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Save $10 at BN.com - Groupon $10=$20 02/04/11-02/08/11

$10 for $20 Worth of Toys and Games, Books and More at Barnes & Noble
http://www.groupon.com/deals/barnes-noble-denver
Buy it before 02/08/11
Use it before 04/10/11
Looks like it's time to buy that NC cover I've been looking for.

colorado_al said:
$10 for $20 Worth of Toys and Games, Books and More at Barnes & Noble
http://www.groupon.com/deals/barnes-noble-denver
Buy it before 02/08/11
Use it before 04/10/11
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I actually did this earlier, they send a B&N Gift Card code. It works great.

Does this work for coffee shop purchases as well? hmmmmmm..

I wasn't able to log in to my account "Due to extremely high volume" but I was still able to buy one. Thanks!

I took full advantage of this and used it to score me a cheaper nc and a case to go with it.
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Does anyone know if you can use it to buy Nook books?
Homer

On the page it gives a url of http://gr.pn/gUkzIw
Sent from my MacBook Wheel.

I am pretty sure it does not work on digital content. Too bad.

Does anyone know if you can stack these? I know it says you can only buy one per person, but if I buy one and my wife buys one, can we use them at the same time for the same purchase? I read through the terms but I couldn't find anything about it.

According to the groupon fine print it does work for ebooks...which is exactly why I purchased it.
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Pinesal said:
I am pretty sure it does not work on digital content. Too bad.
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Here is a list of the terms:
http://www.groupon.com/pages/barnes-and-noble-terms
The only thing I see prohibited on digital purchases:
BN Groupons may be used to purchase single issues of eNewspapers and eMagazines; however, they cannot be used for subscriptions to eNewspapers or eMagazines.

I can vouch for it. The link listed on the Groupon takes you to login to your B&N account. Under nook books is a link to manage gift cards. You add the gift card code to your eBook account and it gets charged before your credit card. Just no subscriptions as noted.
Thanks and Enjoy!
Homer

zstick said:
Does anyone know if you can stack these? I know it says you can only buy one per person, but if I buy one and my wife buys one, can we use them at the same time for the same purchase? I read through the terms but I couldn't find anything about it.
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About this. I got it to stack by ordering online and picked the option to pay by phone. Then waited for second confirm email, called it in from there and added all "gift card" numbers by hand. Nook color plus case for half off
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magicalsleeper said:
About this. I got it to stack by ordering online and picked the option to pay by phone. Then waited for second confirm email, called it in from there and added all "gift card" numbers by hand. Nook color plus case for half off
Sent from my MacBook Wheel.
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do you talk to your a representative or talk to a machine when you pay by phone?

magicalsleeper said:
About this. I got it to stack by ordering online and picked the option to pay by phone. Then waited for second confirm email, called it in from there and added all "gift card" numbers by hand. Nook color plus case for half off
Sent from my MacBook Wheel.
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How did you buy more than one coupon?

Same here. Got the nook color for $125. They also had a $30 case that was 30% off with nook color purchase so the case was $11 after groupon. $136 + tax for both. I love the internet.

zstick said:
Does anyone know if you can stack these? I know it says you can only buy one per person, but if I buy one and my wife buys one, can we use them at the same time for the same purchase? I read through the terms but I couldn't find anything about it.
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they stack, go to each region and buy one and then stack them for huge savings =P

Admiralvic said:
they stack, go to each region and buy one and then stack them for huge savings =P
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Pardon my ignorance, I've never used groupon before, but how do I select it for another region? Whenever I choose another region/city it changes the deal.
- Aerlock

Aerlock said:
Pardon my ignorance, I've never used groupon before, but how do I select it for another region? Whenever I choose another region/city it changes the deal.
- Aerlock
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Groupon does different deals for different areas. Some are like this one, although its advertised in a specific city, are ok to use any where, since they work on line (BN.com) or in any b&n store. so just buy it from that link. below im posting a referral link, ill get a few bucks if you click it and buy it through there. happy purchasing. i got mine the other day, i think ill be buying a case, or a screen protector, or both if i can convince my girlfriend to order one.
http://www.groupon.com/r/uu20753114
Hmm In testing that link, it might not bring you right to the groupon. so heres the manual steps. select the region, then look at the right hand column. at the bottom you should see "Multiple Locations: $10 for $20 Worth of Toys and Games, Books and More at Barnes & Noble"
thats what your looking for.

