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Being a tablet maker doesn't just mean giving you tablet class hardware. It also means embracing the concept and providing you with the software support or the ability to support tablet software, preferably with an eye to developing the platform. Sure, they couldn't care too much if you rooted it, since they're probably not losing money per unit and getting more units in circulation means more publicity and more content sales (unless everyone installs Kindle), but selling tablets isn't a sustainable business model for B&N either. Unlike Samsung, who wants the Tab to be a real moneymaker, and Apple, who makes money from the iPads themselves and software sales for the tablet. The Nook app store might change things, who knows, but it's not there yet.
If NOOKcolor didn't promote content sales, I doubt they could give you this kind of hardware at $250 and remain profit-making.
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