Nook Color 2 wish list

[=X=]

Originally Posted by frahse

Thanks X
I tried the url, and it didn't work.

Try it again I fixed the link.

Originally Posted by frahse

Actually I have been tempted to grab a HP touch pad for $99 but I have held off because I want a 7" machine.

Just do it!

[tubemonkey]

In addition to what others have said, I'd like GPS and a compass. Lack of these two features means I can't use Google Sky Map.

[=X=]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

In addition to what others have said, I'd like GPS and a compass.

Good idea! That will help us from getting lost in a book.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by =X=

Good idea! That will help us from getting lost in a book.

Lenovo will have these features in their new IdeaPad A1.

[magicmonster]

Ditto on the bluetooth and the night mode. Need more video codex - would LOVE Netflix or Hulu Plus on it. REALY would like a List mode for the book shelf to organize my 300+ books easier.

[temetka]

It sounds like you guys want a full featured tablet and not an e-reader. If thats the case why not just buy a tablet?

I would like a file manager and bluetooth support, maybe the android app store. Other than that I love my nook color the way it is. An e-reader first and tablet second.

EDIT: An enhanced night mode would be nice also.

[Bookworm_Girl]

Originally Posted by SCION

Noticeably lighter. I'm not personally interested in one, but would like an eReader tablet for the children. They're 9 and 11, but the current model is too heavy for small hands. I'm hoping the Amazon device will fit the bill.

This... Next generation hardware needs to be lighter. And, what's up with that notch in the corner for a lanyard or hand-strap? I could do without it.

Originally Posted by =X=

Here is my wish list
* open market
*higher density capacitive screen so we dont have blind spots.
*bluetooth

And this too... The biggest disappointment of the NC is the lack of a good app store. Pity, it had such great potential. I really like the NC screen. It is crisp and the resolution is good to my sensitive eyes. However, lately, the blind spots are really frustrating me.

Originally Posted by Eskarina

I've been using CM7 on an SD card the past 4-5months and I recently updated my nookcolor to 1.3 from rooted 1.1.

Since updating, I find that I'd forgotten how much I loved the UI. It's so...polished and fancy - you can tell that someone put a lot of thought into it. I loved the magazine feature of it and the 1.3 software update has enhanced magazine features. I loved reading Time magazine on this - I wish I could read this on my nook app!

Since my nookcolor is only 6 months old and I'm seriously lacking in disposable income, I'll probably not be purchasing nookcolor 2. However, my wishlist is pretty simple and can be accomplished with the next software update:

1) True night mode - For some reason, nookcolor's night mode has a grey background instead of black. Why?
2) Landscape mode!!! - Why can I have 2 page landscape mode on my 4 inch screen phone (via the nook app) and not on my 7 inch nook color?

I find that I do a lot of reading at night and night mode is great for that. Also with landscape mode, I can use the flap of the case to balance the nook color on my stomach or my lap (the thing is heavy!). It kills me that those two features are available in the nook app but not the nook itself. What gives?

And that... I don't plan to upgrade to the NC 2. I am ok with the current one, and my major issues are software fixable. To get the most potential of the NC, one has to hack it. The B&N Nook Android app is more sophisticated than the stock OS. Better night mode and landscape are the main reasons I revert to B&N and other Android apps.

If the new Amazon tablet can do everything the NC can do at the same (or better) price and has open access to the Amazon market, then the NC is going to have some serious, threatening competition and I would look at getting the Amazon tablet instead.

[magicmonster]

I would like to to do all the functions that you can get if you "root" it. I love that high pixel screen and find it a shame that it lacks functionality that can be fixed by rooting it. Though I do appreciate what it does without rooting it. I just wish that the new nookColor 2 would be a little more less exclusive so I would not have to change the format of every video I want to watch. I love reading on the current NC and it has the best display out there. I hate that I cannot listen to audio via bluetooth. When there are multiple people in the house it does not make sense that I have to inflict my music taste on everyone else. Also being a bluetooth connection would prevent my cat from trying to eat the cord and the current plug in my NC for plugging in earbuds intermittently would flake out an loose audio.

I am also looking forward to the new Amazon Kindle tablet because it is supposed to be a rounded device. Due to the current markets and financial situation that the whole country is facing it would be a better buy for people to have a more rounded device. I know it makes me debate how much I would use the device before I would buy it. The more it could do the more it makes me want to shell out more money.

[Bookworm_Girl]

Originally Posted by magicmonster

Also being a bluetooth connection would prevent my cat from trying to eat the cord and the current plug in my NC for plugging in earbuds intermittently would flake out an loose audio.

I can relate to that! My cat once chewed through the wires on my expensive noise-cancelling Bose headphones. Luckily the wires are a separate module from the headset, and I was able to purchase new wires for $15 from Bose to repair them. I also purchased a spare just in case...

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

I can relate to that! My cat once chewed through the wires on my expensive noise-cancelling Bose headphones. Luckily the wires are a separate module from the headset, and I was able to purchase new wires for $15 from Bose to repair them. I also purchased a spare just in case...

Purchase a spare cat ...just in case

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

And, what's up with that notch in the corner for a lanyard or hand-strap? I could do without it.

It keeps Apple from suing them for having four sides with rounded corners.

[taosaur]

I don't see dual core, Honeycomb (thankfully) or the Android Market in the NC's future. I suspect Honeycomb will be looked back upon as the Windows Vista of the tablet world--half baked and best forgotten once a more robust and versatile system arrives.

The only meaningful hardware changes B&N can make are lighter weight and better battery life, possibly achieved with a more advanced processor and a different screen technology. Something transflective would be amazing, but I'm not holding my breath. It would be hard for them NOT to improve the audio, given the low bar they set with the first NC. GPS and supported bluetooth are both strong possibilities.

The only feature I could see giving it a significant edge over Amazon and the budget tablets is video chat, meaning a camera, some form of mic support (and/or a mic), and at least one optimized app.

As for a wish list, I don't have one. I'm not expecting the NC2 to be the same unique value its predecessor was for so long. If I trade up in the next year, it probably won't be for another B&N product.

Originally Posted by frahse

One thing I have heard is that the Nook Color 2 will have a micro SD card which will be an improvement over the "old" Kindle. So score 1 for the Nook.

You realize everything you've mentioned is already present in the current Nook Color?

[magicmonster]

Yeah.... it really pissed me off when my cat chewed on a $30.00 pair of earbuds. I had purchased them less than 24 hours and I had just took them off and less than 5 minutes later and chomp chomp. I had to immediately leave I was so upset.

[jhempel24]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

It keeps Apple from suing them for having four sides with rounded corners.

HAHAHAH!!!!! Awesome! LOL.

[allinhi/]

Originally Posted by temetka

It sounds like you guys want a full featured tablet and not an e-reader. If thats the case why not just buy a tablet?

I would like a file manager and bluetooth support, maybe the android app store. Other than that I love my nook color the way it is. An e-reader first and tablet second.

EDIT: An enhanced night mode would be nice also.

It was common in the early days of pc's to say killer programs sold pc's. Apple might not have survived long enough to develop mac's, ipod's etc.. without adobe's publishing software and other graphics related software. Who knows what will develop? Perhaps tablets will evolve into mini hubs for braclet devices, earplug phones, hid optival devices. There will always be cost / feature tradeoffs.