Although I am obsessed with eBook readers (hereafter “ereaders”; likewise, “ebooks”, “epaper”, “efotainment”, etc.) and have wanted to have one since the first Kindle was announced, I’ve spent the entire time since then vacillating between models, complaining about the prices, and drooling over unreleased models (both officially announced and rumored devices). In that time I’ve probably spent $300 on boring old printed books, so with the recent ereader price wars I decided to get in the game with Barnes & Noble’s cheapest model, the new wifi-only Nook. I ordered it on Monday and it arrived, impressively, on Tuesday. I haven’t spent much time using it yet — half an hour yesterday and about half an hour this morning — but I’ve already formed some concrete opinions on the device. They follow.
Jun 302010
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