i really like the 3g and long battery life of the kindle, but i also really want a touchscreen, like on the nook, except it doesn't have 3g. which one would you pick?

A: If I were making this decision today, I'd ask myself, how much of my reading involves color?

My answer would be nearly none of it. All of it is black text on a white background.

So why spend nearly twice the price for

Reader's choice 2012: You find the deals!

It pains me to admit this, but I couldn't find a killer deal today.

I briefly saw a refurbished Barnes & Noble Nook Color for $119, but it sold out before I could write it up. Plus, I suspect most of you are pretty sick of me covering that particular product (even at such an incredibly low price).

I was also tempted to mention a sweet CNET-only deal on custom OrigAudio Designears noise-cancelling headphones , but I like to keep the nepotism to a minimum.

I haven't done this in about two years, and probably won't again for another two, but today I'm handing the reins to you, the coolest, smartest, and cheapest readers in the whole wide world.

And why not? Time and again you've found great deals of your own and posted them in the comments section. So for today, and only today, that's what I'm hoping you'll do: find something really spectacular and share it with your fellow deal-hunters.

In other words, hit the comments and get your cheapskate on. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Source: CNET (blog)

Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook Color earn CNET Editors ...

We don't always do special blog posts announcing that a certain product has received a CNET Editors' Choice Award, but in the case of our two new winners--the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook Color--we're taking a moment to explain our decision for a couple for reasons.

For starters, in the case of the third-generation Amazon Kindle, the product has already been out a few months. So why award it an Editors' Choice now? Well, we had been leaning for a long while toward stamping it with an "EC," but upon hearing rumors that Barnes & Noble might have a new Nook, we decided to hold off until everything was out for the holiday season before making a final decision.

As it turned out, the new Nook was a color product, and though Barnes & Noble has released its new 1.5 firmware update that improves performance and adds a few new features to its existing e-ink models, we felt that the Kindle--with its slimmer, lighter design, 4GB of internal memory, superior battery life (four weeks with the wireless turned off), slightly higher contrast "Pearl" display, and strong Amazon shopping experience--has the edge in the e-ink e-reader market. (Our Editors' Choice Award extends to both current 6-inch iterations of the Kindle--the $189 3G/Wi-Fi model and the $139 Wi-Fi-only model .)

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