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I got the industrelle or whatever one. Matte grey, slightly rubberized texture. Same style as my old nook's easel case, only, well, not an easel.
Not sure if I like it. I feel like it increases the bulk much more than the original nook's cases, so it doesn't fit as comfortably into my pocket as sans case (or original nook with case). This might be a symptom of the easel case having the joint at the top, not a side, allowing it to be narrower.
The real damning factor for the case, though, is that it's much more awkward to hold. The Nook 2 has a really nice ergonomic design. The indentation in the back is phenomenally comfortable, and gets covered over with any of the cases. Moreover, since it's a side-fold cover, and it's not designed to fold completely back on itself like the easel case was, I end up with flapping front cover that throws the balance off and wants to flap forward if I'm reading in bed.
Nook 2 is coverless, at the moment. I'll probably apply cover for travel and whatnot, where I anticipate a higher chance of bumps and such.
My only gripe about the Nook 2 itself, so far, is that the page-turning buttons (which I find more appealing than rubbing or tapping my fingerprints on the screen itself just to turn a page) are stiffer than the nook's. It's a minor nitpick, but one that goes in the "why did they decide to change what wasn't broke?" category.
In the interest of full disclosure, the screen flickering reduction is neat, but does come at a minor cost. Since the screen doesn't flash all the way to black and back every page turn, the times it doesn't allow a very minor (but discernable, if you look for it) ghosting effect. Page to page, it's not noticeable as you're reading, and certainly not to the point where it becomes distracting. However, when the screensaver image comes on in sleep mode, the fact that it's a greyscale image makes the minor ghosting from the previous page a little more pronounced and manifests as a slight horizontal striping effect. Again, though, during reading, I find the tiny amount of ghosting less distracting than the page turn flash (and even that was something I learned to tune out on the old generation of displays/firmware).
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