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2010-11-10
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2011-01-11
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Nook Color is better for reading than iPad and better for everything else than Kindle. Nook Color is better for $249. The Nook Color will not run apps straight out of the Android Market, but that does not mean it cannot run them. In fact, they have done a lot of tests on apps from standard Android smartphones and they pretty much run on Nook Color, which has Android 2.1 under the hood. (The Nook native interface and apps are just standard Android application layers.) Barnes & Noble special Nook SDK runs on top of the standard Android one and gives developers access to exclusive extensions and APIs for the Nook and its interface. So porting Android apps is not difficult. B&N says it is more like optimising them for Nook than porting them. Nook Color screen is supposed to be better (less reflective) for reading than iPad thanks to new LG screen with anti-reflection coating. It allows to watch videos, listen to the music, view Office documents and PDF's. If you prefer e-Ink screen, the original Nook is still available from BN.
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2011-01-11
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2011-01-11
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What I'm looking for -- something a tablet with decent resolution, for use around the house / camping / etc. Doesn't have to be pocketable, as I've already got my Nokia tablets (n810 / n900). So far my main complaint on the n900 (for tablet uses) is that my eyes aren't as good as they used to be, so I might have to get reading glasses for long usage periods (web browsing, ebook reading, etc). So the 7" tablets seem to fit nicely between a netbook and phone form factors.
But it seems that the only tablets (besides the iPad) are all off-brand jobs, using the lowest-end components that they can get away with. I'm hoping that the Nook will be decent enough (able to play regular downloaded videos without re-encoding, good for ebooks without burning my eyes out, etc). BTW, I've had the older ePaper Nook, but the contrast ratio wasn't high enough for me (couldn't read comfortably without a 150-watt light bulb or direct sunlight). But from past experience my eyes will also get sore looking at a backlit screen (I've read through several novels on laptop screens).
Oh, the other thing I'm looking for in a tablet -- the ability to either hook up a USB keyboard, or at least a bluetooth keyboard. And of course the ability to upgrade the OS without waiting for the vendor to issue updates (i.e., I don't want any device that requires a signed kernel).