| Barnes and Noble NOOK ebook reader |  | Brand: Barnes and Noble
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Product Description
Choose an eBook using the beautiful color touch screen, then watch it appear instantly on the E Ink® display, where text appears as crisp as a printed page. The 16-level gray scale display offers great contrast with no glare or backlight. Choose from five font sizes so you can read with ease.
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 Product is useless/Customer Service at the store is priceless March 8, 2010
C. Quintero Salazar (Venezuela)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought a Nook during one of my visits to Tampa, more specifically at the Wiregrass Shops. I must admit that I was tremendously excited when I got the device, because of the reviews and also the SD card capability.
My joy was short lived. During the 2 weeks that I owned the product I was never able once to open none of my sideloaded pdf's that I have amassed over the years (over 30GB - I am a voracious reader). A long string of calls to Customer Service and the shop itself ensued, after which I decided to take the trip again (I live outside of the USA) to return the device directly to the store.
Much to my surprise, they were extremely receptive at the store and also very apologetic for the device's inability to function properly outside the States and also the lack of functionality and propietary issues. I was refunded for all the items (Nook, cover case and screen protector) in no time at all.
So, in summary, the Nook gets a ZERO star in my review for paying more attention to the esthetics rather than the functionality of the reader, but B&N gets a FIVE star rating for their approachability and for their great costumer service!
 Get a kindle 1 or nook . Anything but a kindle 2. March 8, 2010
Jiahui Shi (Upstate, New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As of the first draft of this review i have owned a nook for almost 2 weeks.
Initial observations.
1. Frustration-full packaging. it literally came with a 7 step instruction sheet on how to open your stand to get to your nook.
2. 1.0.0 starting firmware. OTA it downloaded 1.2.0
3. Even with 1.2.0 rooted or other wise, its slower than a kindle 1,2,dx in starting up time. page turn time is about the same if not faster.
4. rooting is easy.(cough cough nookdevs.com cough cough) getting pandora to work is hard.
5. there are some e-books that cost more than 9.99 (blame harper collins those rich SOB). around the same price as kindle books and they are open source epub unlike propritory kindle format(epub works on sony readers too)
6. texts in pdfs scale REAALLY nicely. pictures are another story. NOT all pdfs work properly.
7. B&N members get ZERO discounts on anything nook related(but its a gr8 excuse to cancel the member ship and get a refund even though you used it consistently for the past month :)
8. Battery life really does suck. thats what spare batteries are for. with airplane mode(all wifi/ ATT turned off) i can get a good week of reading before recharging.
9. E-INK + Sunlight = best reading expierence EVER.. E-INK + CFL's = mehhh(aka i paid how much for this)
As i mentioned in the title. get either a nook or a kindle 1. (or a DX if u need an excuse not to buy an Itampon)
refer to this guys review of the kindle 2 vs kindle 1.
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to my best knowledge. the DX hasnt been stripped down(yet?)
i'll add more(including a video review, after midterm week is over
 HORRIBLE! I Should've bought a Kindle! March 7, 2010
Doubleagent Seven (Manhattan Beach, CA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I did my research and felt like the Nook would be a good choice for an e-reader. This thing is horrible!! Kept telling me I was connected- but then kept saying the network could not connect! Downloading is a joke! Does not download, even trying to download from Barnes & Noble's site is a task. Instructions that come with this is laughable- just tells you a basic jist but does not address any problems.
I have just spent over an hour and a half trying to download purchases and it's still not transferring! This is so very frustrating. What a piece of junk. I will be going back to B&N first thing tomorrow to get a refund. Customer service is a joke, not open late enough. Do your research, and look for other complaints about this one- chances are, the negative things people say about the Nook are correct.
Love it! February 25, 2010
Ali Nutmeg (Seattle, WA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had originally pre-ordered my nook last year but cancelled due to such high demand and went with a Sony Daily Edition. I did not like the dark screen/ contrast or glare from the sony and tried a Kindle. I would have loved it, if it worked. The wireless did not work in my area so back it went. By this time I ran across the nook at the local BN store. I decided to give it a go and I love it! I have not experienced any of the issues other people have had. I have had about 4 days and I am in love. I am glad I was able to try out the other ereaders as well. I love that it is so customizable with colored backs, very well made covers (got my kate spade pink cover) and the color screen is fun and gives it a splash of color on the monochrome screen. I love to view my books covers in color! I have added my own wallpapers and best of all I was able to move my sony books over to the nook via adobe digital editions. It was so very easy! Downloading books is a breeze, bookmarks work, pages turn quickly. In the end it is all about your personal preference but I am glad I ended up with a Nook!
You can have it but you can't use it!!! February 23, 2010
Juliann Schindler (Middle Island, NY United States)
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
Drove to a Barnes and Noble today. The closest one to my house is 1 1/2 hours away. I purchased my Nook. I took it home, charged it for the 4 hours the store clerk suggested. The problem came when I tried to register it so I can load up some ebooks. I kept getting the error message that it can't connect, try again or call customer service. After 5 attempts, I called customer service. They were not surprised I couldn't register. It seems that although the Nook is available for purchase in the stores, you can't register them due to serial number issues in their software. Tech support doesn't feel this is information they need to pass onto the stores, so the stores have no idea. So you have two choices, you can sit tight and wait for the problem to be rectified (btw - they have no idea when that will be), or you can return the item to the store and order a new from [...], becuase those units can be registered no problem. For some people this may be no problem, but I don't know when I will have the 3 hours and extra tank of gas to go to the store to return it. Oh, but all is not lost, Barnes and Noble did say they were sorry.
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