I’ve been considering purchasing an Ebook reader for a while now.\u00a0 I have been reading all the reviews, doing my research, watching the prices, but until just last week couldn’t make up my mind.\u00a0 In the end it came down to two likely candidates, the Amazon Kindle or the Barnes & Noble Nook.\u00a0 Both had features that I liked.<\/p>\n
The Amazon Kindle\u00a0 has been around for a while and enjoys high popularity.\u00a0 The hardware features are good, I liked the built in hardware keyboard, albeit small, it works quite well.\u00a0 Most of the readers today use the same E Ink screen.\u00a0 These screens although not back lit, but have excellent resolution and are readable at almost any angle and in any light that you could read a normal printed page.\u00a0 I used a friend’s Kindle for a little test drive and found it to be quite user friendly.<\/p>\n
The B&N Nook had a couple of features that were very appealing to me.\u00a0 First was the 802.11 Wi-Fi connectivity.\u00a0 Both of these readers use AT&T for the wireless connection for downloading books and I knew that AT&T coverage here at the house is spotty at best.\u00a0 So, the ability to use my own wireless internet connection here at the house would assure that I had the ability to quickly download any books that I wanted to read.<\/p>\n
Second, the Nook has the capability to expand the memory with a Micro SD memory card.\u00a0 Rule of thumb of any computing device is you can’t have too much memory.\u00a0 That must be one of Murphy’s Laws, like you can’t have too much chrome, too much horsepower, or two much money!<\/p>\n
Similar to selecting a computer or computer operating system, when I think about an electronic book reader I think\u00a0 the most important feature would be the media that is available.\u00a0 That decision out weighs the hardware.\u00a0 You’ve got to have access to a large inventory of books, periodicals, blogs, and so on to make a Ebook reader worthwhile.\u00a0 After doing some searching on the B&N and Amazon websites for some books I would like to download, I found that Amazon had more titles I wanted and slightly better prices.<\/p>\n
So I decided to go with the Kindle.\u00a0 Because I already an account with Amazon it was a snap to purchase the Kindle using their one click ordering and overnight shipping.\u00a0 I had the Kindle the next day and was downloading books.\u00a0 I now have a considerable backlog of reading.<\/p>\n
I guess I better get off this computer and get to my reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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