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Nook Colour from Barnes and Noble has been one of the most original and cost-effective devices for electronic reading as well as performing other multi media tasks until now. Nonetheless this autumn Amazon introduced their Kindle Fire and the sector of budget Android eReader and tablet hybrids has become much more interesting. Now it's 2 full-colored touchscreen devices that straddle the divide between eReader and tablet. In this article I will try to compare these two rivals.
Layout
Nook Color and Kindle Fire both feature simple design with a good holdability factor. They look pretty much the same, but Nook has its original loop at the bottom-right corner. On the other hand, Kindle is a tiny bit smaller (7.5 x 4.7 x 0.45 inches compared with Nook's 8.1 x 5 x 0.5 inches) and lighter (14.6 vs. 5.8 ounces).
View Screen
Both gadgets can boast of excellent quality 7-inch LCD touch-screens with the resolution of 1024x600 at 169 dpi and 16 million colours. They both look great in either portrait or landscape alignment
Speed
Even though the CPU is not such an important element for tablet PCs and e-readers, but the Kindle features a more modern dual-core processor which is likely to perform faster than that of Nook. When reading or listening to mp3s you will doubtless not notice any big difference.
System Software
Kindle Fire and Nook Color run Android but have their own proprietary versions of software and control panel. It helps to make it easier for average non-techie users to use these devices. But advanced users might need to root them in order to turn them in a full Android tablet and sideload applications rather than purchasing them. In this respect Nook looks to be a winner as it has a microSD slot with which you can run the hack and remove it to come back to the first configuration.
Ereader
Both devices are superb for reading in full colour almost under any conditions: in the sunlight and in total darkness. The screen adjusts its lightness accordingly to make the process the best. Fire and Color support favored text/ebook formats and with their 8GB of internal memory can store hundreds of ebooks and text files.
Multi media
It's true that Kindle is more of a multi-media tablet than Nook, as it supports more video and audio formats. Apart from Kindle books (including audio enhanced), this device can play music from the Cloud Drive as well as Video on Demand. It is also feasible to stream video rentals or free offerings which are available for Amazon Prime members.
Summing it up
The main features of the two devices are almost the same: 7-inch touchscreens, customised Android OS, 8GB of internal memory, similar weight and size, similar battery life-span (about 8 hours), same connectivity (Wi-Fi), same price (Fire is slightly less expensive). However , Nook Color features more unique design and due to microSD slot it is a lot more expandable/rootable.
Layout
Nook Color and Kindle Fire both feature simple design with a good holdability factor. They look pretty much the same, but Nook has its original loop at the bottom-right corner. On the other hand, Kindle is a tiny bit smaller (7.5 x 4.7 x 0.45 inches compared with Nook's 8.1 x 5 x 0.5 inches) and lighter (14.6 vs. 5.8 ounces).
View Screen
Both gadgets can boast of excellent quality 7-inch LCD touch-screens with the resolution of 1024x600 at 169 dpi and 16 million colours. They both look great in either portrait or landscape alignment
Speed
Even though the CPU is not such an important element for tablet PCs and e-readers, but the Kindle features a more modern dual-core processor which is likely to perform faster than that of Nook. When reading or listening to mp3s you will doubtless not notice any big difference.
System Software
Kindle Fire and Nook Color run Android but have their own proprietary versions of software and control panel. It helps to make it easier for average non-techie users to use these devices. But advanced users might need to root them in order to turn them in a full Android tablet and sideload applications rather than purchasing them. In this respect Nook looks to be a winner as it has a microSD slot with which you can run the hack and remove it to come back to the first configuration.
Ereader
Both devices are superb for reading in full colour almost under any conditions: in the sunlight and in total darkness. The screen adjusts its lightness accordingly to make the process the best. Fire and Color support favored text/ebook formats and with their 8GB of internal memory can store hundreds of ebooks and text files.
Multi media
It's true that Kindle is more of a multi-media tablet than Nook, as it supports more video and audio formats. Apart from Kindle books (including audio enhanced), this device can play music from the Cloud Drive as well as Video on Demand. It is also feasible to stream video rentals or free offerings which are available for Amazon Prime members.
Summing it up
The main features of the two devices are almost the same: 7-inch touchscreens, customised Android OS, 8GB of internal memory, similar weight and size, similar battery life-span (about 8 hours), same connectivity (Wi-Fi), same price (Fire is slightly less expensive). However , Nook Color features more unique design and due to microSD slot it is a lot more expandable/rootable.
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