| Barnes & Noble NOOK ebook reader (WiFi + 3G) |  | Brand: Barnes & Noble
Buy New: $219.00
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Rating:  112 reviews
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 5.8 x 1.3
MPN: NOOK WIFI + 3G
Model: NOOK WIFI + 3G
ISBN: 1400599997
EAN: 9781400599998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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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 Drains battery so fast September 3, 2010
Confused at Work (Lakeland, FL)
After what I thought was a thorough research between the Kindle, nook & Sony ereaders, I took the plunge & bought the nook. What appealled to me most were the web browser & ePub use to check out books from the library. However, after fully charging the nook, I took it with me for a weekend at the beach. I didn't bring the the charger because B&N said battery would last up to 10 days with wireless off. Well, I found out the hard way, with wireless on, it barely a couple hours reading at night & in the afternoon by the beach. Oy, was I frustrated with nothing left to read & another night & afternoon left. Lesson learned: must bring charger everywhere! Lost 1 * for this.
I'm not a fan of touch screens, still love my trusty push-button cellphone. So browsing the web was a pain for me, having to navigate around the screen with my finger. Page turning was fine, but I think I've overdone it since my finger began stinging from constant page-turning friction :0)). Scrolling down & up also frustrates me - most of the time I have to swipe several times to get it to move. Not to mention hitting the back button after book downloads - the response time was slow which made me think it didn't sense my touch, so I'd do it again & it goes back all the way to the main menu. Grrr! What a pain as I have to restart the store search & find the page again.
B&N samples are horrible! They give you 7 pages...but it's the cover, copyright, dedication page with only a paragraph of the actual story. Not enough to make me want to buy a book. The closest B&N is 1 hour drive away so I couldn't take advantage of the cafe freebies or free reading in-store.
After I discovered that I cannot organize books into folders, that was the final straw. I read novels with racy titles, my 10 y.o. son wanted to read his classics on the nook but I didn't want to lend it to him because he would see all my books & potentially read them. This is a biggie for me so lost another *.
Features I'm happy with: I was able to check-out books from my library & I was able to put my pdf books on the nook. Yey! Unfortunately, my library just got into ebooks & have only a handfull of books so it'll be a while until I can fully take advantage of this feature.
Well, these are my personal experiences with which I now realize that I didn't do a thorough reasearch as I first thought, LOL. My fault...but I still like my nook, though I'm no longer in love with it like when I first received it. I've also ordered the latest Kindle so we'll see which one I'll keep - I'm looking forward to the push-button keys on that, LOL.
 Home Run! August 27, 2010
Deliliah J. Whitehead
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've researched the readers for about two years.I only buy electronics after I can give the item a test drive. Upon that note, I have always been a huge fan of Amazon.For the first time I could not go to a store and compare prices and see the item in question.
The nook was available to be put through anything I wanted to try. First of all the new Nook in stores has the most recent upgrades. No problem with turning the page at all,touch screen worked great. In the store I downdoaded a book in under 1 minute and have downloaded 3 books at home that are nearly 1000 pages long in under 1 minute.
The nook can connect to your computer (as does the Sony). You can also download from other sources other than the dealer.
The nook also downloads without any effort wi-fi ( as does the Kindle).
The nook's battery you can change at home. It also accepts a memory card, which allows you to expand your book collection.
The Nook also has other advantages,but I was only wanted a reliable reader.
Barnes and Noble has a home run with the nook because it combined the features of the sony and the kindle in one very neat package.
 Warn anyone buying the Nook for textbooks: August 26, 2010
Freda L. Willingham (Springdale, AR)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
READ THE FINE PRINT OF THE DOWNLOADS! A lot of the websites you can download them from require some special application to actually use it, which cannot be installed on the nook. A perfect example is Barns and Noble's own Nook Study, which has nothing to do with the Nook. The books are not cross compatible. Even if the website says something like "universal e-reader format", such as many of the ones Northwest Arkansas Community College sells, they still will probably need some application you have to install, which requires a desktop or laptop, and cannot be transferred to the Nook. I wasted over $100 on an e-book I cannot return, because I made the silly assumption that universal meant universal.
As a side note, Barns and Noble tech support told me you couldn't get textbooks on the Nook period because the screen was too small. The sale people did seem to have a clue. I told them I was buying it for my college textbooks. They told me I would be able to down load them as long as the were in e-text format.
In addition, you might want to warn anyone buying the 3-G version that they can't access the browser, and thus the majority of the web functions. All you can do without a WiFi connection at the moment is shop and update. The browser is supposedly suppose to be updated to support the 3-G at some yet unnamed date, but the way the sales person described it to me, full 3-G access was already implemented.
No, I'm not interested in keeping it even if you can get some textbooks to work. I've spent the last three days fighting with the thing, tech-support, and dealing with people who didn't even have a clue what I needed to get it working, and wasted $100 in the process. I'm done.
NOOK does not work outside of the U.S.A.! August 18, 2010
Kerry A. Olson (Mexico City, Mexico)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I live in Mexico City and purchased a NOOK for my wife's birthday. It is useless, worthless and a waste of money to me, as upon attempting to sync and download books, I was informed that I am unable to outside of the U.S. Does Barnes & Noble realize are living in a Global Community.
I plan on giving my NOOK away to a family member in the U.S. and getting a KINDLE,as it does work outside of the U.S.!!
My new addiction August 17, 2010
Liz
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It took me a long time to decide between a Nook and Kindle. I am very happy with my decision of purchasing the Nook. Pros - 1) super easy to use, 2) free book offers every week, 3) 3G wireless....instant gratification Cons - 1) slow startup when you power it on, 2) Sometimes slow to react when turning the pages or using the touch screen Even with the few cons, I still love it and would highly recommend the Nook.
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