dancesonpoles, there are millions of books out people all over the world have books, even if they stopped printing books they will never die because people dont throw books out, so there will always be many million out there getting read. E readers have their place, why not enjoy the best of both worlds.
I purchased the Nook about two weeks ago and love it - though I do understand what some people have complained about in not having the feel and smell of a book. It certainly is a nice concept come to fruition in sparing trees. One day, no longer will good pulp be turned into pap. It can save one a large amount of money with the ability to download so many great classics for free and think of the bookshelf space saved with the Nook. It's a fantastic device. Thank you Barnes and Noble.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" is one of the first titles displayed at the first of the commercial. Can you get that on a Nook? Not unless it's a pirated copy...Harper Lee refuses to allow her book to be published digitally. The insinuation is that you CAN get this book. The lending feature is not "lend any book as many times as you want." You can lend about 1/3 of the available B&N books and only one time EVER. BN's "over 1 million books" includes 500,000 pre-1923 Google freebies. Caveat emptor.
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
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If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
New book reveals to readers a simple process and basic principles that will help them change a current situation for the better. Order here It’s Not Too Late
you can't lend anyone a nook. liike my friend read pretty little liars and i wanted to borrow it but i couldn't enjoy reading the book because she had read it on the nook. :/
So one day in the future...no more books....everything about reading is on a nook...so the future children...instead of txt books its on a nook? The nook is nice but at the same time lazy...I love reading but does it have to be this way? How long will it take to download a book more than 700 pages? They never said how fast it goes. And can it come in another color besides white??? How can it be YOU when its white? I'd like one in multi-color please!
I really want this! I Love reading and this would be so much fun. I understand why some would say this device may ruin books..but I don't think it will. I mean books have been around since the dawn of time, Nothing will change that. But anyways..I think the Nook looks simply amazing. It looks so fun! It will make reading even more fun. People call me a book worm.nerd now..Wait until I get this and have my face buried in it 24/7!
im seriously TORN between the Nook and the Kindle 2. i really don't know which one to get. there's things that i love about both of them. Such a decision...
This eBook is cool but not as colorful as the iPad. But they both offer importing the open and free .epub format. See my tutorial about that format here - just copy and past this to the video address above: vvGrFZdSDww
Wifi is free of charge. If you are at your home and you have a wireless router, you can get signal and a connection on the nook. Also, you can get WiFi on any wireless network, if you have the user login information.
The 3G service is built in and is from AT&T. It is free of charge to use to browse barnes and nobles various tittles and books. You can also download a "preview" of certain books, free of charge.
@PanicRox11 I got my nook today. Not very pleased with it and i'm sending it back tomorrow. The best I've used is Sony PRS 600. Small, light weight, and full touchscreen. Only con against it is the selection of books in my opinion are low. The Google Books thing is a joke. The free books is as old dirt.
hmmm.... just saw this video and was pleasantly surprised to hear my song in it... if you like the music check out Valeze and Tiffany Randol on itunes.
"Nook, by some OEM manufacturer and featuring our name."
Haha... It's pretty cool. I got my first look the other day at one of our local stores.
I'll hold out for the "iSlate," simply because that's what will change the game. LMAO, I'd love to be Apple right about now.. "Okay publishers who refused to get on the e-wagon, JUMP!"
*Publishers promptly leap into the air*
But the Nook is still freakin' cool because of the eInk display! ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS display. I'll take that over a screen.
I think it's quite funny that you are waiting for the iSlate... err... iPad (LOL, greatest joke name ever, but it's real!!! can you say iPad with wings?)
What you don't seem to understand is on an iPhone XL, wait, sorry, iPad, it will have to display the white background, and not display the font... battery life will just plain stink.
Get a clue before posting your retardations. Your rant was as amazing as Apple naming their product iPhad... sorry, iPad!
Because no one made mp3 players before the ipod either.
