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Heck, if they do it, I want step-by-step photos. I have four non-functional Nook STRs that I picked up for parts for a few sheckles on Ebay before I went Kobo. Hard to find them with good displays, but it's easy to find working motherboards and batteries. I thought it a good investment against obsolescence, but found Kobo's adjustable weight fonts and discovered a need for lighting, so the Nooks aren't cutting it.
Reflecting on this further, I wonder if it'd be worth trying to rotate the case. The Nook and its board are wider and the Kobo sdhc socket might not end up anywhere near the case edge. I think one might just have to leave the sdhc in place. It's only a minute's trouble to pop the power switch cover off with an Xacto knife and find the right bit to remove the single Torx screw holding the sliding case together.
I like the Nook case, but to me the Glo, and even moreso the Touch, are cleaner, thinner, classier designs. I can see how people like the feel of the nook case.
I wish they'd shaped the back cover for the Glo like the Touch instead of giving it such rounded radiused edges. The rear cover design of the Touch actually gave the illusion of a much thinner device.
All the above said, I wonder what it'd be like to have a very thin aluminum or magnesium alloy case for the Glo, shaped like the Touch with gently sloping edges and a coating of whatever paint they used on the Lenovo X41T and similar laptops? The finish is a very thin rubber like material similar to the surface of the Touch and Glo. My main concern would be durability and less chance of the device being flexed. Perhaps the same or better will be achieved with the new flexible e-ink displays.
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