Spoiler Alert. BUY THE KINDLE FIRE. Not the Nook. Read on for why.
My Nook Experience.
At first I was very impressed by the Barnes and Noble Nook. Please consider this is my first fancy electronic experience. I don't have a smart phone, I just got a laptop. So my excitement was understandable. Within two days my excitement floundered. The Nook Tablet has a tendency to freeze and not come back on or turn off depending on the state of freezing. This happened the second day I had it. We took it back and got a replacement. There is a way you can fix that. Hold the power button and the nook button and the down volume until it shuts off. Wait for two minutes and turn it back on. Make sure the charge is at 34 percent or more. Now when I say it freezes the screen goes black but you can hear sound. Two weeks later we had to take it back again and they replaced it because the charger broke. The little port that goes into the Nook broke off. And it wasn't handled roughly at all.
Now aside from that the App selection is limited. There are ALOT of books however the popular books are not much cheaper than buying a book at the store. Also very concerning on a Parental aspect is that when you search books there are many many many ADULT themed books for free or very cheap that are summarized in the open. Anyone can see them etc. There is no way to change that. The books are not in an Adult area. Like on eBay you have to retype your password and verify that you are 18 to view adult themed items. Sure it doesn't stop anyone but for kids that are not looking for it they aren't going to be able to go directly into the listing without knowing hey this is something that I don't need to see.
The Magazine reader which is a feature of the Nook Tablet that is bragged about keeps dying out while reading the magazines. you have to force stop the program and restart it. It is annoying while reading. Book reading is great on the Nook. Many of the Apps I had freeze and will not update or are limited versions of what is available other places. I have been disappointed time and time again to try to get an app and see that it is available for every other device but the Nook. Oh and just FYI the usable screen on the HD is smaller than on the Nook Tablet. Yes it is the same screen size however on the Nook HD there is a bar on the bottom of the screen that is fixed. I was kind of sad that the games I had on the Nook Tablet are larger than on the Nook HD. Do NOT expect courteous American customer service when you call the 888 number for Nook Customer service. The accents annoyed me so much I hung up the phone and cancelled the magazine subscription i called about. It wasn't worth dealing with people whom didn't understand English and kept repeating whatever was on the screen.
The Kindle Fire right out of the box has a sleeker look that has glass screen corner to corner. A let down is that the wall plug in for the charger has to be purchased separately for 19.99 I got it for 9.99 because of a Valentines day promotion. The App selection is amazing and many of the apps I had to pay for on the Nook were Free on the Kindle and there were many I couldn't get on the Nook. Also the Apps I loved on the Nook were better and had more features on the Kindle. The reader is comparable, the color is better. The web usage is better and the interface is very user friendly.
If you are on the fence buy the Kindle Fire. It Kicks the Nooks Ass in more ways than one.
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