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Dec
03

Amazon Kindle Touch VS. Barnes and Noble Simple Touch

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Welcome to another Good e-Reader Exclusive Comparison Video! Today we check out two of the most popular e-ink touchscreen e-book readers on the market today. We are of course talking about the Nook Simple Touch which has been  available for a number of months and the recently released Kindle Touch.

There are some striking differences between these two devices that begin on the hardware level. The Kindle Touch is running a faster 800 MHZ processor that makes speed notable from opening books to accessing programs and games.  They both have the same amount of RAM and use e-ink Pearl as the method of touchscreen e-ink.

The Kindle Touch is solid because it uses a new service called X-Ray! This is a innovative feature that tells you who all of the main and minor characters are in any given book. It will give you a character biography crowdsourced from Amazon and reference all of the times they are mentioned in the book.

Kindle as more bang for the buck with the special offers edition subsidizing the initial hardware purchase to serve you advertising on the main home screen and screensaver. It also gives you stereo speakers and a 3.5 mm headphone jack for audiobooks and music. The Simple Touch is a basic reader with a better designed home menu and available for under $99.99. Both of these devices have different virtues depending on what you want to get out of your reader.


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  • Mwiekhorst

    Really helpful guys! Thank you!

  • Anonymous

    Are you saying that ads are an advantage? Both cost $99, but no ads in the Nook. Page turns are faster on the Nook and the UI is much more graphic, while the Kindle has their old UI using lists. Consumers Report, PC World and PC Magazine all ranked the Nook as #1, while the Kindle Touch was near the bottom of the ratings.

  • http://goodereader.com/blog/ Good E-Reader

    The advertisements reduce the price giving you a better piece of hardware with its enhanced processor power, stereo speakers 3.5mm headphone jack and Kindle Games. You can do more with this then the Simple Touch, although the ST has a better home screen and touchscreen is more responsive. I’ve met a number of people from Comsumbers Report at tradeshows and most of them are newbs. I don’t care what PC world and other companies say, we specialize in e-readers, they cover them for something to put in their magazines.

  • phil28

    Yes, having audio is very important for an eReader. I guess anyone these days can say they are an expert and do reviews.

  • http://goodereader.com/blog/ Good E-Reader

    It is the difference in ecosystems. Amazon has always sold Audiobooks via Audible since they purchased the company and i know MANY people who walk their dogs or have their Kindle in their Car and listen to audiobooks.

  • Anonymous

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  • Angel20_melton

    i have the nook simple touch and have tried out kindle touch as well and i have to say i prefer my nook. If i want to listen to an audio book i will buy an mp3 player not an ebook reader.

  • Aowats

    I researched carefully, and opted for the SImple Nook Touch based on better page turning options, better physical feel, ability to get help in stores, and because I look bookstores. Absolutely thrilled so far.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mathew-Sewell/1573064814 Mathew Sewell

    Thanks for the video, very informative.

  • Kamaljain84

    Most of the magazines do put Nook ST over Kindle touch regarding the expendaple memory but kindle does have a cloud storage and ST of 2 gb only 512mb is free for user 512 mb goes only for bn content

  • Kamaljain84

    sure you can buy an mp3 player for audio books but will it read text for you

  • nook4ever

    Anyone that bought an ereader so it would read to them doesn’t deserve an ereader.
    This article is clearly biased towards kindle.  I say, nook all the way!

  • Auralucario

    It’s all a matter of opinion. I like the Nook hardware, but, unlike most people, I think that the Nook interface, despite having many good qualities, lacks some of the organization of the Kindle. The Kindle’s 3G is wonderful. The sound capability and rudimentary browser on the Kindle serve me well as I use it from time to time. Amazon’s use of wireless networks is also superior to that of Barnes and Noble. I think the Nook is a great product in many ways, but I prefer a Kindle.

  • Auralucario

    I agree that the lists are not very touch-friendly, but the Kindle UI is more organized that the Nook’s.

  • tablet guy

    I think that having an option in ebook reader to listen to music or for the reader to read text is important. Typical B&N, they always must cripple their great products somehow. BTW, I own rooted nook color. I would not buy kindle because of their amz format and lack of microSD slot. I had kindle and returned it because of poor PDF support. I would not buy kindle fire for lack of memory slot. I also have iPad (hate lack of memory slot, USB and HDMI slot). Probably I should get Android tablet with HDMI,USB,memory slot (plenty of them).

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