The Nook

The Nook

I was in Best Buy this morning and got to use the Barnes and Nobles Nook for 15 minutes. The first thing I noticed was how light it is. It weighs 12.1 ounces which is around half as much as the iPad. Amazon's Kindle weighs only 10.2 ounces. But the Kindle is a little bigger in width and heighth.

It was also very thin and easy to hold. Here are the dimensions. Nook (7.7 x 4.9 x 0.50). Kindle (8 x 5.3 x 0.36). iPad (9.56 x 7.47 x 0.5).

The Nook has two screens. The main screen that you will read from is 6 inches diagonal and the smaller touch screen is 3.5 inches. The touch screen is made for navigation and typing. It seemed pretty responsive. But i thought the user interface was hard to use. The Eink screen the Nook has is easy to read on. The drawback is the size. It feels too small. I like the big screen of the iPad better. Eink is also very limited in its capabilities.

You can play games on it. It uses the touch screen more then the Eink display. I can't really say which I like better between the Nook and the Kindle because I've never used the Kindle. I would pick the iPad everytime, and if I had to pick either the Nook or the kindle I think i would pick the Nook just because of the touch screen and smaller size. Barnes and Nobles has a good comparisen between the Nook and the Kindle. Check it out at this link www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/compare/