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chas0039 · 11-09-2010, 06:26 PM

Well, I just got an email from B&N where they said:

"Correct. It is 1.4 specifically.

-barnesandnobleinc"

which indicates that they are not really aware of what they have in inventory. At least with 1.4.1 you have a unit less than a month old which indicates that these are not "really" refurbished but actually some sort of inventory adjustment. Given the short time these have been for sale, barely a month, and the volume that they are selling on eBay, I cannot really see that many units being returned since the 1.4.1 version came out.

I have a 3G version coming so I will have to see what firmware it has. Unfortunately, the procedure for softrooting the 1.4.1 is really beyond the capability of most of us and with the sparse instructions, I'm just not ready to dive in.

For anyone interested, the $119 3G version is back again. With a one year warranty, they are killing anyone else who wants to dump their Nook on eBay.

11-09-2010, 06:26 PM	#8
chas0039 Sceptic Posts: 573 Karma: 73436 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The Lake Device: rooted Nooks, retired. JetBook Lite, Kindle 3, 4, Kobo Nia, Libra H2O.	Well, I just got an email from B&N where they said: "Correct. It is 1.4 specifically. -barnesandnobleinc" which indicates that they are not really aware of what they have in inventory. At least with 1.4.1 you have a unit less than a month old which indicates that these are not "really" refurbished but actually some sort of inventory adjustment. Given the short time these have been for sale, barely a month, and the volume that they are selling on eBay, I cannot really see that many units being returned since the 1.4.1 version came out. I have a 3G version coming so I will have to see what firmware it has. Unfortunately, the procedure for softrooting the 1.4.1 is really beyond the capability of most of us and with the sparse instructions, I'm just not ready to dive in. For anyone interested, the $119 3G version is back again. With a one year warranty, they are killing anyone else who wants to dump their Nook on eBay. Last edited by chas0039; 11-09-2010 at 06:48 PM.