Comments on: B&N NOOK event November 7: new NOOK Color expected

By: Ryan Smith

Ryan Smith — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:15:00 +0000

Tell me something good about Nook Color 2? Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:23:00 +0000

1. Kindle Fire doesn’t have microSD slot that, for example, Nook Color has thus it is stuck with 6 GB usable internal storage unlike Nook Color that can get up to 32 GB card in. Kindles are made to be almost like a “dumb terminal” of the past to make sure you’re tied up to Amazon’s storage on the web (for which you need Wi-Fi connection to get to) and you can only store content you get from Amazon there, not other files. Quoting Amazon on Kindle Fire: “Free cloud storage for all Amazon content”. Get it, Amazon content?
2. The stats of how long the battery can last (Kindle Fire theory is 7.5 hours) are taken with Wi-Fi off. It will last only about 3 hours if you use it to access content from their Cloud storage over Wi-Fi.
3. Amazon can spy on your web activity through their new cloud-integrated web browser of Kindle Fire.
4. VERY IMPORTANT – lack of microSD slot means that if you decide to root your Kindle Fire, you’ll have to root the actual device thus there will be no coming back. On Nook Color, you can make it boot from a “rooted” microSD card and if you want to get back to the original Nook you can just take out the card and reboot.
5. Kindle Fire doesn’t have a camera.
6. Kindle Fire has about 70% less usable screen area than iPad 2.
7. Kindle doesn’t support eBooks in ePub format that is the most used format in the world.
8. Kindle app store contains only Amazon approved apps and it does not include (and will not include) Netflix app that iPad has and Nook Color is getting thus again you’re stuck with Amazon content only.
9. Amazon confirmed that you cannot download/stream anything to Kindle Fire when traveling outside US.
10. Amazon says it will review every app in its Appstore for Fire compatibility, as part of an automated process. Rejected apps will include those that rely on a gyroscope, camera, WAN module, Bluetooth, microphone, GPS, or micro SD. Apps are also forbidden from using Google’s Mobile Services (and in-app billing), which, if included, will have to be “gracefully” removed. In terms of actual content, Amazon has outlawed all apps that change the tablet’s UI in any way (including theme- or wallpaper-based tools), as well as any that demand root access.
11. I’d recommend waiting for Nook Color 2 that is rumored to be released by Barnes & Noble shortly.

By: geolemon

geolemon — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:56:00 +0000

Or, they could compete with the restricted-to-Amazon-app-market Kindle Fire by just simply launching an 8″ tablet that’s in every way a standard Android tablet (with access to the real App Market rather than trying to build their own infrastructure from scratch) other than coming preloaded with the B&N app.
Simple is smarter, sometimes. And the entire Android app market is more, rather than less.
We’ll see what they come up with – I’m intrigued.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:42:00 +0000

Download Amazon video app, or better yet, netflix: done.

Would love to see the new nook whiz on amazons fire. B&n and Amazon are mortal enemies.. amazon using price and unfair tax advantages against brick and mortar stores for years..

By: R David L Campbell

R David L Campbell — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:34:00 +0000

the liberty media investment gives BN easy access to content from Serius, Time Warner, Starz, and Viacom

By: shelleyjr

shelleyjr — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:33:00 +0000

I am anxiously waiting to see if the new Nook has color e-ink. I would love to read and surf the net while sitting in my backyard in the bright southwest sun. My biggest complaint with all of these gizmos, is that you can’t read/see them outdoors. I told Verizon this 4 years ago, that I can’t see who is calling me. I run and business and don’t want to talk to tele-marketers. So when my phone rings and I happen to be in the car or riding my bike I want to be able to see the screen.

By: David

David — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:07:00 +0000

Chris ~
I don’t understand this statement at the end of your column: “but a color touchscreen and Android underpinnings look likely if it’s to compete with the Kindle Fire.” These are the features of the current NOOKcolor since Day 1.