28 Jan
2011
28 Jan
'11
1:49 p.m.
On 28 Jan 2011 at 10:34, William Blair wrote:
All of my relatives have gone with Nooks rather than
Kindles for
themselves and their children, primary reasons being that the Nook
supports the ePub open ebook format and Barnes and Noble ebooks are
cheaper than Amazon's. Less important is the capacitive touchscreen.
Early firmware for the Nook had issues, new versions are fine. This
is what they tell me anyway since I don't own one myself nor have I
paid much attention to ebooks.
With my failing eyesight, I can't imagine trying to read something
that was printed on A4 or 8.5x11 paper on a 6-inch (is that diagonal
measurement?) screen. For me, it'd be like reading the micrographic
edition of the OED without a magnifier.
--Chuck