And don't get me wrong - I'm ---NOT--- an Apple fanboy. I'm just making the point that iTunes is (still) the largest music retailer in a field that existed long before its launch. Now, you KNOW the RCA Lyra is outselling the iPod.. oh wait.. no it's not! Thus, one can infer that with the launch of the iPad (better than iSlate.. eww), Apple will snap up that market too. (Don't get me wrong, I like eInk better but whatever).
Oh, I agree, iTunes is a beast, beating out even Wal Mart at music sales... but you must look a bit deeper.
Apple makes decent hardware, but iTunes is crap! Most people don't see that their hardware is sold cheap so you use their cash cow, iTunes. ePub will ensure that Apple can't do that.
Don't count on it. Apple has become a mighty, mighty force (to the dismay of their nerd communities). Apple is a brand now, in the truest sense of the word. Powerful brands make powerful deals... That's not always good, either.. but eh..
The physical book will go extinct like the dinosaur. It's inevitable. The same thing happened with typewriters, atrax, cassette tapes, etc. The future marches on and you might as well get used to it. I, for one, embrace it since it will remove the need for a library of countless old, decaying books lying around. Every book you get will be stored on a server so that if you accidentally break your nook/kindle, the books are still there.
@dancesonpoles I totally agree holding that thin thing is NOTHING compared to holding a book feeling that paper and hearing that crisp as you turn the page AHHHH lol
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Wait, I don't get it . You get the Nook but you still have to pay for the downloadable books? What's the point when you can just get the book itself without having to pay an extra $300?
Think of it this way - you are buying an portable electronic book reader, and you need to illegally download books to fill that portable electronic book reader.
They do actually, I work at BN and you can enter any BN store and read any book they have available on the 3G network for free. Like you would be able to take a book off the shelf and read there for 4 hours you can on nook. The book is removed once you leave the store if you did not purchase it just like with normal book browsing at the store.
Employees don't get discounts, and I believe neither do members due to it being so low priced with all it's features compared to other E-readers.
because book cost less on it, u can have multiple books at once without the bulk, its great for traveling, and you don't have to go to the store every time you need a new book.
B&N is becoming the Apple of the eReader world. Without the higher cost of hardware.
Now, they just need to lower the prices of some of the eBooks themselves! (E.g. the Dexter books, on which the Showtime show Dexter is based, are a couple dollars more expensive than they are on Amazon Kindle...get competitive B&N!).
is the experience the same as reading a regular book? does it feel cramped? I wish the get rid of the bottom screen and just maximize the reading space.
this is a nice device really. the size of this makes me bring a small bag with me instead of just placing it in my pocket.
i would suggest them to make a smaller version as a second option. Somehing like pocketable, with 4 inch touch screen e-ink display and 9mm thin and will last for 7 days with 1 gb memory and they'll sell it for a cheaper $200 flat.
no, i know iphone and itouch, iphone will lasts two days for reading i think, and there will be eye fatigue after a period of time because of the lcd's glare, it costs three times more for an e-reader. So it's not it.
Touch screens are better than symbian type devices. Because they can update freely, whereas other ebooks have to upgrade their entire hardware to encompass the system software. You can't stick a new button on your phone, but you can with a touch screen! So this is looks like it's relatively easy to upgrade. Although it's not entirely touch screen, so somethings will have to stay the same :D
Think I'll wait to see what Apple comes out with. They have a tendancy to blow others "out of the water" with features. Might be worth the wait or, like the others, to expensive. Seems like ebooks books should be cheaper. Less production cost. IMHO
Sadly it's the publishers that set the prices. :( I agree that it should be around $5 instead of $10. But the store, the author, and the publisher want cuts.
Although ebooks will be 9.99 or so, and less expensive than a hardcover, its more than a soft cover. I hope they can adjust the price once a book's soft cover is released.
