On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:37:17 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> I might have bought a Nook if it had the bigger screen; the fact that
> it's android (and hence likely going to have a jailbreak at some point)

Already does.  nook-devs.com IIRC.  I'm running it with the Android 
development kit for access to the system filesystem.

> and the "loan a book" thing were cool.  I thought the UI on the Nook was
> very confusing for the half hour I played with one.

I found it easy to get used to fairly quickly myself.  Another *huge* 
advantage is that many e-books can be viewed in their entirety if you go 
to a B&N physical store - for up to an hour a day.  And free wireless at 
places with AT&T wifi (if you don't have the 3G version, which I don't) 
is pretty cool.  Like Kindle, with the 3G option, you don't have to pay 
anything extra for access (the device just costs $50 more, and I have 
wifi pretty much everywhere I go these days).

I do wish the USB cable was longer - I'm using an extension with mine.  
The 'standard' cable is about 5' long, which isn't long enough to reach 
the nearest outlet to the bed if I want to read in bed while charging.  I 
also wish the USB port wasn't on the bottom of the device.

Jim

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