The second Nook review (if you can call 3 twitter tweets that) matches the first. If the first 2 nook mini reviews are accurate the Kindle will see a sales boost as soon as the first nook videos go up on Monday.
Now two people think Nook is sluggish
Not posting the twitter ID – just search twitter or via Google and you’ll find it. Have a back-up image if the tweets get deleted.
This is what the nook review tweets say -
- Initial reviews: Lots of crashes and very slow processing anything.
- Basically a PC that only runs Word.
- BN Corporate has asked employees not to talk about Nook performance on Facebook or Twitter.
If these 2 initial nook mini reviews are right this might be the beginning of a lot of trouble for BN and Nook.
Except, after a little more Twitter digging, we run into hope for the Nook.
3rd Nook Employee didn’t experience any sluggishness
At a forum there is a very enthusiastic employee praising the Nook. She’s ecstatic -
- Design is lovely.
- Very easy to hold and operate.
- Touchscreen is very responsive. Didn’t think it was laggy or slow to respond.
- Text was very sharp and clear.
This indicates that either the first two reviewers are being harsh and Nook isn’t really sluggish or the sluggishness and freezing happens only with some Nooks.
Update: A user at BN forum says they were shown Nook by BN staff at a store this Friday and there was no sluggishness although WiFi wasn’t set up yet.
Good Nook Reviews: 2.
Bad Nook Reviews: 2.
Interestingly this employee mentions a problem with the Nook’s WiFi – she seemed to imply it was not a big deal and got fixed. Perhaps it’s just that in-store WiFi doesn’t arrive until 2010.
Nooks have started shipping.
The other big news is that Nooks have started shipping and ought to be reaching owners by Monday. Perhaps some lucky people even get it on Sunday.
The first news of this was on twitter 5 hours ago and then at the BN Nook forum 4 hours ago.
People have their UPS tracking numbers and are pretty happy about it.
Nook isn’t thin … what?
The Kindle is supposedly thinner than the Nook and some nook owners (nookers?) are upset about it.
Perhaps the Nook not being as thin is a function of the LCD touchscreen and the replaceable battery and the SD card slot.
Amazon had said they removed the SD card slot to make the Kindle thinner (though it’s hard to believe).
What if the Nook really is sluggish?
The tweets about crashes and everything being slow and BN corporate issuing a ban on twitter and Facebook don’t paint a good picture.
If BN really issued a ban there might really be something going on. We’ll have to see a video review to know for sure. Will try to get one for you.
We find out all the details on the Kindle Vs Nook battle Monday when the first full length nook reviews come out.
Filed under: Barnes Noble Nook Tagged: | nook ereader, nook review
Kindle has worked well from the moment we (wife and I both have Kindle 2′s) turned them on and are glad that we purchased Kindle rather than other models. For reading enjoyment with out all the yuppie stuff, we say go Kindle.
I have been having an incredible internal battle for at least three weeks going back and forth with myself over my own nook purchase (I had a Sony Reader touch for a few days that I took back). Mainly for me it’s been about “which content company I’m buying into” – which has caused all the consternation. I am also pretty concerned about B&N getting into this HW/SW game that I’m not sure they are technologically prepared for.
That said, I wouldn’t trust either of these reports as a comparison to other eReaders – if twitter person was calling it a “PC that only does Word” – I don’t think they understand the eReader platform at all. And the second report of “problem with the wifi” was likely configuration issues in store.
Though, that said on top of that, that these are B&N employees – it may speak volumes to their technical preparedness. And even if the eInk redraw is the same speed as the Kindle – B&N may be in for it selling to a crowd with a set of LCD expectations.
It’s about to get real interesting. I sure hope I don’t regret this decision (he says, finger poised over his Amazon cart almost daily).
well i hope your nook works out. love your blog btw.
Jason – It may surprise you to know that B&N employees are people too and some of them (ie, ME) do know what they are talking about when it comes to e-readers. I have a Kindle 2 and I like it, and I can talk intelligently to my customers about the pros and cons of both. People from all walks of life have retail jobs, especially in an economy like this one, so perhaps you should not be so quick to judge the mental capabilities of a retail employee.
Why is it hard to believe that Amazon removed the SD card to make the kindle thiner? The kindle is only about the thinkness of three sd cards. The reading mechanism takes that much space. Leaving the card in also drains the battery faster. I know that people don’t like it but it was a reasonable design change.
Guess it’s not wanting the sd card gone. I want the SD card and the thinness – although I’ve never had a reason to need a SD card.
An SD card is not going to “drain the battery faster”. Flash memory is “static” memory and requires no power to maintain its state. It’s just ignorant to suggest that flash memory requires power and will drain a battery more quickly than a device without a card.
Just bought a friend a Kindle 2 for Christmas (that’s what she wanted) and have a nook on order for myself. I prefer the outward simplicity of the nook as opposed to the Kindle (1 or 2), and my sincere hope is that B&N got the details right.
I’ll know in January.
Hey, switch11:
This is sort of off topic (or maybe not) but why is B&N not offering an affiliate commission on NOOK sales? Did I miss a press release somewhere or what. lol.
they’re probably taking a hit on the price itself leaving little room for any cuts. Consider they also have to train and pay stuff and pay for kiosks. They also probably don’t understand the intention economy.
Just returned the Nook I received on 12/23. It froze twice. I called customer service, who assisted me in getting it to work, but I also had problems moving between menus; at one point it took me out of what I was reading. It is too expensive to take the risk of keeping it beyond the first 14 days and be stuck with a lemon. I returned it and was very relieved not to be charged the10% restocking fee.