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The Battle Of EReader Giants – Kindle Versus Nook
When researching on the favorite eReaders available today, these two keep popping up. Kindle versus Nook, or Amazon versus Barnes & Noble has become an epic battle, but which one can provide us with the greatest eReader?
Kindle v Nook is quite the battle. The two of them both have an awesome 6 inch eInk screen with a clear 600×800 resolution, they both provide you with lots of content and allows you to read books, magazines and blogs. They both offer 3G and WiFi and cost around the $150 mark, but that is where the similarities end.
When comparing two products like these it is necessary to look at what sets them apart, not what they both do well, because ultimately this is what is going to aid us make the decision on what eReader will suit us.
First of all, the weight difference between the two is rather momentous. The Kindle is only 8.7 ounces, whereas the Nook is 12.1 ounces. That is a 30% difference and may not sound like a lot, but you can feel it after a while of reading. The more nimble Kindle is also far more easy to carry around and better designed for reading. Secondly, speed and ease of operation varies quite a bit between the two models. The Kindle is much faster and user-friendly, both when it comes to page turns and navigating between the different menus. The capacity of the battery on the two models is quite similar, but you will get an extra week out of the Kindle (4 weeks), compared to the Nook (3 weeks). In addition, the Kindle comes with twice as much internal memory (4GB) as the Nook (2GB), however with the Nook you are able to expand to 16 GB via the use of a SD card.
The Nook does support the open-source format ePub, whereas the Amazon Kindle does not. This means that if you decide to buy a Kindle 3 you are locked in to buying eBooks from Amazon. The ePub format allows you to share books with others and also borrow books from digital libraries.
If you end up on the Kindle you will enjoy a Read-To-Me feature which means you can convert your eBook to an audio-book. With the push of a button a voice will read your book out loud to you and you can just close your eyes and listen. This great feature is invaluable for those individuals who usually get migraines after reading or have have a vision impairment. I like to read for a while, but when my eyes get tired I turn on the text-to-speech feature and just listen. Unfortunately, the Barnes & Noble Nook has no such feature.
So, what’s the verdict? They are both fantastic eReaders, but we need a winner. In my opinion, the main feature the Nook has but the Kindle does not, is support of the ePub format. Everything else the Kindle does better. I guess it is your decision if this feature alone is enough to select buying it instead of the Kindle. It is possible to use a legal and free program called Calibre that can convert between Kindle formats and ePub. This however will not work with copy-write protected books.
My choice would have to be the Kindle. It offers the important features I believe an eReader should have and it does most things faster and better than its competition. If you want to know more about eReaders, check our website.
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