GADGETS: Kindle versus Nook

I’m thinking of getting myself an e-book reader early next year (they’re relatively expensive! So requires some time to save) and so I was going through some product reviews and im at a point where I’m undecided between two brands/products. The Kindle from Amazon or the Nook from foremost book retailer; Barnes & Noble. They’ve got some similarities and use the same display technology – Electronic Ink Display which makes the screen look like paper.

Anyway I put out some features of both devices and want you guys to check them out and make recommendations.

The Kindle from Amazon

The Nook

Kindle                                        Nook                    
Screen size
6”                                               6”

Technology                 
Electronic Ink Display              Electronic Ink Display

Supported file formats
PDF, Kindle, Doc, Audible     PDF, e Pub, Fictionwise

Battery life                             
14 days                                    10 days

Memory capacity                
2 GB                                         2 GB (expandable to 16 GB)

Weight (ounces)                  
10.2                                          11.2

Price ($)                              
260                                          260


The Kindle's other special features include; Read to Me (text to speech conversion), EVDO, Built-in dictionary, MP3, wireless access to Wikipedia etc.

while the Nook's extra features include; Colour touchscreen, virtual keyboard, LendMe (file sharing), text highlighting and annotation, WIFI radio, Virtual bookmark, Pictures and MP3

So which do you think I should get?