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Originally Posted by Ken Stuart
It is not hard to update manually - the only time I had a problem was when B&N had a corrupt file on their web server due to a glitch - so not a problem with the device itself.
In terms of buying now, the bigger issues are:
- Will the price go down later ? Will the price go up later (not impossible, considering that B&N may feel that a tablet is worth more $$ than an ereader, so adding the above tablet capabilities means "you get more", hence a price raise, and considering that no tablet that is remotely as good is less than $400) ?
- What other product might be released soon ?
- Will I get good use out of the product between now and then ?
The two ends of the spectrum are those who buy things they don't really need, and thus are always overpaying, and those who never have anything, because they are always waiting for the great thing around the corner...
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Excellent advice.
I have been considering the purchase of a nook color (to supplement my year-old iPad) over the past few weeks and finally bought one yesterday. I noticed that inventory of nook colors at local retail stores has been steadily dwindling. Barnes and Noble didn't have any. Best Buy had one left (the one that I bought).
That made me wonder if they are planning to re-package the nook color as a tablet. And in light of this HSN news, I think that there might be something to that.
We might just see a $300 nook
color tablet.