Because it supports WiFi, it would have been nice to have a simple web browser. Lack of keyboard would make it cumbersome. The Apple iPAD could be a choice come Feb. It will cost more but like the iphone, it will constantly improve as you download updates. I wonder if the Nook will receive updates like the iPhone, always evolving and improving.
I really want one of these, but this video seems a bit misleading.
It shows the book scroll moving fluidly and smoothly, and the buttons responding instantly. In every live demo I've seen, the books scroll in a very, very choppy manner and the buttons take about 3 to 4 seconds to register and complete the command issued to them.
Which should I believe? Is it really this fluid now, or are they bluffing?
I noticed that too! That the lag isn't evident from this video, and so I kept replaying segments to figure out if the finger was CG-ed or something, haha. I think it's 2 video superposed together.
They have benn showing bits and pieces of this nook, but never a complete show of everything. When is it coming out? Does it have Wi-Fi? Does non- AT&T users be able to use it on the go? Can you transfer Word doe. or PDF in to? How does the music player work? I guess I'll just have to wait and see. But there is another question, is Apple helping to advertise this new product or is Barnes and Nobles being a copy cat?
It is coming out by the end of November. Yes it has Wi-Fi connectivity. Yes non-at&t users will be able to use it. You will just be connected to the AT&T 3G network while you are not connected to Wi-Fi. Yes you can read PDF files to it, but not word documents. I am not sure how the music player functions yet. Apple has no affiliation with nook - they are releasing their own e-reader at some point.
The files are not all that big as you can store ~1500 books on only 2gb of memory. So even if the 3G connection is a bit slower then normal you should still be able to download it. Otherwise you can connect to your own wireless connection or another Wi-Fi hotspot while you are out.
It is like they asked me what I thought was wrong with Kindle 2 and what I would improve and then said "you got it, and on top of that, we'll put a color navigation touch screen to boot!"
I was "thisclose" to buying a Kindle until I started reading about the Nook. The big points for me were the 1mil+ titles available, the fact that they have free ebooks that I will ACTUALLY read, the SD slot, and-my personal favorite reason-compatibility with my Blackberry. I hear some people complaining about the price. I compared the price of an ebook I wanted on both sites. Amazon actually was higher ($14.25) than the BN version ($9.99). Aren't the ebooks on BN about to get a price cut anyway?
I hate how they're bragging about features that are pretty much universal amongst ebook readers, as if B&N were the first to come up with those things. Hey my Kindle2 has a easy to read e-ink display and 3G wireless! I fear the masses are going to accept that propaganda though and start calling every reader a Nook in the generic sense.
all ereaders does that weird flash thing because that's how the display works. everytime, the flash rewrites the screen so no as of now, no technology surpass this device.
Thumbs up if you pronounce Barnes and Noble as Barnes and Nobles, with an 's' on the end of Noble.
greatsea 1 week ago
fuck kindle,
NobodyLikesPaul 2 months ago
Does anybody know when the 2012 gen is gonna come out?
gwhizkids 4 months ago
@gwhizkids 2012?
NobodyLikesPaul 2 months ago
dancesonpoles, there are millions of books out people all over the world have books, even if they stopped printing books they will never die because people dont throw books out, so there will always be many million out there getting read. E readers have their place, why not enjoy the best of both worlds.
missjacko1 1 year ago 3
get the nook color. its so much better!!!!!!
thealice168 1 year ago
@kilala435 thats funny my friends name is james patterson funny huh?
dadadoom1324 1 year ago
I purchased the Nook about two weeks ago and love it - though I do understand what some people have complained about in not having the feel and smell of a book. It certainly is a nice concept come to fruition in sparing trees. One day, no longer will good pulp be turned into pap. It can save one a large amount of money with the ability to download so many great classics for free and think of the bookshelf space saved with the Nook. It's a fantastic device. Thank you Barnes and Noble.
