Nook Color or 2nd Gen Nook?

[Panthers_Lover]

I'm considering buying a Nook. Just stuck between a Nook Color - $249 (but had all kinds of bells and whistles) and the 2nd generation simple Nook - $139.

I have $60 in gift cards from my birthday, and my brother, who works at B&N may be able to get me a discount ... but still, is the Color worth the difference?

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

The hell is a Nook?

[Kettle]

Kurb calls the color a poor man's iPad, and loves his from what he tells me. I'm considering getting one soon for my wife and daughter to use. The wife said she looked at them the other day, and there are apps that actually read to you for the kid.

[LifeisaGarden]

If I were to get something like that it'd probably be the simple one since the inside of books generally come in black & white unless you're talking kids books of course. I guess it depends if you want to see your book cover in color or not.

[Kettle]

not just books on the color though. web browser, games and many other apps from what i hear.

[Panthers_Lover]

not just books on the color though. web browser, games and many other apps from what i hear.

Yeah, it does have a browser and apps, etc. that the simple one doesn't have. And it does look like a "poor man's iPad" to me.

My daughter loves hers. Mom has the simple 1st gen one.

[Kettle]

I'll be getting a color one in the future. Just gotta decide if its the wife's birthday or christmas that I'll get it for.

[Zaximus]

I have one of the regular ones. The thing about the color is the lighting may hurt your eyes if you read in long sessions, whereas the black and white one is made to "look" like a book (I'm pretty sure that's right about the color). I think if there's things you are going to do on the color that makes it better than the regular, you should just go and get a tablet (maybe not a Ipad, something cheaper perhaps). I was find with just a e-reader though.

[Panthers_Lover]

I have one of the regular ones. The thing about the color is the lighting may hurt your eyes if you read in long sessions, whereas the black and white one is made to "look" like a book (I'm pretty sure that's right about the color). I think if there's things you are going to do on the color that makes it better than the regular, you should just go and get a tablet (maybe not a Ipad, something cheaper perhaps). I was find with just a e-reader though.

I've tried looking at Mom's regular one, and it's not "backlit," so it hurts my eyes. My daughter swears by her color, and it doesn't give her any problems.

And, I just found out my brother (who works for B&N) can get a discount on the Color for me. Makes me more and more inclined toward it. I have $60 in B&N cards plus $50 cash as a birthday gift ... that gets me a long way.

[Kettle]

I haven't looked at them closely myself, but wouldn't you be able to play with some settings in the reader to make it black and white?

[Panthers_Lover]

I haven't looked at them closely myself, but wouldn't you be able to play with some settings in the reader to make it black and white?

I actually think the text / pages themselves are still like book pages. Not certain myself.

From the B&N site:

NOOK Color makes reading easy on the eyes. Adjust the text size, font style and line spacing - you can even change the background color of the page you're reading.

And, it's backlit.

[fitty76]

I like my Kindle. Didn't enjoy the Nook as much.

[Kurb]

I haven't looked at them closely myself, but wouldn't you be able to play with some settings in the reader to make it black and white?

Yes and No.

I have mine set with black pages and white text.

But it always has a bright glow about it.

NooK color if you want a reader that doubles as a tablet.

NooK2 if you want a reader that is a reader.

[Niner National]

You can jail break the nook color and turn it into a fully functional Android tablet. It is fairly simple to do.