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Originally Posted by varelov
When you mentioned movies I thought of YouTube videos. That will play too? So you could essentially use it as a tablet?
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Flash support will require the next version of android which B&N has promised in 6 months or so on the color nook. The color nook hw at release will run the new android when it is out. So there is no need to wait for new HW.
The first version will not have flash, so no youtube at first. But it will get there. And there may be some workaround as mpeg4 is the "HD" version of youtube so the color nook may have youtube. That is how the iphone does youtube without flash. Once it is in my hands I will be able to say more about what can be done out of the box and what can be done with minimal user workarounds and what can be done with hacking.
I will hack the heck out of it at some point but I may end up with two of them if I decide to get really down to the bare iron on it. One that I keep basically untouched and one for complete experimental discovery. But getting two really means I convinced my wife to let me. And that the first one is a success.
I was impressed at how the SW on the original nook was handled. It got better with every release and they didn't come out with incompatible future HW and stop offering features on the original nook. The original nook HW runs the current ereader SW version and gets excellent performance. That is a pretty good track record.
I wish the product I support could say the same. We made some "errors" in our design so the product I run in my home doesn't have the full feature set now available. No need to say more.
(none of this paragraph relates to ereaders or the nook)
I am very excited about the color nook and can't wait until the 19th or 20th when I will receive mine.