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Old 12-20-2010, 06:30 PM   #1
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Thumbs up NOOK TOTALLY WORKS IN CANADA NOW!

I have just received a new NOOK Wi-fi today. 1st I went to B&N web site and registered an account with a Canadian address and a Canadian credit card. I had already charged the NOOK. I then turned it on and it had software version 1.4.0, I think (forgot to write it down). I then went to register the NOOK and it completed the registration without any problem. I DID NOT HAVE AN AMERICAN ADDRESS for anything when I registered on their web site. The NOOK then proceeded to download the latest version 1.5.0 and completed the download, install and reboot totally without a problem. As far as I can tell everything works as it should including access to B&N store. I bought the NOOK from an American web site that has a sister Canadian web site and it was mailed to me via Canada Post from BC without ant further charges. My total cost for the NOOK was $179.99 USD and a leather case for it was $25.00 USD and the shipping was $24.58. Total of $229.57 USD. Total cost Canadian was $237.80. For those worrying about it working here in Canada, it does. If you go to B&N web site to the NOOK support page and look at the manual, you will see that it now lists Canada as a country where it can be used. The manual also shows it as version 1.5.0. Hope this helps some of you. Good luck.
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Old 12-20-2010, 06:56 PM   #2
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That's amazing! I ordered my nook to a friend's place in Florida. Unfortunately I have to wait for them to come back with it in mid-January

I am thrilled to hear that it will now work in Canada without having to get creative. Now I can spend more time figuring out what rooting is vs how to get books onto my nook in Canada.
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Old 12-20-2010, 07:09 PM   #3
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ROOT VERSION 1.5.0 BRICKS UNIT

BETTER CHECK OUT ROOTING AS I HAVE HEARD, SEEN, THAT THIS VERSION 1.5.0 CAN'T BE ROOTED. IT BRICKS THE UNIT.
MAYBE SOMEONE WILL FIGURE IT OUT.
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Old 12-20-2010, 07:24 PM   #4
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Old 12-20-2010, 07:41 PM   #5
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BETTER CHECK OUT ROOTING AS I HAVE HEARD, SEEN, THAT THIS VERSION 1.5.0 CAN'T BE ROOTED. IT BRICKS THE UNIT.
MAYBE SOMEONE WILL FIGURE IT OUT.
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It was the units starting with serial #s of 1003 and up. They can be rooted now, but it is a bit more complex to do than before.

See if you can order a book via your Nook. They always worked here, but B&N restricts some books outside the U.S..
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Old 12-21-2010, 01:54 PM   #6
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Have you bought books from BN yet? The issue was that only certain retailers are authorized to sell certain books in a given jurisdiction. There always was allowed access in Canada since a few BN items are OK in Canada. I bought a nook since wider access including ADE borrowing from my public library, Kindle is much more restrictive.
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Old 12-24-2010, 08:14 AM   #7
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HERE IS THE LINK
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Old 12-26-2010, 08:31 PM   #8
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I got mine for Xmas, but there are books I cant purchase. Need a us cc it seems. So, can you buy a ebook gift card and use that?
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I have just received a new NOOK Wi-fi today. 1st I went to B&N web site and registered an account with a Canadian address and a Canadian credit card. I had already charged the NOOK. I then turned it on and it had software version 1.4.0, I think (forgot to write it down). I then went to register the NOOK and it completed the registration without any problem. I DID NOT HAVE AN AMERICAN ADDRESS for anything when I registered on their web site. The NOOK then proceeded to download the latest version 1.5.0 and completed the download, install and reboot totally without a problem. As far as I can tell everything works as it should including access to B&N store. I bought the NOOK from an American web site that has a sister Canadian web site and it was mailed to me via Canada Post from BC without ant further charges. My total cost for the NOOK was $179.99 USD and a leather case for it was $25.00 USD and the shipping was $24.58. Total of $229.57 USD. Total cost Canadian was $237.80. For those worrying about it working here in Canada, it does. If you go to B&N web site to the NOOK support page and look at the manual, you will see that it now lists Canada as a country where it can be used. The manual also shows it as version 1.5.0. Hope this helps some of you. Good luck.
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Old 12-27-2010, 03:16 PM   #10
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Oh, you bought it from the pirate ebook website.
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