Quality Posts

• (12:01 AM, 4/13/2011) todaresq scuttles on over to CNet.
• (12:01 AM, 4/13/2011) bmw66x opines, "I have one and I love it. Best dedicated eReader on the market."
• (12:02 AM, 4/13/2011) erstandf hits up the B&N website.
• (12:03 AM, 4/13/2011) Crab had to ask, "How does this stack up against the Kindle?"
• (12:03 AM, 4/13/2011) dernst_ca1 wonders, "so do you buy books from Barnes and Noble?"
• (12:04 AM, 4/13/2011) aliceinwootland asks, "Does anyone know what the longevity of a refurb nook is??? Is this going to crap out after two months? "
• (12:04 AM, 4/13/2011) tesla33 inquires, "How do you connect via AT&T? Do you need to already have an account with them, or does it just connect through them regardless...?"
• (12:05 AM, 4/13/2011) dearmash adds, "Can any owners chime in as to the restrictions put on the "3G" portion?"
• (12:05 AM, 4/13/2011) phacopida would like to know, "How is the web browsing function?"
• (12:05 AM, 4/13/2011) sc4bbk notes, "The eink screen is really great for reading. Has support for EPUB means I can get ebooks from various sources not just B&N. "
• (12:05 AM, 4/13/2011) bvbooks comments, "Yes, it renders PDFs well. I like mine a bunch. E-ink is the way to go."
• (12:06 AM, 4/13/2011) PStockton points out, "The Nook allows you to check out books from your local public library, because they are carried in an epub format which amazon does not allow. "
• (12:08 AM, 4/13/2011) hih934 strolls over to PCMag.
• (12:08 AM, 4/13/2011) tvman says, "Plus B & N gives you a freebie every Friday and many of the books are on sale much below Amazon's prices."
• (12:09 AM, 4/13/2011) sc4bbk comments on browsing, "Slow. But bearable. But note that web browsing can ONLY be done using wifi, period."
• (12:12 AM, 4/13/2011) Ghaleon256 relates, "The battery life on this thing leaves a little to be desired, and don't pay any attention to reviews that talk about sluggish page turning, that has been fixed via firmware updates."
• (12:16 AM, 4/13/2011) BlackRose13 tips, "If you put it on airplane mode, the battery life lasts a lot longer. Also, unlike the Kindle you can replace the battery without having to replace the whole unit."
• (12:17 AM, 4/13/2011) stephmachado loves the 3G and says, "Oh and for whoever asked, no you don't have an account with AT&T it just works, for free..."
• (12:17 AM, 4/13/2011) VrianSinth posts, "The screen is crisp (made in the same factory as Kindle), and the touch screen is much easier to use than the physical buttons (imho)."
• (12:19 AM, 4/13/2011) shelland tells us, "The screen literally looks like a 'dull' page of a book, and you can easily read it in the sun. The first time I saw it, I thought it just..."
• (12:24 AM, 4/13/2011) jdorritie squares off with Nook versus Kindle.
• (12:24 AM, 4/13/2011) BlackRose13 recommends Calibre.
• (12:25 AM, 4/13/2011) jbreedlove frowns at the whole library thing.
• (12:26 AM, 4/13/2011) chaley0803 NEEDS a fix, "Anyone know if a rooted NOOK COLOR can have apps installed on it? Angry Birds!"
• (12:27 AM, 4/13/2011) peachegg reports, "I bought a Nook and regret it. The B&N website has the worst search function I've seen on such a site."
• (12:27 AM, 4/13/2011) liu208 baits, "Is nobody bothered by the puny screen size of 3.5"?"
• (12:31 AM, 4/13/2011) bbycrts weighs in, "I LOVE IT. Uncategorically. There is nothing I don't love about it. I thought long and hard and weighed Nook vs. Kindle for months and months."
• (12:31 AM, 4/13/2011) GluonConcerto warns, "If the PDF has multi-column text, or any other kind of non-trivial formatting, you have to view it at the most zoomed-out level, which often leaves the text too small to read."
