You've waited and waited and now it's happening: the first Nooks are shipping. Those of you who pre-ordered early will receive your Nook in the "next day or two," while anyone with a December 7th confirmation date will now receive theirs on the 16th -- delayed, sure, but at least it'll be home before the chubby man and his elves arrive with the in-laws. Select Barnes & Noble stores are also receiving the first demo units. A quick search with the handy Nook locator tool reveals broad availability of demo units across the US. Interestingly enough, we found a single store (Lincoln Triangle, Manhattan) showing an in stock "pick me up" option for what appears to be the ability to reserve a Nook for purchase, as unlikely as that sounds given the limited supplies. Still, if you're in NYC and like to gamble, and you just can't wait for the first firmware update to
tweak the performance and interface issues we found, then you might want to arrive at 9am when the store opens.
Update: We gave the Lincoln Triangle store a call this morning, and they definitely don't have any Nooks in stock!
[Thanks,
Kris]
posted December 8th 2009 1:59AM
Aren't you guys in NYC? What, too cheap to split the cab fare?
How can the Nook be shipping when they are still waiting for FCC to complete?
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewCorrespondenceReport.cfm?calledFromFrame=N&RequestTimeout=500&application_id=754088&fcc_id=%27XHHBNRZ100%27
Why is Engadget making such a big deal out of the Nook?
It's like Nook this and Nook that!
@icyoli You know of anything else exciting going on right now? It's pretty dead in the tech world until January, so what are you bitching about?
My nook is to be delivered today! Pretty excited to get a chance to play with it a little.
If for what ever reason it doesn't click with me i can always sell it on eBay for more than the price I paid for it before Christmas. Considering they are going for 400+ at the moment.
Kim Jong il will order 1000 Nooks and brag to the US that he has WMDs
I just took delivery of a Barns & Noble Nook E-Reader. I just posted a short video of the un-boxing of it on YouTube. You can see it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjbV4h1orzo
We have a short comparison on our web site (in Guenevere's Reading Room), but as soon as we get a chance to use it for a few days, we will post a side by side comparison with our Sony 505 E-Reader.
Greg
I was amazed with the shortage than even my nearest B&N received a demo unit. It is in Great Falls, MT a town of only about 70,000 population in the middle of nowhere. I have to agree with many reviews that the interface is very unintuitive, but it's like any new gadget, there will be a learning curve. This was also my first time seeing eink paper in action. It reproduces images in greyscale so well, I could not see any banding. The resolution is so good that you cannot see any jaggies or pixelation. Letters were perfectly smooth and well defined making for easy reading.