http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/ Engadget Comments for Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over the Nook http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 2nd 2009 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/
"Hay, erm, anon Chinese manufacturer...could you stick a colour screen in the bottom and use Android?"

"yeah, sure"

Now the manufacturer of the Nook has probably done nothing wrong, but B&N are the only ones who had full knowledge of what everyone was doing. I think it will all come down to who came up with the idea of using Android and having a secondary colour screen. B&N has no tech background so I doubt they came up with it, but they may have felt they owned anything that was pitched to them.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 2nd 2009 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/watch-spring-design-alex-push-the-web-to-e-reader-format-video/]]>Nov 3rd 2009 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/
Let the loud screaming swordfight begin!]]>Nov 3rd 2009 12:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/
The Nook merely seems to have "reconfigurable" colored buttons... can't use that small screen for much else. More like a novelty then anything else.

The Alex has a large enough color screen that it could actually be useful. A dual purpose device like that would be great; I would buy it in a heartbeat... if it had a whispernet 3G type of link to Amazon or B&N.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 2nd 2009 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 2nd 2009 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/
Everyone knows that products that start with lowercase letters are better....

Let's try it on for size:

"nOok you very much." ]]>Nov 3rd 2009 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/
Again, I'm no fanboy. I don't have this thing, and frankly don't really care about it. I just wish a tech blog as well-known and respected as Engadget would start getting it right.

d-_-b]]>Nov 2nd 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/
Nook!]]>Nov 2nd 2009 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 2nd 2009 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 2nd 2009 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 2nd 2009 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/
If you check out nook's features page ( www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/features/ ) you can clearly see how B&N uses the word nook.

Beginning of a sentence:
"nook's easy-to-read E Ink® display is more like a traditional book than a computer screen."

Middle of a sentence:
"Visit the store, turn on your nook, and see what pops up on your screen."

End of a sentence:
"Don't forget to select a cover for your nook."

Hehehe.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/
*If you would like your brand spelled consistently, never start in lower case.*

It always fails, because names like Nook start upper case. I made that experience twice, and I can guarantee that you won't get consistency in years.

Kabe]]>Nov 3rd 2009 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/
But I'm not trying to whine, just point something out to fellow writers. Almost no one gets it right, I just thought Engadget might be the most receptive to correction. Still it's not a bog enough issues for people to get their jockeys in a twist. It's minor, I just thought I'd point it out...]]>Nov 3rd 2009 5:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/
There's that reason, and maybe a lot of people feel like I do and that intentional arbitrary destruction of English grammar by corporations is even worse than lazy writing by random people on the internet. But, probably not.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/]]>Nov 2nd 2009 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 2nd 2009 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/
I feel the Kindle II provides a good reading experience, it is a focused reading device. On the Nook, the capacitive color touch screen is likely to detract attention from the eInk screen, even when it is off, it is likely to produce glare. I don't want to knock the nook down, because I like all the innovative features such as the ability to "lend" or "read in store" books, but I just don't see the color touch screen as a positive on these kind of devices, not when all I want to do is READ.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 2:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/
"Sue everybody." -- Sol Rosenberg

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The nook, the Alex, the Kindle and the Sony eBook series all look decent in various ways, but PL's QUE will be sold alongside the nook. Unless B&N severely compromised its functionality, the QUE looks to destroy every other reader on the market. Word docs, rtfs, Excel spreadsheets as well as the usual Acrobat files and eBooks, unrestricted wifi, ludicrous battery life -- all of it obliterates the restricted/crippled eReaders we've been getting.

The only question: why buy an exclusive eReader rather than a tablet-sized media player that reads eBook files? Don't let B&N and Amazon force you to buy their readers -- force them to make their stores available on every capable unrestricted device.]]>Nov 3rd 2009 12:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 1:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/]]>Nov 3rd 2009 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/Nov 3rd 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/spring-design-sues-barnes-and-noble-over-the-nook/
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