pmoyer50 1 year ago
Stephanie Meyer is one of the first authors to pop up...0:01
Sandycanee 1 year ago 2
it saves tone of paper just like the kindle
MultiOliver5 1 year ago
"To Kill a Mockingbird" is one of the first titles displayed at the first of the commercial. Can you get that on a Nook? Not unless it's a pirated copy...Harper Lee refuses to allow her book to be published digitally. The insinuation is that you CAN get this book. The lending feature is not "lend any book as many times as you want." You can lend about 1/3 of the available B&N books and only one time EVER. BN's "over 1 million books" includes 500,000 pre-1923 Google freebies. Caveat emptor.
airstrip40741 1 year ago
@airstrip40741 its on the nook
WLAIP 1 year ago
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georgeszrt 1 year ago
check out squidoo.com/barns-and-noble-nook
more reviews and info!
tnjinvestments 1 year ago
It's useful for on the go, but it can't compare to reading a real book.
Arunnnnnnnnnnnn 1 year ago
you can't lend anyone a nook. liike my friend read pretty little liars and i wanted to borrow it but i couldn't enjoy reading the book because she had read it on the nook. :/
lilytrujillo95 1 year ago
@lilytrujillo95 Actually not true. You can lend books for 2 weeks at a time. Friend can download software at BandN to read it.
I bought my wife this device because she CAN share her books with her mom.
clubadv 1 year ago
So one day in the future...no more books....everything about reading is on a nook...so the future children...instead of txt books its on a nook? The nook is nice but at the same time lazy...I love reading but does it have to be this way? How long will it take to download a book more than 700 pages? They never said how fast it goes. And can it come in another color besides white??? How can it be YOU when its white? I'd like one in multi-color please!
royjoytoy 1 year ago
@royjoytoy Printed books are going nowhere anytime soon relax.lol
strac03 1 year ago
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@royjoytoy Printed books arent going anywhere. Relax.lol
strac03 1 year ago
@royjoytoy It only takes about 30-1 minute to download a book for me.
wareeniphanay 1 year ago
"Make it your own with photos."
How?
ChibiPawszz 1 year ago
I really want this! I Love reading and this would be so much fun. I understand why some would say this device may ruin books..but I don't think it will. I mean books have been around since the dawn of time, Nothing will change that. But anyways..I think the Nook looks simply amazing. It looks so fun! It will make reading even more fun. People call me a book worm.nerd now..Wait until I get this and have my face buried in it 24/7!
chelsandiarebffs 1 year ago
@chelsandiarebffs Lol I want to be your friend. I feel the exact same way!!!
serenamelia2006 1 year ago
this looks unsatisfying
i prefer regular books over that crap
chrluzz 1 year ago
anyone know what song this is?
ImJimbob23 1 year ago
anyone know what song this is?
ImJimbob23 1 year ago
A true book lover would buy the printed book. Although if you don't have time to read, I guess this is a good idea...
bookcreator 1 year ago
im seriously TORN between the Nook and the Kindle 2. i really don't know which one to get. there's things that i love about both of them. Such a decision...
jrad10x10 1 year ago
This eBook is cool but not as colorful as the iPad. But they both offer importing the open and free .epub format. See my tutorial about that format here - just copy and past this to the video address above: vvGrFZdSDww
jeremykemp 1 year ago
@jeremykemp You do realize the nook doesnt need color, most books dont have color.
and its unfair to compair them.
Ipad is sortof a computer and the nook is a book
computer to book?
jazzeatspie4500 1 year ago
The speed of reaction shown on the video is not the real speed of the device, that's just misleading customers.
SuperBigChina 1 year ago
@SuperBigChina Very true. I have the Nook, and the speed is not all that great, but not entirely slow.
ChibiPawszz 1 year ago
can you upload music from itunes? or what if you put cds into your computer and downlosd them?
