- chuckDontSurf, on 10/20/2009, -2/+27They're seriously calling this thing the "Nook e-Reader"? I guess no one read the name aloud before signing off on it.
- jordanv1, on 10/20/2009, -1/+25PDF, EPUB, and the ability to browse entire books for free in-store?
I'm sold. - sjug, on 10/20/2009, -3/+26Native PDF support is a manditory feature.
- pathy, on 10/20/2009, -1/+23Did someone else mention that comparing a netbook and a eReader is retarded?
- swordedge, on 10/20/2009, -4/+24A netbook won't run for ten days without a recharge
- tnoy, on 10/20/2009, -1/+20"I'll wait for the apple tablet to see if there is some openness there. "
Hahahahaha! - legalskeptic, on 10/20/2009, -1/+18Because pirating makes the price go down to $0 if you're a pirate.
- sjug, on 10/20/2009, -0/+15Open up the wifi, bring on the Android hacks to support more formats (doc, lit, rtf, txt), and this could be one hell of a ebook reader!
Really looking forward to the reviews, very exciting stuff.. Now where are the tablets? - Chooxo, on 10/20/2009, -2/+17"Hi, I'm Kate, and this is my nook."
Damn, she's just talking about the e-reader. - immatellyouwhat, on 10/20/2009, -4/+18The Point: you missed it.
- twiztidsinz, on 10/20/2009, -2/+16I bet you're the kind of person who bitches that a netbook can't play Crysis...
- jserio, on 10/20/2009, -1/+14Agreed. Until they lower the costs of digital books AND allow you to give or sell them to friends I won't be jumping in. So I have to pay $250 for an e-reader, then $10 for a book that I cannot even give away after I read it? Ridiculous!
- mongo25, on 10/20/2009, -3/+16Agreed... let's get together and trade cassette tapes.
- AmusedToDeath, on 10/20/2009, -1/+14It's an ebook reader. What did you expect, a Core i7 and 8TBs of ram?
- WDM01, on 10/20/2009, -3/+16Yay, another thing Canada will probably never get.
- firebirdx01, on 10/21/2009, -0/+12At least Amazon will be forced to step up its game
- TheAbsintheHare, on 10/20/2009, -2/+13And then read them on your netbook's low res screen, in eye aching brightness and contrast! :D
Besides.. you can download free PDFs and put them on a ereader just as well >.> - AhrenBa, on 10/20/2009, -2/+12In order for me to buy one of these eBook readers, they need to get to $149 or below. $99 would sell these things like crazy, but I am not sure how much they actually cost to produce. Get it down to $149 and I'll be in the market.
- mongo25, on 10/20/2009, -2/+12I'm not implying books are outdated. I'm implying that your thinking is outdated. Paper books will soon be outdated.
Advantages of Electronic books, off the top of my head:
- Less clutter.
- Less natural resources used.
- Lower manufacturing costs.
Sans official documents, if you can't foresee the end of most things paper, I don't know what to tell. This isn't something conjured up by Gene Roddenberry. The future is going to have very little paper. Just for one example, Imagine what this will do to the cost of textbooks for students.
As far as your fear of losing electronic data... some e-book sellers do document what books you have purchased and entitle you to download them again at anytime. - rkthoadan, on 10/20/2009, -1/+10Sex sells
- mrhaines, on 10/20/2009, -2/+10I have a Sony E-book reader, the PRS-505. The thing I like most about it is that it is really really simple. It is not colour, doesn't have a touch screen (who wants smudges on what you read?!) and it doesn't have Wi-fi. But, the battery lasts for thousands of page turns, the thing is indestructable, and it opens almost everything including word documents, rtf, txt, and pdf's. Its form factor is also really small, it has metal casing and just feels well built.
I get most of my books from torrent sites except for the ones that are harder to find which I download from Sony. With Calibre, I can put any format of ebook onto my reader.
I really don't see the need to upgrade any time soon. I hope I get at least another 5 years out of this device. Then I will just switch the battery and keep on trucking.
No need for new gadgets with unnecessary features and more DRM. - beachtrader, on 10/20/2009, -4/+11Screen page turning seemed slow. Would like to see it in real life.
However, on the face it makes the Kindle look like 1990s technology. - ampdj89, on 10/21/2009, -0/+7Once again...Android.
- unxconformed, on 10/20/2009, -2/+9lol, yeah I am squinting because I am doing it wrong? Haha that is a priceless moron comment if I've ever seen one. You obviously don't read so this is starting make sense.
This might be hard for you to understand but when a screen gets smaller and you want to fit the same amount of text on it, then the text gets smaller too. When you device is resolution limited and your eyes can only focus on things so small, then you have to "squint" to try to warp the lens in the front of your eye to increase your ability to resolve small things.
Then again if you are content in flipping your page on your smart phone after every sentence or two then go for it. You aren't the target audience for such a device. These devices are tarted for people who read.
Oh and 249 is cheaper than your smartphone if you account for the monthly fees associated with the phones plus it runs android has web access and access to 500k free books besides the millions you can purchase. It's a perfectly good deal. - CircleFusion, on 10/20/2009, -2/+8Holy crap, I read that whole article and skipped over the "Android driven" part.
