The Nook Color is pretty hard to beat as an Android tablet for the price but I have been seeing prices for the Galaxy Tab in the $300 range so they are closing the gap a bit. I agree with you on the Nook app.
-----Original Message----- From: general-boun...@brlug.net [mailto:general-boun...@brlug.net] On Behalf Of Tim Fournet Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 3:37 PM To: general@brlug.net Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Android tablets? tabloids? tabdroids? Yeah I'm running Gingerbread on mine via Cyanogen, and it's pretty much flawless. Flash runs smoother on it than it does on a netbook. The only thing I miss is the native Nook app that allows LendMe, but hopefully that's coming to the standard Android side at some point. On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Richards Jr, Edward C. <ecricha...@fbd.com> wrote: > But rooting and roming it is so easy. I have Honeycomb on the flash drive and > Gingerbread on the SD card. Both work well, just no flash available for HC > yet. Gingerbread runs smoothly from the SD card and has flash and all the > other stuff. > > Ed > > -----Original Message----- > From: general-boun...@brlug.net [mailto:general-boun...@brlug.net] On Behalf > Of Tim Fournet > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 2:15 PM > To: general@brlug.net > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Android tablets? tabloids? tabdroids? > > The NC is supposed to be getting an upgrade to Android 2.2 along with > a B&N market this month. This should also bring flash to the browser, > most likely a better launcher, and other neat tricks without having to > root. > > > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Byron Como <bc...@cox.net> wrote: >> Supposedly this month B&N will allow developers to start selling apps from >> their app store. I checked out Google's app store but am confused by a >> clause in the fine print that may prevent selling an app in other >> competitor's app stores. >> >> >> On 4/13/2011 9:32 AM, Ray DeJean wrote: >>> >>> If that is one of the gen 1 nooks, I have one (and paid a lot more than >>> $104!) and can say it is pretty darn slow even as an e-reader. So yea, >>> probably not good for much else. >>> >>> Ray >>> >>> On Apr 13, 2011, at 8:36 AM, Tim Fournet<tfour...@tfour.net> wrote: >>> >>>> still a rootable device, but not as useful outside of an e-reader - >>>> www.nookdevs.com >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Kevin Bucknum<kevin.buck...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ahh - saw Color in the description of the Nav Panel and my brain >>>>> expanded it >>>>> out to everything. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Tim Fournet<tfour...@tfour.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Those are black& white nooks. Nice devices, and they are android, but >>>>>> only the bottom part of the screen is usable for color/touchscreen >>>>>> stuff >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Kevin Bucknum<kevin.buck...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For what it's worth, Woot has refurb Nook Colors for $104 today. >>>>>>> http://www.woot.com/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:15 >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> General mailing list >>>>>> General@brlug.net >>>>>> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> General mailing list >>>>> General@brlug.net >>>>> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> General mailing list >>>> General@brlug.net >>>> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> General mailing list >>> General@brlug.net >>> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General@brlug.net >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > _______________________________________________ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list General@brlug.net http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
