Basically a Nook is just like a regular book. You cannot read a regular book without light, so it's the same with the Nook. Sunlight does not make reading harder.
Yes, you can adjust the screen brightness so that it is almost like the regular kindle.
It tells you all about reading the nook in the sun if you go to this website:
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/NOOK-First-Edition-General/Color-Nook-in-the-sun/td-p/764662
Yes - in settings you have the ability to change the screen brilliance
No, the Nook cannot read out loud to you. But the NookColor has that capability w/ some children's books.
Yes, Barnes and Noble Nook books can be read on an iPad using the Nook app, which is available for download on the App Store. You can sign in with your Barnes and Noble account and access your purchased Nook books on your iPad.
yes
it only reads in childrens books
The nook is used to read childrens and adult books. In childrens books you could read it yourself or the nook could read it for you. You could look in the internet and downlowd stuff from the internet. It also has apps.
not all but some of them you read by yourself
Yes, you can download and read Nook books on a Mac by using the Nook app available in the Mac App Store. Once installed, you can sign in to your Nook account and access your purchased books to read on your Mac.
you can only do it for picture books
you can read and buy books on it and play games
On the nook simple touch, you can read e-books and other digital magazines or papers. On other nook tablets you can use android apps for productivity or entertainment purposes.
Not without a flashlight, the screen of the Nook was designed to be read in direct sunlight and does not use a backlight. Look at a newer phone, it lights up in the dark but direct sunlight makes it hard to read. This is the best way to describe the difference.
Mary Jane loved to sit in her window, in the reading nook her father built for her, and read her favourite books.