B&N Nook Color & Tablet Users discussion
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Derrick wrote: "I have been severely tempted to get a hd+ [as my 'superpad' really isn't], but after my experiences of rooting my 'pad, I don't want to mess around with rooting.Oh well. maybe the folks at N2A will create a card for the hd+ so I don't have to mess around with the insides..."
That N2A card for the Nook HD+ is now available. I ordered it just now, and will post my experience after I've installed it.
I have a Nook Color that I created an SD micro-card with CyanogenMod from instructions off the internet. (There is a wealth of info out there for doing this and it only costs the price of an SD card.) If I take out the card it boots to Nook Color, as it was meant to do. If I boot with the card in, I get an Android tablet. To avoid having to switch between Nook and tablet, I downloaded the Nook For Android app and I can stay permanently on tablet mode.That being said, I do find quirks with my Nook Color in Android tablet mode. In my opinion these are because of B&N Nook "upgrades." I may have stayed with the Nook Color, as is, but I got tired of being blocked from accessing web sites such as Google Play. It irritates me that B&N feel it is OK for them to censor my browsing with my Nook.
Pretty soon I will be purchasing a Nexus 7 android tablet. I can use the Nook for Android app for books and have a non-proprietary tablet that will not restrict my web access.
Dick wrote: "Pretty soon I will be purchasing a Nexus 7 android tablet. I can use the Nook for Android app for books and have a non-proprietary tablet that will not restrict my web access."I may do the same some day if the N2A solution is less than ideal. I do hope that someday Barnes & Noble will come to understand that, by having proprietary restrictions on their eReaders, they are losing their own loyal customer base.
Douglas wrote: "I may do the same some day if the N2A solution is less than ideal. I do hope that someday Barnes & Noble will come to understand that, by having proprietary restrictions on their eReaders, they are losing their own loyal customer base. "I probably would have considered Kindle over Nook, only because I knew more about it through Amazon, where I used to buy most of my physical books. But our daughter bought us Nooks 2 Christmases ago and I like the Nook now. But I do not understand why B&N thinks they can restrict my web access.
I found out that I could not even buy eBooks from Kindle for the Nook because Kindle is so proprietary you can only read the .mobi books on Kindle. I would think that would cost them a lot of business from people with other eReaders.
My wife has the N2A card that I bought for her and seems to like it. I've just added the Nook Android App to her Android side so she doesn't have to keep rebooting to go from reading to tablet.
For myself, I made the micro-SD card to convert the Nook Color to Android. Other than the card it was free and relatively easy.
Now you might as well just buy a Nexus 7 for 199 and put the Nook and Kindle app on it. It is a much better device for the money and you don't have to mess around with the N2A cards.
Neil wrote: "Now you might as well just buy a Nexus 7 for 199 and put the Nook and Kindle app on it. It is a much better device for the money and you don't have to mess around with the N2A cards."Absolutely right! The only reason I'm messing with the N2A card is that I already own a Nook Tablet. Call me nuts, but I wanted to support the last remaining "big bookstore" company out there. It's the old bibliophile in me. And of course, I will continue to support B&N by buying their ebooks, Nook Tablet or not.
I agree. I still buy all my books from B&N. We go t the local book store and buy kids books all the time.
Neil wrote: "Now you might as well just buy a Nexus 7 for 199 and put the Nook and Kindle app on it. It is a much better device for the money and you don't have to mess around with the N2A cards."I agree with all about the Nexus 7 being the better choice. It is more powerful as a tablet and B&N supplies the Nook app for Android so I can still get books from them. I also have a Nook, converted to Android, and that was perfectly good until the Nexus 7 came along with good power and quality. I like the N2A card and did buy one for my wife. I had purchased a less expensive Android card for myself but when it started giving me trouble I researched it and found I could make a perfectly suitable Android card myself with resources openly available on the net and it was just as effective. And with the Nook Android app I never boot back to the Nook program. So I figured why not go to a reasonably priced, high quality tablet.
By the way, BJs has the Nexus 7 32 GB for $247.99, including shipping. Of course, with BJs in every state, taxes will be added for your state. Still the least expensive I have found.
That is what I have and I am really happy with it as a tablet and reader.
Does anybody know if the N2A download for a 32GB microsd card will also work for a smaller card, for example 8GB? I have 2 different sized microsd cards. Also, different topic, does anyone know an easy way to get to saved browser pages/history/browser bookmarks? The only way I know so far is to save a current page. Any direct way? Thanks
The Nook HD and HD+ now come with Google Play!! YAY!!
This is indeed a huge step forward, transforming the Nook HD+ from an e-reader to a tablet.
Fun for the Nook HD, too! It was what I hoped for when I bought this reader.
I would have rather they had updated the shelving. What good is Crome if you cant shelf a book and delete them or find what shelves they are on easily! Who wants to sift through all your shelves in order to find what shelves you added a particular book too? Ugg!
This is pretty much a breakdown for rooting. He seems to affirm that he tried getting ADB to work but not without rooting.