It doesn't have a Pulse
May. 9th, 2011 02:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsThe Nook Color is a lovely device, although having to hand-convert lots of things is getting on my nerves these days. I have to confess to a terrible temptation: I want to automate the process of ripping the epubs, extracting the HTML body of the document, parsing it through Plucker and putting them on the Palm. It's much more portable as an e-readable.
But the Nook Color recently went full-app, and it's supposed to shine there. And it sorta does. Recently they added the application Pulse, which is a nifty newsreader application.
But only if you like their content. When trying to add my own content, from RSS, the number of hoops I have to go through, and the painful inobviousness of every step of the process, really pissed me off. It shouldn't be hard to import an OPML file-- but it is, in fact, impossible. The only workaround is to export your OPML file to Google Reader, then re-import your Google Reader feeds one at a time-- and each one freezes the Nook while it downloads the relevant content.
I really, really have to finish the Re:STRIA project.
But the Nook Color recently went full-app, and it's supposed to shine there. And it sorta does. Recently they added the application Pulse, which is a nifty newsreader application.
But only if you like their content. When trying to add my own content, from RSS, the number of hoops I have to go through, and the painful inobviousness of every step of the process, really pissed me off. It shouldn't be hard to import an OPML file-- but it is, in fact, impossible. The only workaround is to export your OPML file to Google Reader, then re-import your Google Reader feeds one at a time-- and each one freezes the Nook while it downloads the relevant content.
I really, really have to finish the Re:STRIA project.