PanicRox11 1 year ago
Most B&N stores should have Nooks in stock now. I just picked up mine a couple days ago. I absolutly love it.
aaaratings 2 years ago
i heard that more nooks will be available in store...is this true? because i might get mine saturday or sunday
PanicRox11 2 years ago
Does wifi cost money when you're not at Barnes and Noble? and does it cost money to look for books to buy (just look) using the nook??Thanks
PanicRox11 2 years ago
@PanicRox11
Wifi is free of charge. If you are at your home and you have a wireless router, you can get signal and a connection on the nook. Also, you can get WiFi on any wireless network, if you have the user login information.
The 3G service is built in and is from AT&T. It is free of charge to use to browse barnes and nobles various tittles and books. You can also download a "preview" of certain books, free of charge.
WoWfreak920 2 years ago
@WoWfreak920 thanks =]
PanicRox11 2 years ago
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WoWfreak920 2 years ago
@PanicRox11 I got my nook today. Not very pleased with it and i'm sending it back tomorrow. The best I've used is Sony PRS 600. Small, light weight, and full touchscreen. Only con against it is the selection of books in my opinion are low. The Google Books thing is a joke. The free books is as old dirt.
WoWfreak920 2 years ago
@WoWfreak920 **is as old as dirt.
WoWfreak920 2 years ago
@WoWfreak920 thanks again. i want to look at pros and cons so that helped :)
PanicRox11 2 years ago
hmmm.... just saw this video and was pleasantly surprised to hear my song in it... if you like the music check out Valeze and Tiffany Randol on itunes.
cheers
tiffrandol 2 years ago
"Nook, by some OEM manufacturer and featuring our name."
Haha... It's pretty cool. I got my first look the other day at one of our local stores.
I'll hold out for the "iSlate," simply because that's what will change the game. LMAO, I'd love to be Apple right about now.. "Okay publishers who refused to get on the e-wagon, JUMP!"
*Publishers promptly leap into the air*
But the Nook is still freakin' cool because of the eInk display! ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS display. I'll take that over a screen.
ORUPRANKSTAZ 2 years ago
@ORUPRANKSTAZ
I think it's quite funny that you are waiting for the iSlate... err... iPad (LOL, greatest joke name ever, but it's real!!! can you say iPad with wings?)
What you don't seem to understand is on an iPhone XL, wait, sorry, iPad, it will have to display the white background, and not display the font... battery life will just plain stink.
Get a clue before posting your retardations. Your rant was as amazing as Apple naming their product iPhad... sorry, iPad!
mdtaranto 2 years ago
@mdtaranto
Because no one made mp3 players before the ipod either.
And don't get me wrong - I'm ---NOT--- an Apple fanboy. I'm just making the point that iTunes is (still) the largest music retailer in a field that existed long before its launch. Now, you KNOW the RCA Lyra is outselling the iPod.. oh wait.. no it's not! Thus, one can infer that with the launch of the iPad (better than iSlate.. eww), Apple will snap up that market too. (Don't get me wrong, I like eInk better but whatever).
ORUPRANKSTAZ 2 years ago
Oh, I agree, iTunes is a beast, beating out even Wal Mart at music sales... but you must look a bit deeper.
Apple makes decent hardware, but iTunes is crap! Most people don't see that their hardware is sold cheap so you use their cash cow, iTunes. ePub will ensure that Apple can't do that.
mdtaranto 2 years ago
@mdtaranto
Don't count on it. Apple has become a mighty, mighty force (to the dismay of their nerd communities). Apple is a brand now, in the truest sense of the word. Powerful brands make powerful deals... That's not always good, either.. but eh..
ORUPRANKSTAZ 2 years ago
Hurry up! Carrying 7 beast books to uni is killing my back. I need this thing.
1729zak 2 years ago
Books take up too much physical space. This is a good replacement.
thecityregistrar 2 years ago
What was the name of the song from the Stop-motion commercial for this?
naxps 2 years ago
I am going to save up for this =O !!!
mandypooh098 2 years ago
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republicofgeorgia235 2 years ago
The physical book will go extinct like the dinosaur. It's inevitable. The same thing happened with typewriters, atrax, cassette tapes, etc. The future marches on and you might as well get used to it. I, for one, embrace it since it will remove the need for a library of countless old, decaying books lying around. Every book you get will be stored on a server so that if you accidentally break your nook/kindle, the books are still there.
