Stay to the Lights

Discuss the likes and dislikes of certain e-readers, and discuss and compare different types and brands.

Drunk On You

Great idea. Were you thinking of me when you made the thread?

Stay to the Lights

No, Chris had asked in the board guide thread whether there was one, and I did say she could make it herself.. but since she hadn't responded, I felt I could do it.

Drunk On You

Last week I kept on thinking which thread would be best to discuss something like this.

From what I gather the big two are the Kindle and the Nook.

Stay to the Lights

Yeah And obviously there are independant brands like Sony and kobo and probably a few others I'm not thinking of.

Drunk On You

I guess you can include the ipad too.

My sister got an off brand e reader last year. I think it came from Sears or JcPennys. I forget the name of it but the store you get the books from was BN. But it didn't have all the things a Nook has.

Stay to the Lights

Ah. Yeah I got a kobo one last year from Borders.. Oh wait, no it was this uear.. when they were having a closing down sale. But it didn't last long.. since my mum stepped on it and broke it So I ended up buying one from China online that was colour screen, touch etc.

Drunk On You

I remember you waiting for it to arrive.

I just asked my bf if I could have an ipad for my bday instead of the Nook. He basically said if he has the money. But I don't really want an ipad.

Stay to the Lights

Then don't get an ipad

You better make up your mind.

Think about the uses you will use it for, and why you want it.

Drunk On You

I was never very interested in the ipad. It's like a mini touch computer. But I hate surfing the internet and typing on touch. I just asked him that just to see what he says since they start at like $500.

I think I'm decided on the Nook tablet. Even when I wasn't interested in an ereader I still wanted the Nook.

I looked up a bunch of Kindle vs Nook reviews, and while most of the reviews tend to say Kindle is better reading about each one of them I think Nook is better. From what I read you can't put books you brought from stores besides Amazon on Kindle where you can do that with the Nook.

Stay to the Lights

Yeah. Kindles can be a tad touchy I think.

I have seen pictures of the Nook and it does look pretty good

Drunk On You

At first I thought I had decided on Nook Color. But in the end chose to go with the tablet.

Battery life: 8 hours vs 11.5 hours
Memory 5,000 books vs 10,000 (which I can't even imagine having 5,000 ebooks to begin with )

And I think the screen is brighter and faster.

Now I'm counting down the days. Not because I'm excited for my b day (which I'm kind of am) but bc I'm more excited to get a Nook.

Stay to the Lights

yeah and I can give you many ebooks.

Drunk On You

I just saw a commercial for the Nook Tablet. Which makes me want it even more so. I think I finally made my decision.

Stay to the Lights

yeah? So it's the Nook Tablet then?