Ah yes, it is only October, but this Christmas it is going to be  the season of ebook readers present.  As someone who used to read ebooks and news on her palm pilot 15, possibly even close to 20 years ago.  I am absolutely tickled Pink that the ebook reader market is taking off.  Last spring when I ordered my Kindle, it wasn’t the only ebook reader on the market, but after my usual researching it seemed the best of the bunch.  Now, I’m watching the Barnes and Noble Nook.  Mine is already on pre-order.  It’s being released on November 30.  It runs the Android operating system, displays PDF’s, and has both 3g and wi-fi (again the 3g is AT&T)…for a network that constantly whines about not being able to handle all the iPhone traffic I’m not sure why they would pony up use of their network for this…but well I guess they’re better than nothing.

Some great things about the Nook.

• Pricing is the same as Amazon Kindle 2 at $259.  Again I’d like to see the majority of ebook readers selling for $199 as I think this is the price point where MOST consumers will take the plunge.
• Free wi-fi in all Barnes and Noble stores.
• When you are in the store, you can read any electronic book free.  Just like when you are in the store you can page through any of the real books on the shelves without buying.
• It has an SD card slot.
• Replaceable battery (This has always annoyed me about the Kindle 2).
• It runs the Android operating system (though kindle also runs on linux).
• You can lend your books to other people.  This was a HUGE rant for many people with the kindle.
• Access to Googles extensive library of free books.

Anyway, you can check out the device and pre-order here.  It’s supposed to ship by November 30.