New post in: I took a look at the nook the other day
I was in B&N today doing some Christmas shopping and stopped by the deserted Nook desk to check the device out. Ironically both of the nooks that they had on display were locked up with error messages. I managed to get one of them going again and tried to get it to open the book "Dracula" just so I could get a handle on the interface. IT WAS HORRIBLE. The touch screen is little and the options are so close together that I kept accidentally selecting the wrong book, it then takes FOREVER to pull up the incorrect book so that I could close it and again attempt to open the correct one. I also kept wanting to use the E-ink screen as a touch screen, I’m not sure why. The interface is absolutely horrible. While I was standing there cursing the device the Nook salesperson finally walked up and attempted to chat me up. She started in about how the Nook is brand new and is way better than the Kindle. I didn’t say anything, I just pulled my Kindle out of my purse and laid it on the table in front of her. By this time 3 or 4 people had walked up to the counter and were listening to our "conversation." One of the new bystanders asked me how I liked the Nook compared to the Kindle, being as she was considering both. I proceeded to tell her (with the Nook salesperson standing there) that I really liked the looks of the Nook, was excited about it before it’s release, and wanted to see it do well so that ebooks would become more prevalent. But after actually using the device for about 5 minutes I would never trade my Kindle for one, and would never recommend one to anyone I knew. At this point the sales lady jumps in and starts in about how the Nook is just so much better, blah blah, even though she never actually said WHY it was better. So I challenged her to a race. Kindle vs. Nook, she of course looked really nervous, but she couldn’t really get out of it. I also happened to have Dracula downloaded on my Kindle, it is free after all, and said that I could get from my home screen to reading quicker than she could. Suffice it to say, that I beat her by at least 30 seconds. This is from someone who uses the Nook on a regular basis, and even she couldn’t navigate its interface quickly. I sold 2 Kindles to my fellow bystanders.