Garotte72 2 years ago 3
@Garotte72 Physical books wont go extinct. At least i our life times. Theres room for both.
strac03 1 year ago
It's kinda sad to think that one day books wont exist anymore and everything will be done on computer.. Its just not the same feel.
dancesonpoles 2 years ago 22
It does save alot of paper, but that book smell and feel is just priceless and classic.
SkyletSnow 2 years ago 29
what if these could spray a fine mist at you that smelled like paper?!
xKaoKaox 1 year ago 2
@SkyletSnow NOt to mention the look of having shelves and shelves of books. I eBook just can't match that.
j814wong 8 months ago
@dancesonpoles True, this is greatbut doesnt replace the physical book
jazzeatspie4500 1 year ago
@dancesonpoles The feeling is in the memories. Trust me. Reading will never change!
AbdullahForEver 1 year ago
@dancesonpoles i really agree with u but if u look on the bright side, we wont hav to waste paper and cut down more trees than we hav too :)
LOVECAKExoxo 1 year ago
@LOVECAKExoxo Tis true. Tis true. Unfortunately.
dancesonpoles 1 year ago
@dancesonpoles And if we keep killing trees to make books, one day THE WORLD will not exist.
lovesualways 1 year ago
@lovesualways ಠ_ಠ
shartdartfart 1 year ago
@lovesualways thank you, Jesus people aren't complaining about not having to walk miles to work anymore
LoveyLocks 1 year ago
@lovesualways so ur not a fan of logging shows?
TheWorldAtlus 1 year ago
@lovesualways The world will exist, just not much life on it.
Hansdolo20 1 year ago
@dancesonpoles I totally agree holding that thin thing is NOTHING compared to holding a book feeling that paper and hearing that crisp as you turn the page AHHHH lol
BeccaLOLHAHA 1 year ago
when does this come out?
hairymangina101 2 years ago
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Wait, I don't get it . You get the Nook but you still have to pay for the downloadable books? What's the point when you can just get the book itself without having to pay an extra $300?
filiwian 2 years ago
Think of it this way-- you are buying a bookshelf, and you need to buy books to fill that bookshelf.
CindyKay618 2 years ago 3
Think of it this way - you are buying an portable electronic book reader, and you need to illegally download books to fill that portable electronic book reader.
dontfuckthisup 2 years ago
@dontfuckthisup ur dumb, you have to pay for them
Lowzenza4 2 years ago 3
No, ur dumb, because I download them illegally every day. I have a shitload of books. You just have to know where to go.
Trashface.
dontfuckthisup 2 years ago
then they should make virtual libray :/
aistisice 2 years ago
They do actually, I work at BN and you can enter any BN store and read any book they have available on the 3G network for free. Like you would be able to take a book off the shelf and read there for 4 hours you can on nook. The book is removed once you leave the store if you did not purchase it just like with normal book browsing at the store.
Employees don't get discounts, and I believe neither do members due to it being so low priced with all it's features compared to other E-readers.
0Lottee0 2 years ago
@filiwian save trees
Lowzenza4 2 years ago 2
What's the point of getting an iPod when you can just get the CD's themselves without having to pay an extra $150?
corbinleach 2 years ago 3
@corbinleach
excellent.
whitewayfarers 2 years ago
because book cost less on it, u can have multiple books at once without the bulk, its great for traveling, and you don't have to go to the store every time you need a new book.
moviecrashers 2 years ago
The books come at an impressive discount. Bestsellers start at around 25 for a nice hardcover, here, you get them for 9.99!
