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Old 07-28-2011, 01:31 PM   #1
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Hello I am looking to buy the nook Touch because it can be rooted to use Android apps. Is this a good choice?
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as an ereader its a great choice but as a rooted android device? well it's eink and it doesn't have the refresh rate to truely make many of the apps enjoyable. Some will be fine though.

If you are looking for an inexpensive ereader to root to be an android tablet, I would recommend you go with the nook color.
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Hello I am looking to buy the nook Touch because it can be rooted to use Android apps. Is this a good choice?
Running apps on the nook touch is not a very good idea, as those apps are not optimized for eInk, meaning you get lots of flashing. Although rootable, the nook touch is not the best target for rooting.
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If you are looking for an inexpensive ereader to root to be an android tablet, I would recommend you go with the nook color.
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as an ereader its a great choice but as a rooted android device? well it's eink and it doesn't have the refresh rate to truely make many of the apps enjoyable. Some will be fine though.

If you are looking for an inexpensive ereader to root to be an android tablet, I would recommend you go with the nook color.
I agree, and if you can add another $150 beyond the cost of a Nook Color, you can get a sweet Eee Pad Transformer with a 10.1 inch IPS display running Android 3.0 stock.
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Thank to all, But I am look for a Eink device with GOOD battery life and one that has good a pdf reader!!
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Fair enough. I think everyone considered your rooting desire to be more primary than it is, then. (The E Inks are just not going to be as much fun to root.)

Moving on to the new factors you mention:

Battery life on E Inks is generally high across the board.

PDF on any E Ink device, especially given the smaller screens, is not going to be ideal. PDF is really a page layout language designed for print, and ereaders do better with their native formats that are intended to support reflow by design. That said, Sony Readers do fairly well since they have Adobe's official Mobile PDF Reader software.
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ahh Ok so yeah if you are looking to root it to give it some better PDF support and some other more eink friendly apps then yeah the nook STR will be a great and fun choice.

I think we mistook you for wanting a full blown android tablet at an ereader price.

Good luck and let us know how you make out.
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