As dedicated e-readers go, the NOOK Color is considerably less dedicated than most. That’s a good thing. In addition to being a great way to take your bookshelves with you, it's also a fairly capable, though considerably simplified, tablet. Based on Android and with an LCD as opposed to eInk display, the NOOK Color is capable of displaying books, magazines and newspapers in living color. However, it's not as easy on the eyes for reading straight black text on a white page as eInk.