The Nook Ebook Reader Review

The Nook, which will sell for $ 259, offers a number of similar characteristics as the Kindle 2, a huge collection of titles, along with a wireless download. In addition, forces the e-reader style forward, having a color, touch-sensitive screen for browsing and downloading now need wireless internet ATand T 3G or Wi-Fi.

The 11. 2 - ounce Nook (... 7 7 9 x 4 x 5 inches) has 2 Gbytes of internal RAM, enough for about 1, 500 titles. It also has a MicroSD slot which will significantly boost the capacity. A 16 - GB card could hold another 17, 500 e-book. The unit performs a version of the Android operating system, but currently does not support 3rd party applications. Perhaps most significant, the Nook supports multiple formats of e-books, as FictionWise, PDF and ePub.

The display is the 16 - level grayscale E-Ink display found with the Kindle 2, but I was not able to get very hands-on time with him. In any case, a few e-readers are separated by means of the display. What can the fascinating Nook is its library of object. For example, new players like Sony and the next iREX reader, the device uses ePub, opening e-book format that allows data to move licenses between units.

Obviously, this company is gambling on the ePub format as the future. "Our customers want a book, at any time, anywhere," said William Lynch, president of Barnes and Noble. "In addition ePub format will be more portable." The Kindle, needless to say, it supports ePub.

Nook buyers may also be able to loan books to other customers Barnesand Noble Bookstore, even if it lacks one, Nook iPhone, Blackberry, or are just reading the books on your computer. Loans minute for about 2 weeks. "Friends are able to do what they have always done, providing books," said Lynch.

Perhaps the biggest limitation of the Nook has the e-reader market is its support in the store. With over 700 shops, 40, 000 retail consultants, and a site that could be among the top 20 on the internet, this company is an excellent place to reach readers. Take a Nook in a Noble Barnesand and you are able to access tailored content via Wi-Fi. In addition, you will have access to all the text of every book in the company of Serbia eBooks - although only when you're in the store.

"The library space is more important for the generation of demand," says Lynch. "As the largest library in the world there is a big advantage." Customers will not really download the books, but there occur flow technology that Lynch did not speak.

Barnes and Noble also exposed unfashionable Nook Ebook reader from creative designers like Kate Spade, Jack Spade, and Jonathan Adler. The company is accepting pre-orders for shipping the next corner. com. The holiday season recently completely depleted their stocks.

This is an important move for Barnesand Noble, but as Chief Executive Steve Riggio said the company was in this space forever. "We were the first to sell eBooks." Said Riggio. "We were the first to sell an eBook reader, using the Reader RockBook".

This effort, of course, disappointed. Now the company will make the effort again with the Nook....