The longest battery life - read up to 2 months. The easiest to use touchscreen. Ultra-light and super-thin ... and the world's largest bookstore. See for yourself–it's clear why critics say The All-New NOOK is "The standout e-reader" -PCWorld. Compare The All-New NOOK vs. Kindle 3.
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| Top Features | ||
| Navigation | Full 6" Touchscreen | 5-way "toggle" Button |
| Battery Life | Up to 2 months* | Up to 1 month* |
| Weight | 7.48 ounces | 8.50 ounces |
| Size | 6.5" tall | 7.5" tall |
| Book scanning | Fast book scanning with Fast Page™ | Slow page by page turns |
| Page Turns | 80% smoother page turns and minimized flashing | Black flash on every page turn |
| Book Selection | Over 2 million titles | 950,000 titles |
| Customer support & demos | 40,000 booksellers at 700 stores plus phone, email and live chat | Telephone and email support |
| Library lending | Yes | No |
| Reading Display | ||
| Display | E Ink® Pearl Display with full touchscreen | E Ink® Pearl Display |
| Display size | 6" Diagonal | 6" Diagonal |
| Adjustable text size | 7 Text sizes plus 6 styles | 8 Text sizes plus 3 styles |
| Touch Control & Navigation | 6" Touchscreen | Mechanical Keyboard & 5-way "toggle" Button |
| Connectivity | ||
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi® | Wi-Fi® & 3G Wireless |
| Free, automatic Wi-Fi® in Barnes & Noble Bookstores |  |  |
| Free Wi-Fi® in all AT&T hotspots | | |
| Memory | ||
| Internal memory | 2GB** (up to 1,000 books) | 4GB***** |
| Memory expansion | Add up to 32GB microSD™ memory card for personal files† | |
| Book Content | ||
| More than 2 million titles | | |
| Read In Store™ - read most Books for free in Barnes & Noble stores | | |
| More In Store™ - Exclusive content available in Barnes & Noble stores | | |
| ePub format so you can read library books | | |
| Text to speech-computer generated voice | | |
| Reading modes | Portrait only | Portrait and Landscape |
| Newspapers & Magazines | ||
| Newspapers & magazines delivered wirelessly | | |
| Lending & Borrowing | ||
| Lending | exclusive LendMe® technology; share between NOOK™, NOOK Color™, and iPad®, iPhone®, iPod touch®, Android™ Smartphones, PCs & Mac (Beta)**** | |
| Borrowing | | |
| Share updates on Social sites like Facebook® and Twitter® | | |
| NOOK Friends™ | | |
| Other Features | ||
| Android™ Operating System | | |
| Personalize screensavers with your photos | uses standard JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP images | |
| Web Browser | | |
| PDF document support | | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Unit Size (in inches) | 6.5" x 5.0" x 0.47" | 7.5" x 4.8" x 0.34" |
| Unit Size (in mm) | 165.4mm x 126.6mm x 12.0mm | 190mm x 123mm x 8.5mm |
| Weight | 7.48 oz. (212g)*** | 8.5oz (241g) |
| Power | ||
| Read without recharging | Up to 2 months with wireless off; Up to 3 weeks with wireless on* | Up to 1 month with wireless off*; Up to 3 weeks with wireless on |
| * Battery life depends on device settings, individual usage, and many other factors. Battery tests are conducted using specific units; actual results may vary. | ||
| **Actual formatted capacity may be less. Approximately 1GB available to store content, of which up to 750MB may be reserved for content purchased from the Barnes & Noble NOOK Store. | ||
| *** Actual size and weight vary by configuration and manufacturing process. | ||
| **** Devices other than NOOK™ and NOOK Color™ require download of free NOOK software | ||
| ***** 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. | ||
| †microSD™ or microSDHC™ memory cards sold separately microSD and microSDHC are trademarks of SD-3C | ||
Nook touch-screen reviews
Barnes & Noble's new touch-screen version of the Nook, introduced today is both a counter-attack on Apple's iPad and a way to gain an edge on Amazon's Kindle. I like my iPad as a device for watching videos and surfing the web, but it's a bit unwieldy as an e-reader. (I have the original iPad, not the newer, lighter model.) This weekend, while using my sister-in-law's Kindle, I was reminded how light and purse-friendly it is (though I had a strange urge to flip it like a Frisbee). The new monochrome Nook, which sells for $139, is also feather-light -- it weighs 7.5 ounces and is less than a half-inch thick.
Here are excerpts from some early reviews of the newest Nook:
-- CNET: "The big question, of course, is whether this e-reader is better than the Kindle. Better is a relative term and since both e-readers have the same Pearl e-ink screen and display text in very similar fashion ... the actual reading experience isn't all that different. However, the Nook has a clearly smaller design and the touch-screen navigation just feels more natural and smooth after you deal with a touch-screen smartphone all day."
-- Engadget:" ... it's a sexy piece of hardware. It's incredibly light and thin (quite a bit thinner than its predecessor) and the rubbery back feels pleasant in the hand. We were only able to poke around the software for a short while, but it's certainly more responsive than the original Nook (as you'll see in the video below). While there is less screen flashing during refreshes there is still some, and it actually might be more jarring now that you're not seeing it every page turn."
-- CrunchGear: " ... the touchscreen appeared fairly snappy, but didn’t provide much instant feedback. The device really is small, but the screen is of course the same size as the competition."
Note: The original post stated that the pricier, color Nook did not have a touch screen. Thanks to those commenters who pointed out my mistake, which I've corrected.
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