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| About - Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch |
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The Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch Reader is a 6-inch e-book reader with a monochrome Pearl E-Ink display . It comes with 2GB of memory. It uses touchscreen navigation. It has 802.11n Wi-Fi for buying ebooks and surfing the web. It comes with a MicroSD memory card slot. The Nook Simple Touch Reader measures 6.5 inches high by 4.9 inches wide by .47 inches thick and weighs 7.5 ounces. It comes with a 12-month warranty on parts and labor. |
| About This Brand |
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Barnes & Noble's e-book reader, the Nook, the bookseller's first electronics device, entered the market in December 2009. In mid-2012, Barnes & Noble offers only two e-ink Wi-Fi-only versions of the Nook, with and without a light, and several LCD Wi-Fi only color devices with different screen sizes (see tablets) that come with software to read books to kids, play games, read e-mail, and more. |
| Features & Specs - Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch | |
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E-book store |
Barnes & Noble |
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DRM e-book formats |
EPUB, PDB, PDF |
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Unsecured e-book formats |
EPUB, PDB, PDF |
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Library loaning |
Yes |
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Other document formats |
None |
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3G carrier |
NA |
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Wi-Fi |
Yes |
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Internal memory (GB) |
2 |
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| General Information | |
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| Manufacturer | Barnes & Noble, Inc |
| Manufacturer Website Address | www.barnesandnobleinc.com |
| Product Line | NOOK Simple Touch |
| Product Name | NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight |
| Product Type | Digital Text Reader |
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(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
Great Little Reader
11/20/2012
Pros
Light Weight
Long Battery Life
Simple to use
Small
Cons
Best Uses
Reading Plain And Simple
Comment:
I have had no problems with my reader at all. It does excatly what I want and it does it well. I wanted a reader to read books, not to go on the internet and not to check my email. This reader is the best. I have not experienced any of the problems that some of the others on here have stated.
How long have you owned it:
More than six months
Bottom Line
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.
By from
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
Not Worth Buying
11/14/2012
Pros
Cons
Customer Service
Quality
Best Uses
Comment:
It appeared to be the simple ereader we wanted to download library books with and was uncluttered with unnecessary features other than a few constant selling recommendations. But the constant freezing up and lack of quality combined with non-existent customer service eventually drove us to throw it away. Worst part is reading web reviews and how widespread the same problems are; obviously they know but aren't doing anything about it.
How long have you owned it:
More than six months
Bottom Line
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
By from
(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
Unreliable Hardware
11/13/2012
Pros
Beautiful screen
Great button placement
Great fonts
Cons
Buttons Break
Lousy Dictionary
Screen Unresponsive
Best Uses
Reading books
Comment:
A simple lightweight design, easy to hold in the hand, great button placement, what's not to love? Unfortunately, a lot.<br /><br />First and foremost the hardware is not very good quality. Over the more than a year I've owned it the hardware has fallen apart. Buttons are literally broken causing multiple pages to be skipped due to buttons sticking. I even switched the buttons for next and previous page which helped a little until the newly assigned 'next page' buttons broke too. Also the infrared sensor used for detecting touch is awful. I constantly can't even open the Nook when the screen locks and key presses and touches are routinely misread. And trying to highlight words to look them up in the dictionary or book mark them is a nightmare. It's like having a little devil who randomly interferes with the device's functioning. <br /><br />The software is also nothing to crow about. The dictionary in particular is awful. Definitions get cut off and my personal favorite is that the dictionary defines many words by refering to other definitions but there is no hyperlinking so you can't see the other definition.<br /><br />Honestly if the hardware just worked (which it hasn't for me) I'd be happy. The screen is great. The fonts are great. The configuration options for margin and size are great. But who the heck wants a 'book' that randomly flips pages without warning and 1/2 the time won't open?
How long have you owned it:
More than six months
Bottom Line
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Other User Reviews
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User has of experience with this product
In love
08/20/2012
Strength
e-ink, linked to a chain book store, fast page turns, Long battery
Weakness
at times can be hard to type on it and can freeze
I love it!!!! The nook simple touch works very well in direct sun light. It is also a touch screen reader for 100 dollars. I have been using it since Christmas. Barnes and Nobel also has great costumer service and you can take it right to their stores and they will help you with any problems that you may have.
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User has 4 Months of experience with this product
Love it!
11/05/2011
Strength
Long battery life. Easy to use. Great outdoors as well.
Weakness
Sometimes I dont notice when battery is low and I go to use it and it wont open. I know I need to charge then.
I love the size and feel of this e-reader. I didnt like the books showing at the bottom of the original version or the key pad on the Kindle. Im very happy with this e-reader.
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User has 4 Weeks of experience with this product
not the best
08/05/2011
Strength
its touch screen so it is easy to use
Weakness
there isnt a keyboard so it is very hard to type and the nook always freezes. then after if freezes i fix it and then within the next day it freezes again. this is a very bad device in my opinion
this isnt a very good item
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