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Originally Posted by CPhill505
Ok, I'm going nuts trying to decide which reader. I love the Kindle hardware, but I've been getting some really good free books from Nook for PC. I also like getting library books..when I can get what I want.
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What exactly do you like about the Kindle hardware?
And what is it you like about the Nook free books?
There are lots of free books to be had for both the Kindle and ePub platform from many sources. Conversely there are plenty of ePub-compatible readers with Kindle-quality hardware.
A bit more specific detail would help.
As it stands, yes, you can get a reading device that will run both Kindle and Nook Apps and let you read outdoors. The hardware exists. It is *not* cheap and battery life is just a few hours but if you *must* have it, it can be done.
(Basically you get an industrial grade Tablet PC with a transflective LCD screen. Motion Computing and Fujitsu used to sell theirs for something around US$2000.00. Not cheap. But these days a lot of folks see nothing wrong in tackling problems by throwing other people's money at them.
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Some folks have grafted Pixel Qi dual-mode screens onto their netbooks to get similar results for around US$700.
Or you could look into De-DRM'ing those Nook books to convert them for kindle or for a nice ePub-based reader like the PB360, which supports library ebooks. (Which is something you can test without spending a cent.
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There are lots of ways to get things done once you know *exactly* what you want. No need to give up just yet.