So this is what Barnes and Noble tells you about the nook (something you could totally look up yourself, but I will include for you reading enjoyment):
Tech Specs
| Height: | 7.7 inches |
|---|---|
| Width: | 4.9 inches |
| Depth: | 0.5 inches |
| Weight: | 12.1 ounces |
1. It has a 3G and Wi-Fi network that downloads books in seconds.
2. 2gb of memory to store up to 1,500 hundred books, magazines and newspapers. Also has an expandable memory.
3. Color touchscreen/keypad search
4. Sample free books before reading
5. With the lend-me feature you can share books with your friends
6. Use the reading now button to bookmark where you left off.
7. Rechargeable battery that you can change yourself.
8. E-Ink that looks like paper
9.Change font to make larger
10. Play mp3-Including audiobooks
Get all this for the low price of $259!
What I have to say about the nook:
1. I am not so sure about the ability to download books in seconds as it claims but it does download them fast enough for me. But that is using Wi-Fi. If I use the fastest 3G network provided by AT&T I can go to the kitchen and fry me up some chicken and come back and have my book ready! I think someone should check into AT&T's claims...seems a bit fishy to me!
2. As for the memory I can't tell you much more than what it already claims I only have a dozen or more books on there and I think I am using like 2% of the memory. But I will say that I plan on expanding the memory with a HC memory card. I think that I probably wont even fill the memory before my kids manage to break it. On another note I would like to say that there is a limited amount of magazines and newspapers that are actually available for viewing....I would say slightly misleading.
3. The touch screen pad is actually what sold me on this over the Kindle. I love it....love it! It so easy to search. My only slight complaint is that is can be a tad sensitive.
4. I love the sample reading option. Not all books have this, but quite a few do. There have been a couple of books that I chose not to get and some that I wouldn't have thought I would like. It does save money and research time which I appreciate.
5. Yeah haven't used the lend me option yet because no one else that I know has it. That is a downside. Several friends of mine have the Kindle, but that doesn't help any of us. Hopefully with time and if it gains popularity I will be able to use this.
6. The reading now button is awesome, although not if you are sharing an e-book reader ( I told my husband to get his own and leave mine alone). However what the website doesn't tell you is that all you have to do is click on the book in your library and it takes you back to where you left off too. Bonus!
7. Again I have yet to have to change my battery out, but I do know that this will come in handy when the battery does finally die as it will probably do so when I can't afford to send it off to be changed. I know that Barnes and Noble says that it last 10 days without charging. But it kind of depends on how much you are reading and if you leave the wireless on. That does tend to drain the battery quicker.
8. The Ink look is awesome. I can read it in the sun like a book and there is no problem. It doesn't hurt my eyes, actually reading with the nook doesn't give me headaches like with a regular book. I think its because I can change the font to a larger size or smaller. I really like that option for my aging eyes : )
All and all I love my nook! With the easy click of a button I can change pages and that has for sure shaved minutes off my reading time : ) and I love the ability that when I drop it I don't lose my page...of course since I have children I purchased the warranty that it came with for another $69.95 which covers accidents and the clerk also told me my battery if it goes out within the two year warranty period. It was safe to say that with it nothing will go wrong, but if I had just bought it then my kids would have found it and spilled something on it within the first day. Worth the peace of mind.
If you would like to read about the nook and all of its options and comparisons then here is the link for you http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/
I urge you to look and then run to your local Barnes and Noble store to buy it so that one day your grandchildren can find it in a box and wonder what on earth it is and then laugh about our primitive technology and sell it at a local antique store. Think someday your nook could brace the shelf where people will pass by and wonder what kind of person read these books on this machine....
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