"Get a loan @ 18% from this guy to keep you afloat!"
so the answer is to buy an apple?
Buy a turntable and some records. It’s a proven technology that’s not going away.
I bought Nook HD+ for $179. I am so happy with it since it has access to Google Play, Kindle app, etc., with great screen.
I’ve got a ton of books upstairs I already haven’t read. Not going to spend more money to not read more books.
Just place it on a shelf next to your Sony Betamax.
"Get a loan @ 18% from this guy to keep you afloat!"
Through lack of innovation and a forward vision, Microsoft has been just ‘sitting there’, waiting to be replaced with something else since Windows Vista was released. Vista wasn’t THE reason for what will be their inevitable downfall, but that is around the time it became apparent. Certainly Vista had to speed up the process a bit though. Now they’ve released another bomb with Windows 8, which is a couple of more nails in their coffin.
Unfortunately for PC manufactures like Dell and HP, who joined themselves at the hip with MS, they are going down with them. The PC makers would serve themselves well to change their business model. Run like hell from Microsoft, allowing themselves to lower prices, and release Linux on their systems. Linux would be FAR more palatable for your average end user than Windows 8.
Microsoft should focus more on their Servers/Networking. They still do that quite well, and it can be very profitable. They are also in good shape with their Xbox ONE gaming consoles, though the PS4 is a little better, IMO.(I own both)
This was written last year.
It tells about B&N getting out of making the new Nooks.
The article has an interesting section on the security aspect of these tablets.
My family was going to buy one for me as a Christmas present last year. The prices were really slashed. However, when I went to the B&N site, many users of the new Nook were not that happy, and the security problem appeared to be a serious situation.
http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2141278
I was interested in the electronic books. I will probably get one of the new Dell tablets with 64k Memory, with Windows 8.1 and the MS office. Apparently, you can get Kindle books that work on the new Dell Tablets with Windows 8.1.
The technology peaceful war of “which system of reading matter is best” brings forth a very simple answer.
Why spend your hard-earned money, for a piece of technology, that has an active life, of an AA battery? You have to recharge it, obtain updates peculiar to your little machine, and then, if necessary, buy the electronic material, or rent, you wish to read, and possibly with a time limit, before it ‘self-destructs’.
For all that money spent, you could purchase either the hard-bound, or paperback trade version of the real book!
Anyone wanna buy a gently used Betamax?
Book are collectables e-readers are a sos that will die over time.
The main reason I didn't is because I just don't have a whole lot of faith that B&N is going to be supporting this device even just 3 years from now. Who the hell knows what will happen to the online store, and the books I've purchased there? Fortunately, the "encryption" on the Nook epubs is trivial to crack, so I've been able to convert all my purchases to epubs that can be read on any device, so I won't lose anything if they decide to pull the plug on the nook or the nook app. (BTW, the nook app doesn't work worth a damn on my new tablet).
If anyone is looking for a Nook Color that's in great shape, freepmail me. :-)
I got a Sony Reader so I sympathize with Nook owners.