heck-no techno

I know this does not have much to do with my general blog theme, but I can’t help writing about something I’m so excited about: Barnes & Noble came out with the nook® on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. If you have ever heard of the Kindle® by Amazon it’s pretty much the same thing, although it does have its advantages. In my opinion the nook is way cooler just because it uses touch technology instead of conventional buttons, as well as it has a color screen with cover flow for you to browse books by their cover. Other advantages are that is has a memory SD card slot for you to store over 17,500 extra books, which the kindle does not have. Barnes & Noble also has a much larger selection of e-books( 1 million) compared to Amazon (350,000), and some of them are free, depending on the book. The one thing that gives Amazon’s Kindle an advantage is its text to speech technology allowing it to turn any book into an audio book. The nook is capable of storing audio books, and is compatible as an mp3 player; it just can not convert books to audio.
Overall I think the nook has a much more sleek design than the Kindle and it can connect to Wi-Fi in the Barnes and Noble store where you can read any e-book for free, just like you could if you were looking at a real book. It takes seconds to download any book and they are relatively cheap- much cheaper than a printed book. The nook’s tag price is also cheaper than the Kindle, not much but it is cheaper. Amazon’s Kindle is currently selling at $279, while the nook is going for about $259. Over all I think the nook® has its advantages over the Kindle®, but the Kindler® also has some features that put the nook® to shame.