Comments on: Nook Demos Confirmed for Monday, Engadget Has a Hands-On!

By: qwerty58

qwerty58 — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:05:03 +0000

If you have viewed the page before you can view it again using a little trick I figured out. By searching for “engadget nook” on Google and clicking “cached (next to the search result,” you will be able to view the page again even though there won’t be any pictures. Here is what the tipster said:

· “The thing lags so much between the e-ink display and the Android touchscreen. All I want to do is use the e-ink display as touchscreen. It's nice to see the real book art, but it’s so tiny and laggy that I simply want to leave that screen as soon as I can.”
· “In tiny text in the manual, it states that the in-store WiFi browsing will come in 2010. So your holiday product will work after the holiday. I guess that's okay for most of the masses because they'll be getting it in 2010 anyways.”
· “I also can't remember if this is common knowledge, but you can only browse books cover-to-cover over B&N WiFi for an hour — Not the unlimited that was promised when it launched. I mean, people would just not buy stuff if that was the case, I suppose”

P.S. – I’m using Google Chrome.

By: CarlyZ

CarlyZ — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:16:02 +0000

Yep, I saw the same thing, that they had a tipster. I wonder if whoever it was had a pre-production unit, since they complained about lag. Hopefully b&N fixed that in the shipping units.

We'll find out in a few days…:)

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:23:32 +0000

The engadget content has been removed but I could've sworn they indicated the info and pics came from a tipster… they (engadget) had not received a demo model.

Can't go back and verify since B&N got engadget to remove the content & pics.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:22:15 +0000

The engadget content has been removed but I could've sworn they indicated the info and pics came from a tipster… they (engadget) had not received a demo model.

Can't go back and verify since B&N got engadget to remove the content & pics.

By: nqlogic

nqlogic — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:57:08 +0000

NQ Logic recommends reading about the e-books device and the inpact on the Book Publishing industry at www.nqlogic.com

By: Gadget Freaks

Gadget Freaks — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:22:44 +0000

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By: Allistair Lee

Allistair Lee — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:37:40 +0000

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