Nook vs ereader vs kindle vs ipad?

Question

What's the deference? How much are they? Can u only read on then or can u get on the Internet. Can u listen to music or put picture. Please give me the 411 on these products.

Answer 1

In short:



> Don't go for Nook Color. It's using backlight screen like computer screen, and is difficult to our eyes. Just not suitable for reading purpose.



> Choose the Nook if you want to be:

- Able to borrow ebooks from library to your ebook reader

- Able to read books in epub format (without need of conversion) on your ebook reader



> Choose the Kindle if you want to be:

- Able to have free 3G wireless access

- Able to download books and use 3G wireless even you're outside of the United States

- Able to have text-to-speech function to read books to you like audio books



There is also quite a good review for comparison between the two here:



http://bit.ly/nookorkindle3

Answer 2

I believe you should get an iPad. I'm ON MINE RIGHT NOW!! I have never had any problems with it, and it is just overall amazing. If your getting another laptop for christmas, I definatley recommend an iPad. You will love the interface, and an update is coming out for that will be HUGE. (multitasking, game center, ect...). An iPad functions as a laptop anyways. So in the end, you should definatley get an iPad and I speak from experience





Advantages:



1. Smooth, thin, nice black and silver design.

2. Excellent e-book and journal reading device.

3. Be able to run all the programs of iPhone .

4. With a large and bright 9.7-inch display screen, it takes up most of the face.

5. If you just wanna surf the Intenet, take notes, SNS, send and receive E-Mail, visit the journal books, watching videos, iPad is fit for you.

6. With super fast speed, sensitive response and the application is easy to handle.

7. iPad is lighter and thinner than any other notebooks.

8. Battery life and strong. In the uninterrupted video playback tests, iPad last 11 hours 28 minutes, and during this period still open Wi-Fi and back-office e-mail downloads.

9. With fast and prospective entering.

10. The Safari is very good.

11. It is your best choice to watch video, view photos, listen to music, play games, with satisfying and fun.

12. In general, the same process iPad version is better than the iPhone version, but the price is also more expensive. However, there is a free program.

13. The photo program is much more attractive, like a Mac-class software. It can serve as a digital photo frame.

15. iBook is better than Kindle and it will not hurt eyes.

16. iBook with a text search function.

17. The expansion of the screen make the map function is much more real.

18. No binding contracts, there is a data service entrance for setting a subscription.



Disadvantages:



1. Essentially, iPad is an enlarged version of iPod touch.

2. No camera, No USB port, No multi-task, No Flash.

3. Without headphones.

4. It is inconvenient to edit long documents.

5. The Battery can not be replaced.

6. The memory capacity can not be upgraded.

7. Untenable.

8. iWork has something wrong with exporting office documents.

9. iPad is heavy than kindle。

10. Most people need use both hands to grasp the iPad.

11. iBook can not take notes. 6 million books in the store is less than the Amazon.

12. E-mail program can not create a local folder, you can not rearrange the email with certain rules.

13. The mail does not support the Group feature.

14. Safari without any label.

15. Wi-Fi version is containing GPS.

16. It is not suitable for playing widescreen video.

17. With the iPad on hand, you will fell it is heavy soon.

18. You can not read the books bought from iBook in other equipment, even the Mac and iPhone.

19. It is difficult to read under the sunlight.

20. It is inconvenient to type under normal typing position.

21. Many iPhone programs will appear blind spots on the screen.

22. You can not watch the video with Skype.

23. iPad is not a laptop, it is not fit for content creation.

24. iPad is suitable for consumption content - reading, listening to songs, watch video, Internet, email and so on.

25. You have to put into the embrace of iTunes.

Answer 3

Nook and Kindle are both eReaders. They range in price from $139 to $250 depending on whether you buy them with 3G wireless or not, and whether you get the color LCD version (Nook Color) or e-Ink version (Nook and Kindle).



Mostly, you use them to read books. They have some other functionality, but it's minor. They truly are meant to read books on.



iPads are a mutli-media device / computer. You can surf the web, watch videos, read books, listen to music, play games, etc. on them. They also start at $500.



Basically, you need to figure out what you want this device to do, and then shop in the right category.

Answer 4

Hi, problemchild, You can get Kindle 3G or Wi-Fi or Nook e-Ink (3G or Wi-Fi) or Nook Color Android tablet (Wi-Fi). 3G means the internet connection is included for free for the life of the device thus you can download a new book even when you're walking on the street. Wi-Fi means that you need to have access to wireless hotspot - examples would be any Barnes & Noble store that provides free Wi-Fi to Nook's or any Starbucks or any McDonalds or airport or any other place that provides free Wi-Fi service or your home’s wireless router - to download eBooks. Again, it's only needed to download eBooks or browse the Internet. Once you downloaded the eBooks to your device, you don't need Internet connection to read them. There's over a million of free public ebooks as well as over a million of ebooks that you need to pay for available through Barnes & Noble eBook store. Prices are generally much lower than for physical books.

Having that out of the way, you should then decide which screen you want: e-Ink or LCD. It depends on what you're reading. If just black & white novels then the better one would be Kindle or e-Ink Nook from Barnes & Noble. If you read electronic magazines or college text books with a lot of color graphs and charts or children’s' books with a lot of pictures then the better would be Nook Color LCD from Barnes & Noble. Then, you should understand the limitations of e-Ink eReaders - they are limited to be black & white for now they "blink" at each ebook’s page turn, they're not too good for web browsing, they need external light source for reading when dark, and they cannot handle videos.

Whichever device you choose, here's the advantages of the Nook’s (both e-Ink black & white and Nook Color) over Kindle:

- Any Barnes & Noble store provides free Wi-Fi to Nook's

- Nook allows to lend Nook books for two weeks to friends and family or share with your other devices that run B&N app (PC, MAC, Android phones, Apple iPhone, iPod and iPad, etc.)When you walk in with the Nook to B&N store, you’re allowed to read any available eBook for free while in the store via free provided in the store Wi-Fi. With Nook, while in BN store you get exclusive articles from top authors, and great offers including cafe treats and unique deals.

- Nook (unlike Kindle) can be used for library ebooks and for renting text-ebooks.

Nook Color is worth mentioning separately as this is a hybrid Android eReader/tablet device, something between Kindle and iPad. Even though Nook Color has LCD touchscreen, it's a new generation screen which is anti-glare coated and is better performing in sunlight and produces less glare all of which are dooming reading on iPad. Also, the screen is amazing and readable/viewable at wide angles.

Overall, Nook Color is more than e-Reader as you can also watch video and use Android applications on it. It's a hybrid device, much more than just an e-Reader but not a full tablet as it doesn't have a camera. If all you want is to read novels, the original e-Ink Nook might be better for you. If you want something more from your device (color graphs and charts of college text books, childrens books, photos and videos, web sites in full color) at half of the price of iPad or Galaxy tab, then Nook Color is your best bet.

Nook Color has several apps that already come with the device (Pandora Internet radio, QuickOffice, etc.) Also, Barnes & Noble recently released Nook SDK and Nook Developer platform that will allow most of the existing 100,000 Android apps be ported to it. Also, you can use the Social Settings screen to link your NOOK Color to your Facebook account and your Twitter account. You can also import all your contacts from your Google Gmail account. Once you have linked to Facebook and Twitter and set up email contacts, you can lend and borrow books, recommend books, and share favorite quotes with your friends.

Answer 5

I would read a booklet but I want silence and I watch tv set for Big Bang theory family man spongebob comedy or movies in general toss me a good booklet and I am going to read it

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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