Touchpad as NC upgrade/replacement?

jocampo · 08-20-2011, 02:04 PM

Just read that crazy idea this morning in another forum. Now that is 99.9 I wonder if some folks still think the same.

For those looking a tablet/color reader, that would be an option. Maybe a different ROM? ...

I don't know, just thinking loud ...

ilovejedd · 08-20-2011, 02:11 PM

Not really. It's bigger and considerably heavier than the Nook Color. It does, however, make for a nice new toy.

SCION · 08-20-2011, 02:21 PM

So, the device was a flop? I never followed the Touch Pad news. Horrible for folks who paid full price a few DAYS ago.

aagstn · 08-20-2011, 02:46 PM

I would say no. I was ultimately disappointed in the Nook color and sold it and the Touchpad seems to be even worse. It is now a dead OS so it will get very little software support. You can get a nook color refurb for $169 and I would get that over a Touchpad even if you could get lucky enough to score one for $100. They seem long gone already at that price.

kjk · 08-20-2011, 03:28 PM

From Erik Hardesty, one of the guys behind the CyanogenMod Color Nook project:
https://twitter.com/dalingrin/status/104963728713330688

Quote:

I have a feeling myself and at least part of the Nook Color team will also be porting Android to the Touchpad #touchdroid

Ubermensch · 08-20-2011, 05:00 PM

If you can put Android on this device, then for 99$ it's certainly an awesome tablet. Though I haven't played with it so I don't know how the hardware is.

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08-20-2011, 02:04 PM	#1
jocampo Layback feline Posts: 3,034 Karma: 6980745 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Oasis 2nd gen, Sony DPTS1, iPad Pro 10.5"	Touchpad as NC upgrade/replacement? Just read that crazy idea this morning in another forum. Now that is 99.9 I wonder if some folks still think the same. For those looking a tablet/color reader, that would be an option. Maybe a different ROM? ... I don't know, just thinking loud ...

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08-20-2011, 02:11 PM	#2
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,111 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Not really. It's bigger and considerably heavier than the Nook Color. It does, however, make for a nice new toy.

08-20-2011, 02:21 PM	#3
SCION Séduisant Posts: 4,706 Karma: 2107018 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas, USA Device: Boox Note Air2+; Kobo Libra2; Kindle Scribe, Oasis3; iPad Mini6	So, the device was a flop? I never followed the Touch Pad news. Horrible for folks who paid full price a few DAYS ago.

08-20-2011, 02:46 PM	#4
aagstn Evangelist Posts: 422 Karma: 1004351 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3, iPad mini 2	I would say no. I was ultimately disappointed in the Nook color and sold it and the Touchpad seems to be even worse. It is now a dead OS so it will get very little software support. You can get a nook color refurb for $169 and I would get that over a Touchpad even if you could get lucky enough to score one for $100. They seem long gone already at that price.

08-20-2011, 05:00 PM	#6
Ubermensch Connoisseur Posts: 83 Karma: 507230 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: Nook STR	If you can put Android on this device, then for 99$ it's certainly an awesome tablet. Though I haven't played with it so I don't know how the hardware is.

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