At 7.7 - inches x 5 - inches x.43 - inches the Nook HD is slightly wider than the Google Nexus 7 and considerably narrower that the Amazon Kindle Fire It's also
lighter than both competing devices.
The company has this to say of the new upcoming device: «Running on the Android Platform, LG's tablet will deliver vastly superior performance than other similar devices currently on the market while still managing to be thinner and
lighter than competing devices.»
Icarus is really hyping up the slim design and claims its up to 20 %
lighter than competing devices.
Not exact matches
When you look at the hardware in general, the e-reader is smaller and
lighter than the Amazon Kindle and other
competing devices.
Things that might not have stood out to most potential users, but that seem to be a big deal in practice, are: the
lighter weight of the new design (15 %
lighter than the Kindle 2, which was itself noticeably
lighter than the
competing nook
device), the rubber backing which greatly increases the comfort of reading one - handed (assuming no case, of course), and the ability to change your preferred typeface.
Startup firm «designed by m» has released a series of iOS
device screen protectors called mPact Glass, an anti-scratch tempered glass shield that supposedly boasts higher
light transmission
than competing products.