Barnes & Noble dances around the term "tablet" when describing its new Nook Color. Its bright LCD screen introduces a level of text readability and contrast unmatched on any gray monochrome E-Ink e-reader. Running Android and being imbued with multi-gesture touch, not to mention digital music and video playback, makes the Nook Color more entertaining than any previous e-reader. But a tablet? No. The Nook Color is nearly literally a read-only device - you can get stuff out of it, but you can't put anything into it, such as e-mail, text messages or word processing. So, for you, the consumer, the question is, is $250, about half the price of an iPad, worth it for a device that does a lot less than half as much? For ereader fans who yearn to color their reading, it's a dilemma. We had a chance to play with the Nook Color in person at the introductory event to shed some light on the situation.



Link: Digitaltrends