On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 11:54 PM, Andrew Wiley <wiley.andre...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Charles Hixson < > charleshi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> Considering that Amazon has the proven capability of removing a book from >> your Kindle after you've bought it, I don't expect that I'll EVER decide to >> invest in a Kindle. Some other e-book reader is a possibility. The Nook >> has certain interesting features, and there's one that would be a good >> choice if it weren't twice as expensive as the competition. >> > > I own an original basic Nook, and I'm very satisfied. One of the cool > things for people that like messing with these things is that the Nook is > running Android, deep deep down, so I can install custom apps and WPA > Supplicant configs to get on my University Wifi. I can literally drop PDFs > and EPUBs (and probably a bunch of other formats I haven't had to use) onto > the Nook with no external applications and have them detected and available > for reading. > > The Nook simple touch (the new basic one) is also very appealing. I've seen > it in stores, and it feels a lot more like a paperback. > > On the other hand, the Nook Color has Angry Birds. I can't argue with that > :D > Also, the E-Ink Nook is the same price as the Kindle.