Libelul60 2 years ago
If you are a member, you get HUGE discounts. :)
LuxueuxLin 2 years ago
You can still get public domain for free...
Elround4 2 years ago
I am gettitng this!!!!
PieRules246 2 years ago
There were eReaders before the Kindle AND the Nook, there are STILL other eReaders, and there will always BE other readers.
Who's really copying whom? This is a pointless argument.
Let's just enjoy the competitive differences! :-) This is capitalism at its best!
Sorcerer8605 2 years ago 3
Exactly :D
11C484 2 years ago
Geez, this thing looks slick! :-)
B&N is becoming the Apple of the eReader world. Without the higher cost of hardware.
Now, they just need to lower the prices of some of the eBooks themselves! (E.g. the Dexter books, on which the Showtime show Dexter is based, are a couple dollars more expensive than they are on Amazon Kindle...get competitive B&N!).
Sorcerer8605 2 years ago
is the experience the same as reading a regular book? does it feel cramped? I wish the get rid of the bottom screen and just maximize the reading space.
kapucino79 2 years ago
yeah, making the nook available in a larger size would solve that solution, too bad there is only one size though
ImSoPunny 2 years ago
It's at barnes and noble i want one really bad
soccergirl376 2 years ago
this is a nice device really. the size of this makes me bring a small bag with me instead of just placing it in my pocket.
i would suggest them to make a smaller version as a second option. Somehing like pocketable, with 4 inch touch screen e-ink display and 9mm thin and will last for 7 days with 1 gb memory and they'll sell it for a cheaper $200 flat.
impulsive2urge 2 years ago
They have something like that on market already. It's called an iPhone :) Don't know bout nook, but there's a Kindle compatible app
fuckumotherfucker 2 years ago
no, i know iphone and itouch, iphone will lasts two days for reading i think, and there will be eye fatigue after a period of time because of the lcd's glare, it costs three times more for an e-reader. So it's not it.
impulsive2urge 2 years ago
I'M SOLD!!!!
Where do I buy one?!?
xXLovelyDreamerXx 2 years ago
this looks good but they totally stole the idea from the kindle
CulinaryOddities 2 years ago
They weren't trying to be original. They're just refining the idea of an electronic reading device into their own product. Sony has one too.
corbinleach 2 years ago
i know sometime is ok to steal an idea and create something more advance and efficient
i was going to buy the kindle two days ago but now i would switch to nook
alkolaqi83 2 years ago
Touch screens are better than symbian type devices. Because they can update freely, whereas other ebooks have to upgrade their entire hardware to encompass the system software. You can't stick a new button on your phone, but you can with a touch screen! So this is looks like it's relatively easy to upgrade. Although it's not entirely touch screen, so somethings will have to stay the same :D
REdirectURL 2 years ago 5
Does this work beyond the usa territories?
iamcrazyATidkDOTcom 2 years ago 2
It works overseas.
wowhornby 2 years ago
Id rather get nookie ;D
Bogie3Flare 2 years ago
Awesome Gadget
lamaka 2 years ago
gggaahhh i want thisss! lol. its kinda expensive thoughh, even the iphone is cheaper. i thinkk..
ecocouturegirls 2 years ago 2
Think I'll wait to see what Apple comes out with. They have a tendancy to blow others "out of the water" with features. Might be worth the wait or, like the others, to expensive. Seems like ebooks books should be cheaper. Less production cost. IMHO
gliderrider 2 years ago
Sadly it's the publishers that set the prices. :( I agree that it should be around $5 instead of $10. But the store, the author, and the publisher want cuts.
