[jocampo]

Marcy,

What kind of activities do you do most on your current NC? If you are looking for a color ereader plus some multimedia and web browsing I would recommend the Kindle Fire. For that price and the available content you will get, difficult to find a better deal. Be aware though that you probably won't be able to read or open old B&N books, I do not think Amazon will allow a Nook app on the Amazon Android Market.

If you want a tablet for Magazines, browsing Internet and sporadic reading, Samsung Galaxy 7" with 3G capabilities. You don't have to get a contract and it's nice be able to connect if you find no wifi spots. I used to have one and neverd had any problem. Very light and nice screen. I sold it because got an Android cellphone and two iPads instead. The advantage of a true Android tablet like this is that you can run several ereader apps on same device, including Nook and Kindle app.

With most tablets and companies relying in cloud access, I don't see lack of SD access an issue, unless you have big or confidential files.

On my personal case, I don't recommend hacking tablets. Lot of people do it, even for the NC, but you become a slave of updates and it breaks original features and warranty on the original device.