sanvara said:
Same here. Got the nook color for $125. They also had a $30 case that was 30% off with nook color purchase so the case was $11 after groupon. $136 + tax for both. I love the internet.
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can someone confirm this? the website says :
Barnes & Noble Gift Cards & Certificates
You may redeem up to 3 Gift Cards or Certificates for a single order. Click the "Enter Another" button below to apply your card and enter more. Please retain your Gift Card in the event there is any remaining balance.

Flash & BN App Store in April Update Official

or at least HSN Official Web Site:
NOOK Color™ 7" Touchscreen LCD Tablet with Wi-Fi and eBooks
which says:
Coming Soon "Sneak Peek" Updates
HSN will have the "sneak peek" of the new Nook updates, which launches in April
The new updates will be sent out automatically if your device in connected to Wi-Fi
HSN customers will receive the update first
NOOK Apps
Shop the NOOK Store for a wide variety of fun and engaging NOOK Apps
Download all types of apps to get even more out of your device
Some of the exciting new apps include Angry Birds, Lonely Planet Phrasebook and Drawing Pad
Adobe Flash
Expand your web experience by watching videos that use Adobe Flash
Built-in Email
Stay connected via built-in email, just like you do on other tablets and high-end smartphones
No need to go through Internet browser
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Yeah, that about as "official" as the "Chigako Bulls" T-shirt I bought from a street vendor in Beijing.

just as official as an e-reader turned tablet
hoping the update is true
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Yeah, that about as "official" as the "Chigako Bulls" T-shirt I bought from a street vendor in Beijing.
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OK, this was posted by an "Administrator" (whatever that means) on the Official barnes and Noble Nook Color forums:
"Hi all- If you’d like to get a sneak peek of some of the upcoming NOOK Apps, check out HSN this weekend to see them demonstrated. Then stay tuned! Everyone will receive the update as soon as it is ready this Spring."
http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com...ok-Color-on-Home-Shopping-Network/td-p/914304

Aside from a stock 2.2, what i really hope for is a new kernel, that Dal and other devs can use to make CM7 and HC (when its out) even better...

Browsing is much faster on 2.2 as well. Good news!

If the B&N Forum administrator can be trusted, I suspect that what we'll see is a web browser running embedded Flash videos and some cook-books with embedded video demonstrations. Wouldn't surprise me to see Angry Birds or some such, also, when they talk about "all the other things the Nook Color can do."
I will say that it kinda rubs me the wrond way to see the Nook Color on HSN. I associate that show with overpriced Packard Bell's (and lets face it: Packard Bell were overpriced at any price) and $15.00, 10 Carat "genuine faux diamons."

dsf3g said:
I will say that it kinda rubs me the wrond way to see the Nook Color on HSN. I associate that show with overpriced Packard Bell's (and lets face it: Packard Bell were overpriced at any price) and $15.00, 10 Carat "genuine faux diamons."
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does the fact they are selling the NC for 299 have anything to do with that?
sent from nookcolor

Sorry, I'm new here, but Home Shopping has the nerve to charge $300, $50 more than every other store, for the Nook Color, and that $50 buys you a lousy 2 GB SD card with a bunch of free Gutenburg Project books??
I mean, I knew they have no shame, but.... WOW.
That might be the most expensive 2 GB SD card EVER.

I wonder if google apps will be available. I'd really have no need for rooting if only the basic applications were available through their market.

s52m3 said:
I wonder if google apps will be available. I'd really have no need for rooting if only the basic applications were available through their market.
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Well it says Email App... even iphone has Google apps, despite Jobs' feud with Google, so it seems likely that BN would also have google apps.
BTW, as some have mentioned, HSN will use the "$299" price as a starting point for saying "but only if you call now, you get it for" in order to make their actual price seem more like a deal.

