Looking at the Nook Color next to the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the two displays were a pretty decent match when it came to color vibrancy, but small elements such as text were far crisper on the Nook. The screen didn't fare very well in the sun, but is more legible than the LCD on the HTC Evo 4G.
We were easily able to share the screen with three people sitting side by side and had to move the device to an extreme angle before we couldn't discern what we were looking at. The glossy 7-inch, 1024 x 600-pixel IPS (the same technology used on the Apple iPad) display utilizes VividView technology to deliver bright, vibrant colors, yet still has very wide viewing angles. However, for those who've found reading on a smart phone satisfactory or have eyed the iPad or Galaxy Tab, Barnes & Noble's offering is compelling. Barnes & Noble also doesn’t have an online service for sending books and other files to your eReader, like Amazon’s Send to Kindle - you have to plug the Nook into a PC and copy books to it as if it was a flash drive.Traditional LCDs aren't as reading-friendly as ePaper displays, and if you're looking to get away from bright screens beaming light into your eyes when you settle in for your reading session, the Nook Color isn't going to be your thing. The Kindle allows you to pair Bluetooth headphones and listen to any purchased audiobooks. Audiobooks don’t seem to be supported, even though Barnes & Noble sells audiobooks and just introduced an Audible-like subscription service. There are a few missing features on the GlowLight 4e compared to Amazon’s base Kindle. You do get a USB Type-C port for charging and copying books, though. That’s not a massive problem, especially considering most people don’t want to read comics and other image-heavy content on a 6-inch black and white screen, but it’s still a shame there’s no microSD card for adding more storage. There’s 8GB of storage, down from 16GB on the regular GlowLight 4, and only around 5GB is available for books. Barnes & Noble is keeping the classic physical page buttons for the GlowLight 4e, so you can click the buttons on the sides to go back or forward in your book (or just tap the sides of the screen like a Kindle).
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