[downeaster59]

I have one!

First piece of news: in Storage, there is only one listing, not two: "5.46 gb out of 6.35 gb available". No separation between Nook store and sideloaded items. Once my Nook is fully charged, I will explore that some more.

Second piece of news: as someone else said, tapping the Nook icon in Settings-About brings up access to developer options. That could open the door to ADB and installing apps, like the Glowlight Plus. We shall see.

First impression: it looks and feels very much like an upgraded NST. To me, that's a plus. It's a bit larger than the NST, but feels very light, and is a pleasure to hold. Text is clear, as one would expect. I like the buttons. The click is present, but I don't think that will be an issue for me. (And I have a noise sensitivity - but YMMV.) There is a slight delay between a button press and a page turn. That could become even less as the device breaks in. Lighting looks even. I like the color adjustment.

The display is somewhat recessed, but that isn't an issue for me. That only means that cleaning the display might take slightly more effort. So far, it looks good.

The 3 is also downloading a firmware upgrade even as I write.

I'll add more later.

Oh - the folks at the B&N store told me that they will have covers for the 3 in a couple of weeks.

Edit: After the firmware upgrade, now my device is showing, under Storage, those two headings, with the 0.95 gb for sideloaded material. I'll find out later what that means.