Amazon Kindel

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Feb 3, 2011, at 9:28 PM, Mordecha Behar wrote:

> I think your best bet is B&N Nook Color.


The nook color is very attractive, but IMHO, it's not quite ready to  
be a general purpose tablet. Not because the hardware is lacking, but  
because its sold as an eBook reader by B&N, and nothing else.  
Eventually (which is often only months in this business), the  
manufacturer of the hardware will be able to sell a similar unit (same  
internal hardware, different name and case) and it will be for a  
while, the best deal around.

IMHO it won't replace the iPad, or even harm sales of it. The iPad is  
a stunning piece of hardware and iOS is a very well developed  
operating system. However the market is big enough for both an iPad,  
and an open device.

I suggest that before you buy anything you look at the iPad to see  
what it can and can not do, and then decide if you really want it, or  
you want a different device. It is the state of the art, and will be  
for a while. That is assuming you want a general purpose pad, and not  
a smaller, cheaper dedicated eBook reader.

I'd love to see something along the lines of the nook, or the nook  
color as an open device, instead of the current versions which are  
based on open source software, but are just as proprietary without a  
"hack" as the iPad.

I understand you can root a nook or nook color, but that's not the  
same as it being a fully open device. But then it becomes a general  
purpose pad, and not an eBook reader, which may be very different.

Geoff.
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