I updated to 1.2 by downloading the update and putting it on my Nook Color. I had no major issues with the update and purchased Angry Birds, ezPDF Reader and Drawing Pad. ezPDF Reader seems to render my pdf files much better then the stock reader such as pdf''s from Benjamin Crowell at
http://www.lightandmatter.com. It was well worth the $0.99 My granddaughter loves the Drawing Pad but it has a tendency to lock up the Nook and I have to reboot it. I also have spent to much time with Angry Birds and am now stuck on level 15.
I did notice that sometimes when I push the power button to shut down, the power down menu shows up to power off or cancel and when I push power down, the nook just reverts back to normal operation instead of shutting off. I have to hold the power button until the unit shuts off instead of using the menu.
I am still happy with my Nook Color and though I have not rooted it yet, I did try putting CM7 on an SD card using the procedure at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1000957. This allowes me to boot in Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) without modifying the NC firmware in any way. I put in the SD card and power up the NC and there is Android. If I take the card out and boot up, I have the stock NC operating system. It is a little slower running off the card but it does work and if I find that I want to use an app that Barnes and Noble does not offer, I can boot into CM7 and get it from the Android Marketplace.
Eric