Nook Color from Barnes and Noble has been one of the most original and reasonable devices for electronic reading as well as performing other multi-media jobs till now. But this fall Amazon introduced their Kindle Fire and the arena of budget Android eReader and pad composites has become much more fascinating. Now it’s two full-colored touchscreen devices that cross the divide separating eReader and tablet. In this post I am going to try to compare these 2 competitors.
Design
Nook Colour and Kindle Fire both feature straightforward design with a good holdability factor. They look just about the same, but Nook has its unique loop at the bottom-right corner. On the other hand, Kindle is a little bit smaller (7.5 x 4.7 x 0.45 inches compared to Nook’s 8.1 x 5 x 0.5 inches) and lighter (14.6 vs. 5.8 oz).
View Screen
Both tablets can boast of very high quality 7-inch LCD touch screen with the resolution of 1024×600 at 169 dpi and 16 million colours. They both look great in either portrait or landscape alignment
Power
Though the CPU isn't such an important factor for tablet PCs and e-readers, still the Kindle features a more recent dual-core processor which is probably going to perform quicker than that of Nook. When reading or listening to mp3s you may probably not notice any difference.
System Software
Kindle Fire and Nook Color run Android but have their own proprietary versions of software and user interface. It makes it easier for average non-techie users to use these devices. However , advanced users might want to root them in order to turn them in a full Android tablet and sideload applications rather than purchasing them. In this respect Nook seems to be a winner as it features a microSD slot with which you can run the hack and remove it to return to the first configuration.
Ereader
Both devices are excellent for reading in full color nearly under any conditions: in the daylight and in total darkness. The screen adjusts its brightness accordingly to make the method the most comfortable. Fire and Colour support popular text/e-book formats and with their 8GB of built in memory can store thousands of ebooks and text files.
Multi media
It’s fair to say that Kindle is more of a multimedia tablet than Nook, as it supports more video and sound formats. Aside from Kindle books (including audio augmented), this device can play music from the Cloud Drive as well as On demand Video. It's also possible to stream video rentals or free offerings which are available for Amazon Prime members.
Final Word
The key features of the two devices are just about the same: 7-inch touchscreens, customised Android OS, 8GB of memory, similar weight and size, similar battery lifespan (about 8 hours), same connectivity (Wi-Fi), same price (Fire is a little less expensive). Nonetheless Nook Color features more unique design and due to microSD slot it is slightly more expandable/rootable.
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