What is this Nook thingee ?

Doug · Dec 21, 2011

I guess you go from a 15" laptop to a 10" netbook mini-laptop, now these tablet things....I guess a laptop without the hinge thing for the screen ?

I don't know about the reader thing part of it.... ?

I'm homeless ( sold home a month ago) and living on my Stepdaughter's couch for now ( but have 6 figures in the bank). She wants this for X-mas, we buy the food and treat for eating out almost daily. I do work around the house like emptying the cat (3) boxes and yardwork, etc.

I want to book South, bitch wife wants to stay here a bit longer....even though she hates cold. She wants it to be 90 degrees inside, nobody can stand to be in that.

sorry for the tangent, but got the Nook at Walmart for $199, actually 10% less than that....wife is an expert bitch and always gets 10% more off....

Doug · Dec 21, 2011

A copy of an I-Pad ( or whatever you call them ) ?

Jstack34 · Dec 21, 2011

Nook is the e-reader. You buy books and read them on it. The Kindle Fire for 200 is actually a little better i think but pretty much the same thing.

Murphy8276 · Dec 21, 2011

nook is an overpriced e reader.. BUT the advantage is that on the nook color u can put android honeycomb on it and have a fully functional tablet

the kindlefire is getting bad reviews because it doesnt handle tablet stuff as good as being able to load android on a nook color ^ just for extra info

-murph

FairWarning · Dec 21, 2011

Murphy8276 said:
nook is an overpriced e reader.. BUT the advantage is that on the nook color u can put android honeycomb on it and have a fully functional tablet

the kindlefire is getting bad reviews because it doesnt handle tablet stuff as good as being able to load android on a nook color ^ just for extra info

-murph

How do you put Honeycomb on the Nook?

Murphy8276 · Dec 21, 2011

FairWarning said:
How do you put Honeycomb on the Nook?

there is lots of help through google but my one buddy did his with this - http://theunlockr.com/2011/02/07/how-to-load-honeycomb-android-3-0-on-the-nook-color-usd-method/

it only works on nook Color.

-murph

barman · Dec 21, 2011

Just blew through local Barnes & Noble this evening on a last minute gift buying run and I'm pretty sure they're selling that Nook for just 99 bones

barman · Dec 21, 2011

What good is it.....just a bunch of words, words, words...

--Butthead, to Beavis

ScottL · Dec 21, 2011

You need a divorce lawyer, not another gadget.

Doug · Dec 21, 2011

barman said:
Just blew through local Barnes & Noble this evening on a last minute gift buying run and I'm pretty sure they're selling that Nook for just 99 bones

B&W for $99, I'm sure !

Doug · Dec 21, 2011

Murphy8276 said:
nook is an overpriced e reader.. BUT the advantage is that on the nook color u can put android honeycomb on it and have a fully functional tablet

the kindlefire is getting bad reviews because it doesnt handle tablet stuff as good as being able to load android on a nook color ^ just for extra info

-murph

whatever Android honeycomb is.... ?

would she find a low-end lap-top to be better ( not that much more expensive) , or is this thing like a computer, but just smaller ?

Doug · Dec 21, 2011

Scott L said:
You need a divorce lawyer, not another gadget.

gadget ain't for me !

bucsfan67 · Dec 21, 2011

yeah, thats what mom wants to a Nook....i didnt even know they had them at walmart....i thought u had to get them at barnes and noble, thought they were an exclusive thing there...figured you could get the kindle at walmart......

I think im getting the 99.00 one, cuz she basically ONLY wants it to read with....she isnt going to be using apps and such.....they say the nook is better than kindle, if you are ONLY reading books....

KillaRSox · Dec 21, 2011

Short answer, an imitation iPad.

Doug · Dec 21, 2011

Scott L said:
You need a divorce lawyer, not another gadget.

Thanks now I can't show her the thread !

Jstack34 · Dec 22, 2011

bucsfan67 said:
yeah, thats what mom wants to a Nook....i didnt even know they had them at walmart....i thought u had to get them at barnes and noble, thought they were an exclusive thing there...figured you could get the kindle at walmart......

I think im getting the 99.00 one, cuz she basically ONLY wants it to read with....she isnt going to be using apps and such.....they say the nook is better than kindle, if you are ONLY reading books....

Yea nook is perfect for reading. Color one makes it a little better than just the normal nook. Got one for my mom last year and she wanted to return it instantly because she couldn't figure it out. 2 Weeks later she wouldn't put it down. Nook/kindle are all good for these companies too because you buy so many books than you normally would since they are at your fingertips

FairWarning · Dec 22, 2011

Murphy8276 said:
there is lots of help through google but my one buddy did his with this - http://theunlockr.com/2011/02/07/how-to-load-honeycomb-android-3-0-on-the-nook-color-usd-method/

it only works on nook Color.

-murph

Thanks.

The Sports Scientist · Dec 22, 2011

You guys ever heard of the show Firefly? Big cult following , great show, was on fox about 10 years ago but only for a season. sci fi futuristic show, they had props on the show that look like ipads way before it came out. pretty cool. however, i think steve jobs had the idea for the ipad a really long time ago, before the technology had caught up with the concept.

Defying · Dec 22, 2011

Doug, I dont know if anyone answered your question..

If your daughter wants a Nook... get her a nook NOT laptop..... She wants an Ereader... there is different ones... as already discussed here... esstentially, is a device that allows you to download books and read them from there with ease..... Im sure the posters here can guide you to the right model....

GL and Merry Christmas

harrington · Dec 22, 2011

No opinion on the nook but man I'm glad I'm single

What is this Nook thingee ?

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