Nook Color

Here's something i thought about for a brief second this monring: Supposed i didn't own the kindle, will i purchase the nook color? It only lasted for a second because my answer was "no." At $250, it's a luxury item. At $139, the kindle is something most people can afford. Besides, i enjoy buying kindlebooks taxfree among other perks that comes with the kindle.

Besides, i'm not into the andriod and iphone stuff. I don't care for it and i certainly don't want to read on a LCD screen for long hours. I may as well do it on my computer. BN claims the nookcolor is great for reading magazines and periodicals and also children book with color. Which middle-class family, in this struggling economy, buys a $250 nook for a 8 y.o? And for the adult, why buy another android tablet to read magazines if you can access the magazines website on your phone that has the android technology?

For someone who'd like to own an ipad but can't afford the hefty $499 tag, the nookcolor might be a better option to settle for. But then it's going to be limited in the amount of apps it can run. if the primary purpose is to read, then the nookcolor will be ok if the person doesn't have an android phone. I mean BN has a nook app for the phones anyway.

I, personally, can't find one reason to buy the nookcolor. I think for someone who has BN membership, the regular nook is an option. I just never joined BN because i never saw the sense in paying to get discounts considering i wasn't buying lots of books in the past and when i did start buying lots of books, i realized i can get even better discounts at amazon as compared to those with BN memberships.

After being named the whatever scholar - can't remember the award anymore but it came with a lovely plaque and $100 BN gift card. Anyway, i sold the gift card to my roommate. I actually offered her a 5% discount but she chose to give me the full price.

Either, i'm glad there's competition in the ereader world. There's sony, kobo, amazonkindle and the nook.