OrangeD00D 2 years ago
You're paying for the intellectual property and less the tree and ink.
ephektz 2 years ago 3
Agreed, but what might they call it? MacBook is already taken, ha.
corbinleach 2 years ago
Although ebooks will be 9.99 or so, and less expensive than a hardcover, its more than a soft cover. I hope they can adjust the price once a book's soft cover is released.
jsk115 2 years ago
Because it supports WiFi, it would have been nice to have a simple web browser. Lack of keyboard would make it cumbersome. The Apple iPAD could be a choice come Feb. It will cost more but like the iphone, it will constantly improve as you download updates. I wonder if the Nook will receive updates like the iPhone, always evolving and improving.
jsk115 2 years ago 3
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jsk115 2 years ago
I really want one of these, but this video seems a bit misleading.
It shows the book scroll moving fluidly and smoothly, and the buttons responding instantly. In every live demo I've seen, the books scroll in a very, very choppy manner and the buttons take about 3 to 4 seconds to register and complete the command issued to them.
Which should I believe? Is it really this fluid now, or are they bluffing?
XeoMT 2 years ago
I noticed that too! That the lag isn't evident from this video, and so I kept replaying segments to figure out if the finger was CG-ed or something, haha. I think it's 2 video superposed together.
quirkyquirks 2 years ago 2
They're bluffing. My mom just got one and as you said, its choppy and takes a bi to load to the next page.
dancesonpoles 2 years ago
They have benn showing bits and pieces of this nook, but never a complete show of everything. When is it coming out? Does it have Wi-Fi? Does non- AT&T users be able to use it on the go? Can you transfer Word doe. or PDF in to? How does the music player work? I guess I'll just have to wait and see. But there is another question, is Apple helping to advertise this new product or is Barnes and Nobles being a copy cat?
Smarty704 2 years ago
It is coming out by the end of November. Yes it has Wi-Fi connectivity. Yes non-at&t users will be able to use it. You will just be connected to the AT&T 3G network while you are not connected to Wi-Fi. Yes you can read PDF files to it, but not word documents. I am not sure how the music player functions yet. Apple has no affiliation with nook - they are releasing their own e-reader at some point.
GoodWill311 2 years ago
Yes, well, 95% of the country does not have access to AT&T's 3G network. How slow will downloads be for the rest of us? Have to use our PCs?
11679MRT 2 years ago
The files are not all that big as you can store ~1500 books on only 2gb of memory. So even if the 3G connection is a bit slower then normal you should still be able to download it. Otherwise you can connect to your own wireless connection or another Wi-Fi hotspot while you are out.
GoodWill311 2 years ago
download books in pc and transfer to it
Publicitary 2 years ago
It is like they asked me what I thought was wrong with Kindle 2 and what I would improve and then said "you got it, and on top of that, we'll put a color navigation touch screen to boot!"
Awesome.
solvealways 2 years ago
does it have wifi ? what about its library ? is it as good as amazon's ? i have no experience at all with ebooks
majdijr 2 years ago
yes it has wifi and they already have 1 million book for it and amazon only has 350 thousand so far.
loungo1567 2 years ago
I was "thisclose" to buying a Kindle until I started reading about the Nook. The big points for me were the 1mil+ titles available, the fact that they have free ebooks that I will ACTUALLY read, the SD slot, and-my personal favorite reason-compatibility with my Blackberry. I hear some people complaining about the price. I compared the price of an ebook I wanted on both sites. Amazon actually was higher ($14.25) than the BN version ($9.99). Aren't the ebooks on BN about to get a price cut anyway?
digitaltempest0837 2 years ago
I hate how they're bragging about features that are pretty much universal amongst ebook readers, as if B&N were the first to come up with those things. Hey my Kindle2 has a easy to read e-ink display and 3G wireless! I fear the masses are going to accept that propaganda though and start calling every reader a Nook in the generic sense.
PREY4WAR 2 years ago
Finally an ebook reader that also takes PDF and an SD card. Count me in!!!
chiluco2000 2 years ago 3
all ereaders does that weird flash thing because that's how the display works. everytime, the flash rewrites the screen so no as of now, no technology surpass this device.
coolb0yalex 2 years ago
Never been the first to comment before, but this is what I've been waiting for...love it!
tigger322 2 years ago 3