• (12:37 AM, 4/13/2011) casadega preempts, "Just to head it off at the pass, yes this works with a Mac..."
• (12:39 AM, 4/13/2011) aetherchild has a heaping helping of thoughts for you.
• (12:41 AM, 4/13/2011) stinhoutx scopes out another review.
• (12:43 AM, 4/13/2011) joefa88 ponders, "Should I spend the extra 15 bucks for the kindle?"
• (12:44 AM, 4/13/2011) brookejohnson shares, "My husband jokes that I would save it from a burning building before I saved the dogs...he may be right."
• (12:47 AM, 4/13/2011) dudek touches on hacking.
• (12:48 AM, 4/13/2011) krubadue mentions, "One thing that has not been mentioned is the TONS of free books B&N has at different times."
• (12:55 AM, 4/13/2011) clintone is curious, "Haven't seen anyone ask this, so here goes...what might the effect be on getting books or using the Nook should B&N go out of business?"
• (1:02 AM, 4/13/2011) aetherchild shares some dislikes.
• (1:02 AM, 4/13/2011) lyonessnyc recommends free Baen books.
• (1:13 AM, 4/13/2011) klkitchens links up Project Gutenberg.
• (1:43 AM, 4/13/2011) aetherchild found a video of page movement.
• (1:52 AM, 4/13/2011) momentarydogma asks, "can I listen to music while I'm reading, or are those two functions only available separately?"
• (2:08 AM, 4/13/2011) AmyWritesStuff wants to know, "Can you read books in, say, Cyrillic on this?"
• (2:10 AM, 4/13/2011) parallaxreality talks iPad and Nook.
• (2:41 AM, 4/13/2011) halltribe has a showdown,NOOK versus KINDLE.
• (3:50 AM, 4/13/2011) lucky77 asks, "How much Nook could a book Nook nook, if a book Nook could read books?!"
• (4:22 AM, 4/13/2011) jaynine comments, "Also, buy the book lights with soft rubber on the clamping surfaces so the device is protected from damage."
• (6:39 AM, 4/13/2011) dacur says, "i've only paid for a few books because so many are available for free, especially if you're into classics or older books like i am."
• (7:36 AM, 4/13/2011) hollygetz writes some humble opinions about the Nook.
• (8:20 AM, 4/13/2011) hgollup wonders, "Will it work in Europe on WiFi networks there?"
• (8:52 AM, 4/13/2011) rebeccamilam notes, "No physical buttons means no buttons to get caught on things, get gunked up or pop out - my nook, even though it is in a cover, lives in my purse and things happen. "
• (8:58 AM, 4/13/2011) esnyder08 worries, "Is there a possibility that B&N can delete books from your library like Amazon did with the Kindle?"
• (9:11 AM, 4/13/2011) Robulus opines, "So, if you are looking for a dedicated e-reader ONLY, this is definitely the way to go. If you are looking for a tablet, i.e. color LED touch screen and web browsing, then look at the NookColor."
• (10:26 AM, 4/13/2011) VisualStatic talks battery life and book selection.
• (10:44 AM, 4/13/2011) zygal inquires, "When I looked at the Nook, it seemed that the pages dissolved together instead of turning. Is this common with e-ink, specific only to the Nook, a problem with the particular Nook I was looking at?"
• (10:48 AM, 4/13/2011) VisualStatic responds, "I believe that is the way e-ink works. Unlike a LCD screen which is constantly refreshing and redrawing. e-ink draws once, which is why you can get long life out of them."
• (10:53 AM, 4/13/2011) geekgalconsulting wonders about transferring books between devices.
• (12:38 PM, 4/13/2011) thesilverring compares to a Kindle 3.
• (1:31 PM, 4/13/2011) eklevel1 thinks we're kidding, "You gotta be kidding. I just bought this exact refurb model from B&N a few days ago for $119!!!"
• (1:51 PM, 4/21/2011) [STAFF] agingdragqueen comments on the tracking delays.