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Beffah
Jul 8, 2010

I'm going to un-root my nook, then re-root it to write a how-to. Go me for having a weekend plan. :D

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Beffah
Jul 8, 2010

Any thoughts on this? It's on sale for a hair under $130 with free shipping, but to me it looks like a knock-off iPad. My father asked (read: told) me to check it with thoughts of my mother, but I've never heard of the brand.

Edit: I'm a Nook-ite, but my father has a kindle 2 (he's blind, got it for the tts), so we're both relatively versed in ereaders.

Beffah fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Nov 27, 2010

Beffah
Jul 8, 2010

Grawl posted:

Watch the entire video that comes with the link. If you want to give this for your family, you're a bastard.

:siren: If it's sold on a shopping channel, it's not recommended to buy! :siren:

Yeah, I saw the video when I got home from work (can't on work 'puter). I believe the general term that comes to mind is "sketchy."

Also, progress note for the one guy who asked - de-rooting my nook tomorrow, then I'll do the writeup on how to root/calibre usage with nook, etc. Been preoccupied, but the 1.5 software update has done something really interesting. I actually have the option of using the rooted settings vs. vanilla nook settings - say, if I go from my library tab (rooted) back to the main touch menu, my touchscreen gives me the option of home (vanilla B&N) and launcher (rooted). Has anyone seen this/know if de-rooting and re-rooting will take this option away?

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