Ordering a Nook this week?

[SadieKate]

I have. I think you made the right decision. I can't imagine holding the weight of the Tablet while reading nor would I like the backlit screen for reading.

I find the eInk screen the nicest for the purpose and the little Nook clip on light sufficient for the purpose. Outdoors the eInk screen is far better.

One of the things I also like about the Touch is the battery life which means when I'm camping I don't have to worry about recharging.

I considered buying the Tablet in addition to the Touch but after playing with it a bit I decided to wait until I could buy a real tablet, which the Nook Tablet is not by any stretch of the imagination. A couple of huge cons for me are the B&N business model and the storage issues. Recently, B&N changed, as in took away, the ability to sideload apps so now the device is tethered to B&N much the same way as the Amazon Kindle. I understand why since they make their profit from sales of content rather than the device. You can still sideload content BUT the internal storage is partitioned so that only a small amount is available for non-B&N content. You have to buy an SD card to increase storage capacity for non-B&N content.

For the above reasons, I recently bought an Asus Transformer with the docking station. I couldn't be happier since I now have 2 devices that perform well for their intended function instead of having to deal with severe compromises. Oh yeah, the battery capacity on the Transformer is awesome.

[SadieKate]

I meant to mention that the link above for a "legal jailbreak" was for the Nook Color. The same may be available for a Nook Tablet but with the recent restictions to sideloading I'd do some research before investing.

[Irulan]

You can buy a preloaded rooting SD card for the tablet at Newegg for about $50. If they are selling them it can't be illegal.

The clincher for me was the whole BN apps thing.
1. you can't log onto Android without hacking the device
2. "thousands" of apps? My a**s
3. apps that are free via android or apple cost money through BN.
3. apps that you would expect to find, such as New York Times, Facebook, Huff post and so on, don't exist.
4. The scrabble app won't allow you to play yourself. WTF?

I will wait and get a real, full function tablet.

[SadieKate]

Irulan, I can only find a SD card on newegg for the Nook COLOR, not the Nook TABLET. Everything I've been able to find on the TABLET state the bootloader is locked and signed. I state this from posts posted today on both the B&N community forum and XDA Developers forum.

Yes, the Nook COLOR can be rooted from an SD card from Newegg, but not the TABLET. If you found something else, can you provide the link?

[Irulan]

I'll see if I can find it. It may be that I am confused.

[SadieKate]

It would have helped if B&N hadn't named it the "Tablet." I think the name is misleading but it's getting them sales.

[Irulan]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/24438...rket_apps.html


http://n2acards.com/ $35

Not confused.