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Originally Posted by v1k1ng1001
I really like the Nook Color and I almost bought one. But then I thought to myself that I'd be better off spending the money on an android 2.3 tablet of similar quality later this year.
B&N are making a huge mistake by not expanding the app store and pushing the NC into becoming more of an all purpose tablet. I know you can easily gain root access and all that but c'mon. Can't they see that they're sitting on a gold mine for the next quarter or so?
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True!
I can easily hack the NC, I can even do tethering (browsing internet with my cellphone, in case there is no wifi
) and a lot of more stuff but the minute you start doing that, you are taking the risk of avoiding your warranty or being slave or next hacks in order to avoid any issue with future firmware upgrades. It is not like laptops or computers; the minute I got one, I removed the crappy Windows version and install Linux, but if the hardware fails or something happens, I am not going to be penalized just because I installed Linux on it.
Who knows...maybe B&N will allow Kindle for Android as part of the NC app lists. With that addition, landscape mode, and ability to enlarge or zoom embedded book images, lot of people would start thinking about NC as 1st choice. But again, it depends of your reading preferences as well.