#NOOK TO KINDLE TRANSFER TV#
A Kindle Fire or NOOK HD tablet is a pretty decent device for watching movies and TV shows, listening to music, and playing games. Unless, that is, you want to do more than just read books. On the surface, that doesn’t sound like a good deal. Why would you want one of these eBook tablets instead of a dedicated eBook reader? Let’s face it, these puppies are larger, heavier, more expensive, and have much shorter battery life than dedicated e-readers.
Both sizes of the Kindle Fire HD come in 16GB and 32GB versions the smaller NOOK HD comes in 8 GB and 16GB versions, where the larger NOOK HD+ comes in 16GB and 32GB versions.įigure 6 Barnes & Noble's NOOK HD tablet. (Or, to put it more bluntly, the Amazon and Barnes & Noble tablets are built to be easy-to-use frontends to their respective online stores.)īoth Amazon and Barnes & Noble make two sizes of tablets, smaller 7” models and larger 9” devices. But, given who’s selling them, the Amazon and Barnes & Noble tablets are used disproportionally for book reading, and less for watching videos and running apps and games. These are really full-featured tablet PCs that compete head-to-head with the Apple iPad and Google Nexus tablets. Now we come to the category of eBook reader tablets. There’s nothing wrong with the Kindle Paperwhite, I simply feel that the ergonomics (and the pricing) of the NOOK give it a slight edge. I think it’s a tougher choice between these two backlit readers, but my personal choice is the NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight. The NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight sells for a flat $119 you’ll pay $139 for the similar Kindle Paperwhite without ads, or $119 for the version with “special offers.” Advantage NOOKunless you like ads, that is. The softer light on the NOOK GlowLight is easier on the eyes, and seems more natural than that of the Kindle Paperwhite. The Kindle Paperwhite has a slightly brighter backlight, but that’s not necessarily a good thing. Turn the backlight on, however, and to my eyes the NOOK’s GlowLight looks superior. Both have 6” touchscreens with E Ink Peal technology, both have built-in Wi-Fi, both have 2GB internal storage, and both run 800MHz single-core processors. This makes it possible to read in low- or no-light situations, which many readers like.Īmazon and Barnes & Noble both offer backlit readersthe Kindle Paperwhite and the NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight. That changes when you move up to a backlit eBook reader, which offers backlighting to create a subtle glow behind the text. The bad thing about these basic devices is, just like printed books, you can’t read them in the dark. The nice thing about basic eBook readers is that the E Ink display does a great job of mimicking ink on a printed page it’s quite easy on the eyes, especially with the newer E Ink Pearl technology. Compare for yourself in the following table. If you want a Kindle without the onscreen ads, you pay $89, or ten bucks more than the non-ad supported NOOK.įrom strictly a hardware standpoint, then, the NOOK Simple Touch looks to be the better choice than the basic Kindle. Amazon advertises the Kindle for $69, but that’s for a model with “special offers”that is, onscreen advertising. When it comes to price, the NOOK is the better deal at a flat $79. That’s where the similarities end.įigure 2 The NOOK Simple Touch eBook reader, from Barnes & Noble.
Both come with built-in Wi-Fi (for downloading new books), 2GB of internal storage (to store all the books you download), and a single-core 800MHz processor. The competitors here are the fifth -generation Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble NOOK Simple Touch.īoth of these units have 6” displays with 600 x 800 pixel resolution, or 167 pixels per inch (ppi). We’ll start our examination with the basic eBook reader category. And finally, there’s the eBook tablet, which is more than just an eBook readerit’s a full-fledged tablet with color LCD screen and the ability to run apps, play games, and surf the web, just like the iPad and similar tablets. Second, there’s the backlit type, which adds a backlit display. First, there’s the basic reader, with a non-lit 6” E Ink display. Comparing Basic ReadersĮBook readers break down into three key types. If you’re in the market for a new eBook reader, which model should you buy? Is an Amazon Kindle the way to go, or should you invest in a Barnes & Noble NOOK unit? Read on to learn more. Both companies offer multiple models at multiple price points. In the U.S., there are two primary brands of eBook readersthe Kindle line, sold by Amazon, and the NOOK line, sold by competitor Barnes & Noble.
It seems like everyone these days is reading electronic books (eBooks) on dedicated eBook reader devices. NOOK Book, The: An Unofficial Guide: Everything you need to know about the NOOK HD, NOOK HD+, NOOK SimpleTouch, and NOOK Reading Apps, 4th Edition
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