ADude said:
Well it says Email App... even iphone has Google apps, despite Jobs' feud with Google, so it seems likely that BN would also have google apps.
BTW, as some have mentioned, HSN will use the "$299" price as a starting point for saying "but only if you call now, you get it for" in order to make their actual price seem more like a deal.
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Sadly, that isn't the case. The only devices that are shipping with GApps, are those that have a cellular radio (aka the phones, and some tablets). Non licensed devices (like ours, and others) do not ship with it (though it doesn't stop us from putting them on.

List of the books come with Nook on HSN
http://www.hsn.com/list-of-nook-color-preloaded-books_at-1754_xa.aspx?c=1
Sent from my NookColor

Divine_Madcat said:
Sadly, that isn't the case. The only devices that are shipping with GApps, are those that have a cellular radio (aka the phones, and some tablets). Non licensed devices (like ours, and others) do not ship with it (though it doesn't stop us from putting them on.
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That doesn't stop B&N from licensing it for the 2.2 Update.

I'm wondering what it's going to do for those running rooted stock? For once I don't want to be in the first batch to upgrade.

xdabr said:
Sorry, I'm new here, but Home Shopping has the nerve to charge $300, $50 more than every other store, for the Nook Color, and that $50 buys you a lousy 2 GB SD card with a bunch of free Gutenburg Project books??
I mean, I knew they have no shame, but.... WOW.
That might be the most expensive 2 GB SD card EVER.
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No, it's not. Bought a 2GB MicroSD when they first came out, and it ran a cool $180 (plus sales tax!) at the time, as they were exclusive through SanDisk to one cellphone carrier for a good few months (Verizon IIRC). Curse of the early adopter, saw them drop to sub-$100 just half a year later or so.

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No, it's not. Bought a 2GB MicroSD when they first came out, and it ran a cool $180 (plus sales tax!) at the time, as they were exclusive through SanDisk to one cellphone carrier for a good few months (Verizon IIRC). Curse of the early adopter, saw them drop to sub-$100 just half a year later or so.
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I buy my 2gb cards for $5.99 at Micro Center now.

victle said:
List of the books come with Nook on HSN
http://www.hsn.com/list-of-nook-color-preloaded-books_at-1754_xa.aspx?c=1
Sent from my NookColor
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Yes, that's my point! They're a bunch of old classic literature that is <b>all</b> available for free via Project Gutenburg (33,000 titles and counting) and other venues.
If there's a single title there that you'd actually have to pay for, please let me know; I haven't checked all of them.
This is a rip-off. But it's a tangent; the point of the thread was about the B&N update. (See also the recent bad news about Honeycomb being withheld.)

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Aside from a stock 2.2, what i really hope for is a new kernel, that Dal and other devs can use to make CM7 and HC (when its out) even better...
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I'm with you , if this provides a new kernel that can be integrated in CM7 and HC great, otherwise I honestly don't care at all Not hating on anyone on stock, I rocked it for awhile, just saying once I flashed cm7 I didn't look back...and I wouldn't be surprised if that's going to be the road for most nook rooters (not necc. cm7, but also HC, phiremod, etc...)
by stock I mean stock-rooted...I was on stock for about the time it took me to charge the device

Looks like B&N has finally had their own press release for this (and not the Facebook one either)....
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/24/nook-color-getting-flash-and-apps-in-april-update-according-to/

(Outdated) If a New Nook Color comes out May 24 will you trade up?

Just curious to see how many people would "trade-up" to the newer model *if* (very small chance I know) B&N announces tomorrow that they're releasing a faster and more full featured tablet/reader.
I'm of two minds about it, if it ends up being a new NC (which I doubt myself) that is better than the current NC, it'll probably cost $50-100 more, in which case why not just get one of the dedicated tablets out on the market? (Or wait for Amazon's quad core Hollywood tablet..)
What do you think?

I would wait for Hollywood, hell even Coyote. I don't really have money to just throw around myself, so even if they did release a newer Nook Color, I doubt it would be a big enough difference in performance or features to make me go buy it tomorrow.
In fact, with the possibility of Hollywood being only $450 at launch and from amazon (who you know is going to go out of their way to make sure they have plenty in stock) I may not even trade up to the Iconia or Transformer this fall like I had wanted to.
Which kind of sucks since the wife wants a Nook color now. (Was going to give her mine...)

