I really enjoy my rooted Nook Color. Appstore access, a shell prompt and the form factor (7") makes for a better ereader IMO.<div><br></div><div>Anyone doing anything neat/different with their Nook?</div><div><br></div>
<div>Ron<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Kris Browne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kris.browne@gmail.com">kris.browne@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<font face="garamond,serif">One can turn this question around.<br><br>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?<br>
<br>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).<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 02:14, Mike Miller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mbmiller%2Bl@gmail.com" target="_blank">mbmiller+l@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>On Tue, 17 May 2011, Steve McGrath wrote:<br>
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I have a gTablet, it's crap.<br>
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Any interest here?<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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Mike<br>
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