NOOK at WDW

[Nanajo1]

I was just looking at the Nook e-reader. I was wonderig if anyone has taken one to WDW and how well did it work. If you wanted to browse were there enough Wi-Fi "hot spots"? Do DVC members have to pay for Wi-Fi ? I appreciate any feed back.
TIA

 

[gkrykewy]

We have a nook! Love it. Unlike the kindle, it can read epub books which we can check out of the library (or download online). If you get the 3G model, you won't have to worry about hotspots - there's signal everywhere. If you get the wifi model, i'm not sure how many hotspots there are. Perhaps in some of the lobbies? The in-room internet is free for dvc guests, but wired not wireless. I've heard that people bring apple airport express routers to their rooms to create a temp wireless network. You could also just load up on books before you come down, and then you wouldn't have to worry about it.

 

[Tara]

There are very, very few wifi hotspots at WDW. Some hotels have wifi in their lobbies and access is not supposed to be free (not even for DVC members) but some people have reported free access.

 

[Brian Noble]

There are very few wifi spots available to guests at WDW. Doesn't the nook also have 3G/broadband connectivity? I thought it did. I know all but the least expensive kindles do. As a K2 owner, I find that option to be very convenient.

 

[CruznLexi]

How do you like the Kindle. I am thinking of getting the new one.

 

[Nanajo1]

Thanks for all the replies. I think I'll be getting the 3G version.

 

[CarolMN]

How do you like the Kindle. I am thinking of getting the new one.

i love mine. It is so nice not to have my carry on bag full of heavy paperback books.

I chose Kindle over the other options because Amazon has the most books and most of my favorite authors. I do wish it could be used to check out ebooks from the library, though.

 

[gkrykewy]

i love mine. It is so nice not to have my carry on bag full of heavy paperback books.

I chose Kindle over the other options because Amazon has the most books and most of my favorite authors. I do wish it could be used to check out ebooks from the library, though.

I'm pretty sure nook's ebook selection is identical to kindle's. It seems to be, anyway, from the books we've looked for.

 

[Brian Noble]

I love my kindle, and still read with it almost daily---my wife bought me the K2 the week it came out, about a year and a half ago. I don't read books so quickly that the expense of buying them is such a big deal, especially at the typical price point of $10-$15. I find the kindle user experience to be outstanding---it's just great for reading books. I suspect the Nook might be very similar, but it's probably worth trying them both out yourself.

My sense is that the Amazon library is bigger than the B&N one (it was last I looked at actual numbers), but probably not in ways that really matter.

And, you *can* use some libraries e-holdings with the Kindle; if your library has books in mobi format, you can obtain your Kindle device key to use as the DRM key for those books. It takes a little bit of work (and you might have to download a program to get the key) but it can be done. I haven't bothered in a long while though.