Supposedly (PCMag article) Amazon "might" be pricing the 7-inch Coyote tablet a $349 and the 9.7-inch Hollywood tablet at $449 (assuming lowest storage price). If Amazon throws in free 3G for apps downloads I'm sold (doubt it though since their cloud computing mp3/streaming video would end up costing them a pretty penny with free 3G).

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Supposedly (PCMag article) Amazon "might" be pricing the 7-inch Coyote tablet a $349 and the 9.7-inch Hollywood tablet at $449 (assuming lowest storage price). If Amazon throws in free 3G for apps downloads I'm sold (doubt it though since their cloud computing mp3/streaming video would end up costing them a pretty penny with free 3G).
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You wouldn't jump on a tegra 4 tablet for $449 unless it has free 3g?

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You wouldn't jump on a tegra 4 tablet for $449 unless it has free 3g?
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I'm trying not to spend *too* much money this year but....
The niece and nephew have been clamoring to inherit the Nook anyway, this year's a good time as any.

The new Nook!
Not a tablet - but a touch based e-reader:
http://news.cnet.com/tipster-new-nook-is-the-simple-touch-reader/8301-17938_105-20065525-1.html

madguy2006 said:
Not a tablet - but a touch based e-reader:
http://news.cnet.com/tipster-new-nook-is-the-simple-touch-reader/8301-17938_105-20065525-1.html
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its a cheap tablet, only cost 169$, so cheap that it must have cut down many hardware inside it.

Very nice, I'm very pro supporting BN so if their new reader has decent battery life, I'll probably buy it over the kindle in the near future.

Engadget just posted that B&N are now selling the old Nooks for $99 on eBay.

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Engadget just posted that B&N are now selling the old Nooks for $99 on eBay.
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Just saw this as well.
Still rocking the Incredible with the XDA Premium App.

And the new Nook is a $139 touch enabled eReader - so...no Color as many of us predicted.

Gin1212 said:
Very nice, I'm very pro supporting BN so if their new reader has decent battery life, I'll probably buy it over the kindle in the near future.
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The engadget article states 2 months on a charge.

here is the article about the new nook:
***.engadget.com/2011/05/24/barnes-and-noble-announces-new-nook/

Doesn't sound like it has a lot to recommend it compared to nc, but we can still spend a few days speculating if it will boot from SD card... perhaps there are some applications where a "paperback" android device would be useful, especially if the disaffected sell them lightly used in the $100 range.

Press release says nook color now $169 list. Time for a second one to play with!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20065678-264.html
EDIT: Went to the blog of the news conference and the reporter was wrong. NC is not lowered in list price! It is the 3g version of the old original nook that is $169. Bummer.
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leapinlar said:
Press release says nook color now $169 list. Time for a second one to play with!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20065678-264.html
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Correction, the original nook 3g is now 169. nook color is unchanged.

Touch screen e-ink? 80% less flashing (supposedly)? sd card? I'm sold. I wonder how long it takes to get it hacked and someone throw as a browser on there. e-ink touchscreen browser, even if just black and white, aounds very intriguing to me. Especially if it's better than the kindle's experimental browser.

this also assumes bn didn't take the hint from the first nc and locks the thing down like a bunker. Not to say there are some great devs out there but it would severley limit progress. This comming from a droid 2. Locked bootloaders =

I'd stay where i'm at right now. Working on saving money for a true tablet, but i like my NC as it is with HC now.

Why trade up? The Nook Color does everything I need it to do... IN COLOR. Running CM7 or phiremod is the icing on the cake...

Buying Refurbished Nook Color

I have purchased two refurbished Nook Colors from B&N's Ebay site and they have both been perfect. Now my son wants one. There are some other sellers on Ebay selling refurb units. Are these the same as getting them from B&N? Has anyone had problems with any of the refurb units? A seller with the name NextWorth has them right now for $99.

