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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
iPad, netbooks, and Nook Color.
I'm looking for a netbook replacement for personal travel use - web browsing, social, video, audio, photo, and reading. Enterprise and PDF functionality are irrelevant functions for me. I fail to see any advantage of the iPad or Galaxy Tab over the Nook Color.
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The irony of this post is that you're dismissing the Galaxy based on price but it excels at all of the items you listed above. Where as the nook does not and had to be rooted, (read void warranty) to enable half of these features.
Samasung has put a lot of effort into making this a multimedia device, it has added the required hardware and software(libraries and codecs) to support video such as DivX capable and a graphics accelerator card to support videos and video gaming.
Also the Samsung device is live and will continue to receive Android updates, 2.3 is promised, which is even more optimized for tablets.
It has Market support and GPS, bluetooth, and a camera.... you did mention that photos where important right, the nook has no camera.
Samsung has also heavily optimized their skin to integrate nicely with social apps and has tested video conferencing (has two cameras).
The nook is a nitch device and will not be upgraded and will have the minimal software to make it work with its HW. The OS version is essentially frozen. Sure you an root it and upgrade it but this is effort an not easy, AND voids your warranty.
I really don't understand how you "fail to see any advantage" the Samsung is a superior product, but you are paying for it. If the rooted nook can give you what you need that's fine, but it does not compare to the quality of the Samsung device. You are going to spend a lot of time and tinkering to get the nook working as an android tablet. In the end some people value their time a little more than others.
It's on thing to by a device an tinker with it for fun and another thing to buy a device and tinker with it because you don't want to spend the extra cash.
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