A criticism of the nook color is that it’s an inbetweener: a device that attempts to serve the dual purpose of being an ereader and a touch tablet. Caught in the technological purgatory between the exalted heights of Steve’s magical device upon which ethereal seraphim play Angry Birds and the earthly simulacrum of deadwood, aka the Kindle, it is claimed that the nook color can neither meet the needs of the avid reader addicted to the nicotine of e-ink nor the desires of the ritalin soaked electro sheep happily updating their status while downloading the latest kamasutra app.