I really enjoy my rooted Nook Color.  Appstore access, a shell prompt and
the form factor (7") makes for a better ereader IMO.

Anyone doing anything neat/different with their Nook?

Ron

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Kris Browne <kris.browne at gmail.com> wrote:

> One can turn this question around.
>
> When I'm away from a full size computer, the majority of what I'm doing
> does not require any significant input. Watching movies, playing games,
> reading news/books/email, etc. Why in the world would I want to waste the
> weight involved in a keyboard for something I would only rarely use, and
> would mar the form-factor?
>
> In my experience though, there is no deficiency in using the built-in
> software keyboard for the cases it's needed, and if I'm dong longer form
> work a Bluetooth keyboard is more than adequate. (at least on iOS devices; I
> hated the soft-keyboard when I had an android phone).
>
>
> Kris Browne
> kris.browne at gmail.com
> http://www.google.com/profiles/kris.browne
>
> "the least expensive, most bug-free line of code is the one you didn't have
> to write." - Steve Jobs
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 02:14, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 17 May 2011, Steve McGrath wrote:
>>
>>  I have a gTablet, it's crap.
>>>
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>  Any interest here?
>>>
>>
>> The thing I wonder about is why I would want one.  I have a netbook -- I
>> like that for when I travel, for taking notes at lectures, etc.  It has a
>> keyboard, which helps.  I see a lot of interest in tablets right now but I'm
>> not sure of why I'd want one.  When I see an ad for the iPad tablet, they
>> make it look great, but most of what they are showing is really nice
>> software that has nothing to do with the device, as far as I know.
>>
>> The one thing I an appreciate about it is that it must be nice for reading
>> stuff, like newspapers, maybe books or journal articles.  It would be
>> awkward to turn a netbook sideways, but it's easy with tablet. Is that the
>> main selling point? - That it's nice for reading stuff?  For movies it seems
>> like a netbook would be nicer because it automatically holds the screen in
>> the right position and it gives me a keyboard that I can use easily for
>> pause, rewind, fast-forward, etc.
>>
>> So I'm not sure I'm getting the attraction unless it's all about reading
>> (as it is with Kindle or Nook), but maybe someone here can fill me in.
>>
>> Mike
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