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It's a shame the way B&N bungled Nook. In the early days they were running neck and neck with Kindle. I remembered being wowed when the Nook ST with Glowlight first rolled out.
When I bought one, Barnes and Noble pushed the more open nature of the Nook. That it read epubs and you could buy those from stores other than B&N, that the Nook had expandable memory. They were even known for having very easy to crack DRM, so your Nook books didn't feel like a lock-in.
I think B&N wasn't ready for the Nook's success. And then they made an unannounced switch the DRM (which pissed off the hard core fans) and released the Nook Glowlight with only 512MB for sideloading. It was like they were a different company.
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