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Prof.Gringo · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:45 pm Post subject: Fire or Nook?

Kindle Fire from Amazon versus Nook Reader from B&N...Which do you think is better AND why???

MotherF · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 2:38 am Post subject:

Neither, if you are serious about reading on it for extended periods of time, you want an e-ink screen not a back lit screen.

Mr_Monkey · Joined: 11 Mar 2009 Posts: 661 Location: Kyuuuuuushuuuuuuu

Am I the only person in the world who doesn't get eye strain from LCDs?

If you intend to do things other than read, I'd be inclined to go for the Nook - whack Cyanogenmod CM7 on there and you have a full-featured tablet PC.

AGoodStory · Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 738

Prof.Gringo · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:07 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the replies!

Anymore??? Question

hollysuel · Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Posts: 225 Location: Connecticut, USA

get an I-pad and then download the kindle AND the nook app!

Qaaolchoura · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 10:37 am Post subject:

I have a (now discontinued) Nook WiFi. Which has a depressingly low battery life (I hear the Nook Touch is a lot better in that regard), and can't handle text wrapping for PDFs (I convert all PDFs to epubs in Calibre). But I agree with some previous comments. If I'm going to read books electronically, it won't be on a backlit screen. (I actually prefer paper books, but that's no good for extended periods of time abroad.) I own a Galaxy Tab to do the tablet stuff, and a Nook WiFi solely to read books on.

~Q

Montanaland · Joined: 20 Dec 2009 Posts: 60 Location: Bakken Oil Field

The Kindle Fire is a watered down version of the ipad. I would rather have an ipad...however you can barely get a refurbished ipad2 for $350??