*shakes head* - sjug, on 10/20/2009, -1/+7Isn't this an android driven ebook reader? Or is that just for the LCD?
- vault, on 10/20/2009, -2/+8Some of us actually work, riverstyx, speaking of the real world. I went to your blog and found "well I'm in college with a major in journalism and a minor in philosophy."
I had plenty of free time in college. When you enter the fray with the rest of us, in the unlikely event a journalism degree results in a job, you'll understand why it's convenient to have one less chore.
And yes, I said the previews are free. The point of the device is the convenience...it does save you money if you only ever buy brand new books that are new releases, but nothing is ever going to beat library books if cost is the only consideration. - neftaly, on 10/20/2009, -2/+7Your, not You're. Quick, edit it! There's still time!
- gr00vy, on 10/20/2009, -1/+5If it is the textbook market you are looking to take out, this is already cheap enough. Textbooks are EXPENSIVE.
This is cheap enough college can require, or provide these out of their technology requirements. - NeoTechni, on 10/21/2009, -0/+4And that's changed. See PS3, far less DRM than other consoles
- themastersb, on 10/21/2009, -0/+4"In compliance with shipping regulations, some item(s) in your order cannot be sent to Barrie in Canada.
Please provide another address below or edit your cart to remove the following item(s):
nook."
FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- - inc595, on 10/20/2009, -2/+6engadget.com -- expanding my vocabulary
The fortnight is a unit of time equivalent to fourteen days. The word derives from the Old English feorwertyne niht, meaning "fourteen nights".
Fortnight is a commonly used word in Britain and many Commonwealth countries such as Pakistan, India, New Zealand and Australia where many wages, salaries and most social security benefits are paid on a fortnightly basis. The word is rarely used in the United States, but is used regionally in Canada. - Ajajadude, on 10/20/2009, -0/+3Have you ever tried reading entire novels on smartphone screens? Yeah, that sounds like it wouldn't be a strain on the eyes seeing as smartphone screens are HUGE.
- ingmar, on 10/21/2009, -0/+3Looks good, now they only need to build an international version. Shouldn't be too hard, if the Kindle can pull it off.
- Balanced, on 10/20/2009, -2/+5Native PDF support is an interesting feature.
- rkthoadan, on 10/20/2009, -1/+4While I find it a bit expensive, this has more features at a cheaper price than the Kindle and the Kindle has been doing very well for Amazon. And if it gets people reading more I'm all for it. Come to think of it, I have a feeling that if I had one of these I would probably read more, even if only to get my moneys worth. Maybe it's not too bad.
- themastersb, on 10/21/2009, -0/+3First the Kindle and now this too. WTF!? I can't even purchase a product and give my money to a large corporation anymore?
- Wesside, on 10/21/2009, -1/+4what i want to know is when wikipedia is going to release the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy...
- gr00vy, on 10/20/2009, -0/+3I hope the lending thing is good. It looks good. Local Piracy, is the kind of piracy that publishers usually want. It is how you increase marketing and infusion into the marketplace, without losing control of distribution. I can lend it to my friends, just not to the world.
Sort of the Itunes model. My rich friend gives me three. My I am poor, I give something back every once in a while. The result is a format, and method we get invested in. As opposed to the napster model which simply resulted in overall failure in the marketplace.
I hope that WotC gets on this. - madeingermany, on 10/20/2009, -0/+3What are you talking about?
Kindle http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.htm ...
Android http://source.android.com/download - madeingermany, on 10/20/2009, -1/+4The nook touch screen is separate from the main display, so no smudges on what you read.
- Averness, on 10/21/2009, -2/+5Refusing to buy them at this ridiculous price will make the price go down. Either they do it voluntarily, or later forced to when someone offers a similar reader for a more fair price. If that means B&N's e-reader division goes bankrupt that suits me just fine. The price they named for this device is insulting. They deserve to be bankrupted if they won't charge a fair price. The only reason they even try is because some people are willing to pay that much for a kindle. ***** them both, and Sony too.
- sjug, on 10/20/2009, -1/+4All three major carriers will be switching over to GSM (Rogers already is GSM, but Bell and Telus coming online), as well as a fourth gsm contender launching within the next few months... Hopefully things will change
- asgardshill, on 10/20/2009, -0/+3Convert 'em to .PDF and you're golden.
http://packratstudios.com/index.php/2008/05/04/how ... - buzaman, on 10/20/2009, -0/+3@VitrioAndAngst
Just like architect who slipped this one by?
http://www.coyoteblog.com/photos/uncategorized/cap ...
Or the Intern that got this name through the planning committee?
http://governing.typepad.com/13thfloor/images/2007 ...
All I know is there is a B&N marketing guy laughing in his Prius right now. - robbiedo, on 10/21/2009, -2/+5They are not indestructable. I am on my second PRS-505. My first one fell off my motorcycle, and was ran over by a car. That is some really lax quality standards.
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