Design Crit » boring http://design-crit.com/blog thoughts from a design point of view Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:02:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 nook leapfrogs kindle http://design-crit.com/blog/2009/10/26/nook-leapfrogs-kindle/ http://design-crit.com/blog/2009/10/26/nook-leapfrogs-kindle/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:12:38 +0000 Max http://design-crit.com/blog/?p=684 Continue reading →]]> Ok, i want one of these…there was something about the kindle, that made me wonder if I should plunk down $300, uh ok, $250 (since the intro of nook).  I was unsure when I wrote about this a while back and am now certain, that i won’t buy a kindle.

nook

For now, until i can go to Barnes and Noble to buy one, my thoughts based on what i’ve read on the web and what i can see in pics:

Look: winner Nook – ok the Nook is nice and clean, not a stunning design, the Kindle 2…pretty darn bland, i can see the braun/rams/bauhaus inspiration, but, still just too plain. And the original Kindle, well honestly, that thing was pretty ugly, I mean, look at that keyboard.

Kindle-orig

Technology: winner Nook – dual screens, gotta love it
UI: winner Nook – jury out, but the potential of, the dual screens!
Experience – Nook – bring it to a Barnes and Noble and read stuff for free. Phyigital Reality, making digital things act like real life things
Cool Factor: Nook

kindle-2

]]> http://design-crit.com/blog/2009/10/26/nook-leapfrogs-kindle/feed/ 1 ID Annual – HP Laptop 2710 http://design-crit.com/blog/2008/06/17/id-annual-hp-laptop-2710/ http://design-crit.com/blog/2008/06/17/id-annual-hp-laptop-2710/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:46:30 +0000 Max http://design-crit.com/blog/?p=86

Overall this one doesn’t do a lot for me…nice screen saver though and clean, utilitarian implementation of the hinge mechanism.

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