Thanks for the review, I need a couple of cheap android tablets to use as touch screen interfaces for my home automation system. Since they will be single use devices, and always plugged in (mounted on the wall) neither battery consumption nor memory constraints are issues for me. I was thinking about a rooted Nook Color, but this is the same price and doesn't require rooting.
Speaking of rooting, there are (fairly technical) ways to remove installed apps, and also repartition the memory, but it's not for non-technical people, nor the faint of heart. If you're interested, I'm sure
xda-developers could show you the way.