Venting about the Barnes and Nobles Nook Color. Like they say, if you don't have an iPad...well...you don't have an iPad.

Email: brqyvn@gmail.com

Hi Pentaxian friends.

A while back, around January, I purchased a new Barnes and Nobles Nook Color. At $249.00 it seemed to be a good alternative to the iPad, since it was giving access to the Internet and emails. Many applications were to be introduced in January. It was going to be a good Droid tablet. Although it is sluggist and slow, and that the touch sensitive surface is crappy, and that there are not that many books available, and that there are only two photography magazines you can purchase, and that the apps are mostly for children, it was okay for me. But...when I purchased a new book and an app, everything went down to hell. They took my money from my credit card but the book and app never dowloaded. The spinning wheel kept on spinning with no delivery of anything.

Finally, today I went to the Barnes and Nobles store in Florida, where I'm staying for the week. The Nook rep at the book store called the "Special" telephone number  to get my Nook fixed. They made him reset the nook completely and then all books, magazines and applications I already purchased were to be automatically be reloaded. Well, it didn't quite work out that way. They had me reinter my email, and wanted me to enter the credit card again. "I don't think so" I said, since the credit card had already been charged. I was afraid they would charge it again. "There nothing I can do" he said until you do and then you will have to call this 800 number to get the magazines, books and apps you already purchased. So I told him I would sell the Nook on EBay and purchase an iPad, which I should have purchased to begin with.

So, if you were contemplating buying a Nook, think twice. It's a piece of crap and has the a rotten servicet.

I will save my money and buy an iPad. Like they say, if you don't have an ipad...well...you don't have an ipad.

What does the Barnes & Nobles new Nook Color has to do with the Pentax K-5 and K-r?

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 Email: brqyvn@gmail.com

Hi Pentaxian friends.

What does the Barnes & Nobles new Nook Color has to do with the Pentax K-5 and K-r?  Well, almost nothing except that my e-books are readable on the new Nook Color.

Actual picture of my K-x e-book as loaded on the Nook Color.

Our upcoming Pentax K-5 and K-r e-books are loadable on the new B & N Nook Color. It should also be loadable on the iPad and the Amazon Kindle (just black and white) but for some unknown reason, the formatting is bogus. I know it works on the Nook because I just purchased one.



As you can see, you can expand the view (Zoom in and out) with the slip of your fingers.


Below is an excerpt From GIZMO review of the Nook Color. See the full review here: GIZMODO's review:

It's really easy to read compared to the iPhone and much less costly than the iPad at $249.00

"Caught between two worlds, the Nook Color is an undeniably interesting, if somewhat conflicted device. It's not quite a tablet, but it's more than a simple ebook reader. It can do things that an e-ink reader simply can't—even if it doesn't always excel at them—but it's nearly as cheap at $250. At half the price of the Tab or iPad, if you're looking for a super portable tablet thing that's primarily for reading, it's hard not to give the seriously capable Nook a long look, even if you might wanna wait 'til the B&N app store opens and it gets its first major update early next year for maximum goodness."

 



Image from my subscription to National Geographic.

Enlarging the image by sliding my fingers apart, like on the iPhone.

The internal memory is 8 GB but you can use a Mini-SDHC card, which are now available with up to 32 GB. So, in practice, the Nook has unlimited memory. You can save as many e-books, magazines, songs, pictures, etc, as you want with additional memory cards. Loading my e-book PDF file was easy, I just download it from our website. You can download a sample of the e-book for the Pentax K-x here, in PDF format and try it for yourrself. You can try it on any device you own and let all of us know if it works or how you made it work.

The Nook Color does not work with 3G or 4G , just Wi-Fi, but once you load a book or file, it's there for good, without needing the internet.

I am diligently working on my upcoming e-books for the Pentax K-5 and the Pentax K-r.

Thanks for reading, and let everyone know if it works on your device.

Yvon Bourque