Hello folks! I see this conversation about softrooting is almost a conversation about added features and the lack of features on the straight-from-B&N nook.
Well, I just bought a nook tonight. I've owned it for about 3 hours. And I have to say that in it's current state, it is going back to B&N tomorrow.
What are my gripes? Here you go:
- The library organization stinks!
- The device doesn't not "regenerate" the My Documents list after I unplug it from my PC (unlike the manual promises that it does).
- The device does not "regenerate" the My Documents list after a hard reset either. How the heck am I supposed to get rid of ebooks that I delete off my device?
- The support for ebooks NOT purchased from B&N is pretty weak. (lack of format support - no TXT or RTF?!? - no LIT?)
- So far it won't recognize any .PDB files I've loaded onto it. Yet, those same files work in Calibre and Stanza.
- You have to pop the case to get at the SD card and it's a microSD card rather than a full size SD.
OK, you're probably thinking that on #4 and #6 that I didn't do my homework before buying - and you're right. I must have gone glassy-eyed over the touch screen or something and missed those important points before I purchased. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maximus culpa. OK? There it is. But the fact is that those are features that I want.
SO...
The big question I have is: will softrooting my nook fix any or all of my gripes - or should I return the nook tomorrow?