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Barnes & Noble Nook Reader Review - Is the Nook E-Reader Better Than Kindle? Are you thinking of buying an electronic reading device? Read this review of the new Barnes & Noble nook reader to see the pros and cons when comparing the nook to Kindle. You might be surprised! [VIEW ARTICLE]Comments RSS Feed For This Article: 
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Subject: Nook
Peyton, you have failed to acknowledge many differences between the Nook and Kindle. The Nook is including Google sources in it's million available books. Look more closely and you will see that Amazon has a larger selection of it's own books available as well as the ability for the Kindle to display other source materials such as what Nook can do with the Google content.
B&N prices are significantly higher than Amazon's. Take a quick look and you will find this true.
The Nook boasts wifi but for what use? It does not include a web browser like the Kindle. Browsing in Wifi is great but you will find many browse form their own computers or have no complaints of the 3G access that Kindle has. What about international usage? The Nook does not permit the downloading of contact internationally whether by wifi or 3G.
The Nook has an SD card slot but how much is it really needed? How many people have a library in excess of 1500 books?
The Nook does not have a text to speech function. It's closest is audiobooks but ONLY if they are in MP3 format.
The Nook does offer lending which the Kindle does not. However, it is once per book and for only 14 days. In addition, it is only for those books in which the publisher has permitted. In this way. the publisher can charge one price for an ebook and a higher price for one with the LendMe feature.
The Kindle already views PDF and B&N has been very vague about exactly what formats it supports.
THe color screen is a nice perk but at what cost? Both it and the wifi are an incredible drain on the battery. Battery life with Kindle and 3G turned off is 14 days. It is 10 for the Nook and if the Nook is using wifi, it is only 2.
As for seeing a Nook up close, little can be determined by a few minutes in store. Amazon has a 30 day return period for the Kindle allowing the buyer to essentially review it for that time period without being out anything. B&N has a restocking fee of 10% if the shrink wrap is removed and only a 14 day return period.
I highly recommend you look more closely at the details before believing just what B&N promotional material states.