Comments on: Nook first impressions, Kindle differences

By: switch11

switch11 — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:15:35 +0000

thanks for the information.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:08:20 +0000

The name and credit card number are one way hashed, so it is not possible (except through brute force attacks) to extract the information from the e-book.

By: Tom Farrell

Tom Farrell — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:23:01 +0000

If Nook books are in eReader format – which is certainly what B&N was selling before Nook came out – YES, IT DOES use your name and credit card number in every book; your name and half of the credit card number are the encryption key for the DRM. (This has been widely known for quite a while.) A consequence of this is that if you change your credit card number, you may have to download your old books again, otherwise you may need your old credit card number to open your old books.

I’m guessing the intent is that it gives you a negative incentive to give copies of your books to your friends, because you’d also have to give them your credit card number to be able to open them.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:37:37 +0000

Don’t forget to do dictionary lookups on the Nook. It’s extremely painful.
It takes FOREVER just to get the word highlighted, you touch look up it refreshes the screen that it’s looking it up, and…. not found. [A lot of things I looked up weren't found]. If you then want to highlight a different word – start all over! I never would’ve though the K2 had a fantastic design but after having played with a nook for a while, it’s surprising how much more usable the Kindle is with its physical 5-way navigation control.

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