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graycyn · 05-27-2011, 02:10 AM

I had a surprise today and it is worth mentioning here, I thought, in case anyone else is looking for an Oberon cover for their 950.

I have a classic Nook WiFi in an Oberon cover for same and THAT cover actually fits my new 950 quite nicely! I have another cover on the way for the 950, and I still plan to use the Nook some, so I will leave the Oberon cover on the Nook for now, but I was really surprised as I had not expected it to fit at all, given the Sony is a little longer in dimension.

The nice bit is that in the Nook Classic Oberon cover, the corner straps leave BOTH the power and WiFi buttons free and clear and fully accessible. It was a little tricky getting the Sony into the cover, but going bottom right, bottom left, upper left and then bungee cord worked fine, with the upper left strap being the most tricky to get on. It may be that six months of use with the Nook stretched the leather a tad. Or it might be that the fact that Nook is thicker creates the necessary give.

There is still a bit of leather protruding on all sides to protect from bumps. I thought it was a very good fit actually, it looked like it had been made for the Sony 950. Maybe when the weather is better I'll take pix. At any rate, this makes yet another Oberon option for a Sony 950 besides the NC and K2 covers. With the new e-ink Nook coming out, there could well be more classic Nook covers coming up for sale used.

05-27-2011, 02:10 AM	#39
graycyn Wizard Posts: 1,591 Karma: 11722446 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NE Oregon Device: Kobo Sage, Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma, Kindle Oasis 2	I had a surprise today and it is worth mentioning here, I thought, in case anyone else is looking for an Oberon cover for their 950. I have a classic Nook WiFi in an Oberon cover for same and THAT cover actually fits my new 950 quite nicely! I have another cover on the way for the 950, and I still plan to use the Nook some, so I will leave the Oberon cover on the Nook for now, but I was really surprised as I had not expected it to fit at all, given the Sony is a little longer in dimension. The nice bit is that in the Nook Classic Oberon cover, the corner straps leave BOTH the power and WiFi buttons free and clear and fully accessible. It was a little tricky getting the Sony into the cover, but going bottom right, bottom left, upper left and then bungee cord worked fine, with the upper left strap being the most tricky to get on. It may be that six months of use with the Nook stretched the leather a tad. Or it might be that the fact that Nook is thicker creates the necessary give. There is still a bit of leather protruding on all sides to protect from bumps. I thought it was a very good fit actually, it looked like it had been made for the Sony 950. Maybe when the weather is better I'll take pix. At any rate, this makes yet another Oberon option for a Sony 950 besides the NC and K2 covers. With the new e-ink Nook coming out, there could well be more classic Nook covers coming up for sale used.