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| Barnes & Noble NOOK Color vs Amazon Kindle Paperwhite |
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Released October, 2012
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
- 3G + Wi-Fi
- 6"
- 1024 x 768
- 2 GB
by Tech Radar (Jan, 2013)It comes in at just £109, which is again an impressive price for some top-end kit; yes, it's pricey compared to some e-readers, but there's no doubt this is one of the best.
Reader Rocket Review Our evaluation of Color vs Paperwhite
Display | |
How do the screens stack up? | |
NOOK Color 4.4 | |
Resolution, pixel density, Screen size and anti-glare |
Bookstore | |
How good is the supporting ecosystem? | |
NOOK Color 9.5 Kindle Paperwhite 10.0 | |
e-bookstore size, average NYT best sellers price, NYT's top selling titles and 4 more |
Performance | |
How responsive and how long does the e-reader last? | |
NOOK Color 4.0 | |
Battery life, SunSpider, Recharge time and boot-up |
Reviews | |
How do our trusted review sites rank these products? | |
NOOK Color 7.1 | |
Reviews from reviews.cnet.com |
No winner declared
Too close to call
Differences What are the advantages of each
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Can display full color | Yes (LCD) | vs | No (E-Ink) | Somewhat common; view images, read comics, and web-browse in full color | |||
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Can run Android apps | Yes | vs | No | About half of E-Readers support | |||
Supports the ePub open format | Yes | vs | No | About half of E-Readers support the ePub open format | |||
No black flash when turning pages | No (LCD) | vs | Yes (E-Ink) | Somewhat common; provides less obtrusive page turns | |||
Uses an open platform | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; can download ebooks from any source offering formats supported by device | |||
Bigger screen | 7" | vs | 6" | More than 15% bigger screen | |||
Automatically adjusts screen orientation | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; auto-adjusts between portrait & landscape based on orientation | |||
Quicker recharging | 3.5 hours | vs | 4 hours | Around 15% quicker recharging; requires less time to re-charge | |||
Slightly faster web browser | 4,101ms | vs | 4,500ms | Around 10% faster web browser | |||
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Much thinner | 9 mm | vs | 12.2 mm | More than 25% thinner ; easily slides into bags | |||
Much longer battery life | 28 hour | vs | 8 hour | 3.5x longer battery life; read more between charges | |||
Customer loyalty program | Yes (Kindle Store) | vs | No (NOOK Book Store) | About half of E-Readers support customer loyalty program | |||
Significantly lighter weight | 221 g | vs | 422 g | Around 50% lighter weight | |||
Is readable in direct sunlight | Yes (E-Ink) | vs | No (LCD) | Somewhat common; text doesn't look washed out in direct daylight | |||
Bigger bookstore | 4 M book (Kindle Store) | vs | 3.27 M book (NOOK Book Store) | More than 20% larger e-bookstore size; totalling paid & free books, this reader's bookstore offers a larger selection of reading material | |||
Supports the Mobi e-book format | Yes | vs | No | About half of E-Readers support the Mobi e-book format |
Specifications Full list of technical specs
screen | NOOK Color | vs | Kindle Paperwhite |
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Screen resolution | 1024 x 600 | 1024 x 768 | |
Screen size | 7" | 6" | |
Pixel density | 169 ppi | 213 ppi | |
Screen type | LCD | E-Ink | |
Multitouch | Yes | Yes | |
Flashes screen black during page turns | No | Yes | |
features | |||
Sync across multiple devices | Yes | Yes | |
Text to speech | No | No | |
Directly download library e-books to device | No | No | |
Web browser | Yes | Yes | |
Evernote integration | Yes | No | |
Landscape mode | Yes | Yes | |
Accelerometer | Yes | No | |
Parental controls | No | Yes | |
storage | |||
Memory | 5 GB | 2 GB | |
form factor | |||
Size | 127 x 205 x 12.2 mm | 116 x 170 x 9 mm | |
Weight | 422 g | 221 g | |
Headphone jack | Yes | No |
connectivity | NOOK Color | vs | Kindle Paperwhite |
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Bluetooth connectivity | No | No | |
technical specs | |||
RAM | 512 MB | 256 MB | |
Processor | 800 MHz | 800 MHz | |
Document support | |||
XLS | |||
DOC | |||
PRC | |||
AZW | |||
XLX | |||
TXT | |||
PPT | |||
ePUB | |||
CBZ | |||
HTML | |||
MOBI | |||
bookstore | |||
Uses an open platform | Yes | No | |
Bookstore | NOOK Book Store | Kindle Store | |
EBookstore size | 3.27 M book | 4 M book | |
Free content free content | 1.84 M books | 2.5 M books | |
Customer loyalty program | No | Yes | |
Average NYT best sellers price | $9.64 | $9.24 | |
Number of NYT top-selling titles offered+ | 38 | 38 | |
Reader-to-reader lending | Yes | Yes | |
Cloud storage | Yes | Yes | |
Reading apps | iOS, Android, PC and Mac | iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, PC and Mac | |
Additional electronic offerings | newspapers, magazines, comics/graphic novels, textbooks, and audio-books | newspapers, magazines, comics/graphic novels, textbooks, audio-books and blogs | |
Has retail store locations | Yes | No |
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