Nook is the e-reader announced by Barnes & Noble late in October 09. With its E-Ink display reading screen, a colored LCD touch-screen strip at the bottom for navigation, a Wi-Fi internet connection and an Android OS opening a world of possibilities for hackers, it posed what was perhaps the only real threat to Amazon’s Kindle in the market. Just as the Kindle, nook users in the US with access to AT&T’s free 3G network have the privilege of buying books directly on their devices from the Barnes & Noble online store. To be able to buy books, users need to have an account on B&N’s website with their default credit card details saved. Once that step is completed, the user should use the same account details to register their nook devices & get access to their B&N library.
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Amazon Kindle
The 6 Inch Kindle had since grown on me. The feature I like other than just reading a book was the ability to subscribe to Newspaper such as New York Times for a fee. The newspaper subscription sent to you via Whispernet while you sleep. So when you wake up, it’s there. It’s formatted for the Kindle.
If you are abroad, I’m currently in Indonesia, Kindle Global Edition works here in Indonesia. No added subscription, no extra monthly fee for the wireless to work and it works with all the operator in Indonesia from CDMA to GSM, 3G to EDGE to 1xRTT to EVDO. So it’s a convenient to check your Facebook account, your email, your rss feed with Google Reader, any newspaper site. All the sites have to be mobile formatted. So if you go to your Facebook account, you won’t see the whole orientation like that on a PC. Instead, you’ll get the mobile format, which is enough for any of us. Continue reading »
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