Barnes & Noble vs. Amazon Kindle Nook - A comparison

by dogshairlossSolve on Sunday, May 22, 2011

A lot of people are interested to see what would ebook reader Nook take the top award in a Matchup vs Kindle. While Amazon's Kindle eReader is clearly dominant on the market today, some say that the goods Nook should give the Kindle a serious competition. But is it really? If we put the two devices side by side.

[b]Kindle 3G Wireless[/b]

Size, weight and design

Measuring 7.7 cm in length and 4.9 cm in width is slightly smaller than the NookKindle is wide 8 inches long and 5.3 cm. But then, to 0.3 cm thick, Kindle is thinner than that of the Nook, the 0.5 inch thick. The unit of Barnes & Noble weighs a bit 'harder to 11.2 oz 10.2 oz weight in the Kindle

Unlike the Kindle, the Nook can cover the rear, providing easy access to its removable lithium-ion battery. What the Nook brings a whole new level, 3.5-inch color touch screen, thereplaces a keyboard for navigation. The contrast between the color LCD display and E Ink offers an interesting dynamic to the unit that few others can boast eReader.

Other Features

Whether the Kindle ebook reader is equipped with 2 GB of internal memory, but at the same time that's about it, Nook offers the possibility to add more memory via its microSD memory card. The two devices are connected wirelessly via AT & T 3GNetwork, but only the Nook offers WiFi connectivity. Get a shop inside Barnes & Noble, you will immediately have free access to WiFi.

Haves and have-nots

Now comes the interesting details Kindle vs Nook. What does the Nook, they can not keep up with Kindle and vice versa? On the one hand, the Barnes and Noble eReader two new services - (add in a position, your eBook Nook the other owners), loans of books and in-store browsing (the ability to browse ebooks for fullfree at Barnes and Noble stores).

On the other hand, its Kindle have a text-to-speech functionality, which allows you to relax and listen to the book to read. Kindle also allows for web browsing, while not the Nook. Finally, the battery life of 7 to 10 days Nook (more like 4-5 days after users) is far from the Kindle battery life up to 14 days (more than 10 days in actual use). These are estimates of battery life with WiFi turnedoff.

The verdict

As I mentioned earlier are already Kindle in search of a clear winner among vs Nook is not so easy. But while the two functions are great gadget takes over at Amazon for general use, because it has pretty much the technology improved, with several generations pass through Kindle. The various arguments Nook, lazy paging as slow start and future versions can be oriented, and then E 'can really be a KindleKiller.

Barnes & Noble vs. Amazon Kindle Nook - A comparison

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