Mother's day gift Nook vs. Kindle

[wonderballz]

I am looking at either of these for my wife for Mother's day. I like the nook because it is color and is/will be running Android's Froyo, so I am pretty sure it is hackable. My Cousin likes her Kindle because she has a way to get hacked books. I assume the Nook has some hacking sites too.

Anyone have experience with either of these?

 

[ryangrieder]

Don't know about the whole hacking thing, I'm not into that, but nook is 10x better. My girls mom has both, and she hates the kindle now that she has a color nook. She also likes it because she can go on her face book and other sites all with the nook.

 

[wonderballz]

Thanks Ryan. Web browsing in color is defi one of the pluses that makes me lean towards the Nook.

 

[Widdy]

Just a little :shhh:

As far as I know there's no root method for Nook Color 1.2.0 (Froyo) that was just released. Picture above is NCs running 1.1.0 (Eclair).

 

[wonderballz]

Nice. I figured Froyo is not rootable yet since it was just released, but with the developers available I assume it's only a matter of weeks/less. My wife and I both have Evo's that are rooted. I am usually on ppc Geeks and xda.

Can you PM me a few sites that you use? Do you use it as a tablet or do you use it as a reader?

 

[Widdy]

XDA is all you really need. Autonooter 3.0 will do everything for you (1.1 Eclair), no need for ADB commands. I also run Dalingrin's kernel to overclock to 1 - 1.1ghz.

Actually I don't own a NC. Ones in pictures were all for friends... I was educated on their dime :shhh:

 

[jscarlata]

I liked the kindle better. I know from my exp web browsing on the kindle is painfully slow, not even something I would use as a decision criteria, but I never tried it on the new nook. Also on the nook is the whole screen color or just the lower window? The deciding factor for me was the page redraw; the kindle handles it better in my opinion, I hated the way the nook changed pages.

 

[wonderballz]

the new Nooks are all color rather than the color strip at the bottom

 

[Levito]

definitely depends on what you want to do with it. I got my wife the kindle, and if you just want to read books (and get a ton of free ones easily if you look around), it's hard to beat the $130 for the kindle. But if you want to more than read or play basic games, you'll need the nook.

 

[wonderballz]

Yeah. She is into tech a little, so I think she may enjoy the nook more, but I am still trying to decide.

 

[bigyankfan]

If you are a NYC resident, the choice is clear - the Nook. Reason: the formats that the NYPL has (EPUB, PDF) are only readable on the Nook (or the Sony). Why buy what you can get for free?

 

[wonderballz]

I didn't think of that. Thanks BYF. We are not nyc residents, but u will check if our local library allows borrowing. Ntw, on our way home from that heartbreaker of a yankee game. Nova should have gotten that win.

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[bigyankfan]

Ntw, on our way home from that heartbreaker of a yankee game. Nova should have gotten that win.

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Looks like Cashman knew what he was talking about. He didn't want to sign Soriano but was overruled by Hank and Randy Levine. Let's hope he opts out after a year.

 

[TimberTDI]

WB,

Rockland is part of the Ramapo Catskill Library System. So yes you can download material to the Sony and to the Nook.

Ramapo Catskill Library System

Steven

 

[wonderballz]

Thanks Steven. I checked that out yesterday. I really appreciate all the help guys. If anyone has any other info, let me know.

 

[inkblue]

Add another $100 and get a Samsung Tab, a fuLL android tabLet. Nook color has it's momenTs, a LOT of it. Spend the extra $100 for a hassle free experience

 

[wonderballz]

You read my mind. I was looking into that too Ink. I don't know if she wants a dedicated ereader. What does the ereader app look like on the Galaxy tab? It runs Froyo right?

Is that a decendant of LapuLapu in your avatar?

 

[inkblue]

eReader on taB looks fine...

 

[ryangrieder]

or a referb ipad for 300...

 

[bigdog1428]

or a referb ipad for 300...

+1 for iPad