I picked up a 3rd party refurb of the Nook Tablet without any issues. Just make sure you read the posting carefully to see exactly what they are selling you. Also make sure they have a good return policy and you should be ok.

mogators1 said:
INow my son wants one. There are some other sellers on Ebay selling refurb units. Are these the same as getting them from B&N? Has anyone had problems with any of the refurb units? A seller with the name NextWorth has them right now for $99.
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'B&N via Ebay' was selling the 8GB Nook Tablets for $150 a few days ago.
In my opinion that is a better buy than a refurb Nook Color.
You get a dual-core processor plus the std. warranty.
Keep a lookout on SD and you will get lucky soon.
Here's the thread:
http://slickdeals.net/f/4490902-Brand-new-Barnes-noble-nook-tablet-149-FS

I couldn't look at the listing from NextWorth at work. Now that I have seen it, I see that this is seller refurbished. I think I definitely would prefer to get something that is manufacturer refurbished. There are some listings for $126 on Ebay, or I could get one at the local Microcenter for $135 if my son can't wait.
I just saw the post yesterday about the Nook Tablets for $149 and was going to go that route but they are no longer available. Again, it just depends on if he wants to wait longer to see if they become available again. We are going on a trip next month and he wants to have it by then.

I just bought 8 Nook Colors from Cowboom (all 7s) for $99.99 each and put CM7 RC2 on them, but they were for coworkers of my Wife and I. The $149 Tablet deal is where it is at, but these people wanted an Android tablet with an 8gb Micro SDHC and a TPU case for around $120.

Wow, 8 Nook Colors! You must really be spreading the word. I'm assuming you didn't have any problems with any of the ones you got from Cowboom. I had never heard of Cowboom before, it looks like an interesting site and appears to be somehow affiliated with Best Buy. I didn't know what you meant by the all 7's comment, but that appears to be a rating number on their site. Looks like the higher the number the better. I only saw 1 8, but it didn't come with a charger or cable to that would be a deal killer. I might see if my son wants to go this route if no other sales pop up this weekend. The tablet for $149 would be sweet but I am not holding my breath on that one showing up again soon. What are the TPU cases you mentioned? I would love to find a decent case with a multi position stand that does not cover up the speaker. I'm currently just using one of those rubber things that slips on it.

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We are going on a trip next month and he wants to have it by then.
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Give one of your NCs to him and you upgrade to the NT in the next sale.

mogators1 said:
Wow, 8 Nook Colors! You must really be spreading the word. I'm assuming you didn't have any problems with any of the ones you got from Cowboom. I had never heard of Cowboom before, it looks like an interesting site and appears to be somehow affiliated with Best Buy. I didn't know what you meant by the all 7's comment, but that appears to be a rating number on their site. Looks like the higher the number the better. I only saw 1 8, but it didn't come with a charger or cable to that would be a deal killer. I might see if my son wants to go this route if no other sales pop up this weekend. The tablet for $149 would be sweet but I am not holding my breath on that one showing up again soon. What are the TPU cases you mentioned? I would love to find a decent case with a multi position stand that does not cover up the speaker. I'm currently just using one of those rubber things that slips on it.
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Here are the cases I bought, unfortunately they are rubbery too:
http://www.amazon.com/CrazyOnDigital-Skins-Screen-Protector-Barnes/dp/B0057AV55C/ref=pd_cp_e_1
Description says red but one is purple like the picture shows.
They are $99 again for the "returned" Nook Color on Cowboom
All 8 were fine. I put Mr.g666's CM7 RC2 on all of them, used the free LCD Resolution app to set the DPI to 220, overclocked to 1200mhz, and have had no complaints. So far I have probably put Android on 15+ of these. Everyone my Wife or I have shown it to wants one once they see it. I would look for a condition 7 with the charger. Some came in the original box, some didn't. You get 30 days from Cowboom but I think if you had a problem with it and asked real nice B&N would replace or repair it for you within a year of registering because they rely on you buying books and games (my opinion).

Office Depot has nook tablets for 199 with a 50 dollar visa gift card on sunday.

Picked up the tablet today and the Visa gift card is given in the store. Did not have to mail anything in to get it, but you do have to pay $4.95 to activate the stupid thing. Running CM7 from microSD and it seems to be working pretty well. If I reboot it, it boots into Nook mode. If I shut down, then power on, it boots from the microSD.

mogators1 said:
Picked up the tablet today and the Visa gift card is given in the store. Did not have to mail anything in to get it, but you do have to pay $4.95 to activate the stupid thing. Running CM7 from microSD and it seems to be working pretty well. If I reboot it, it boots into Nook mode. If I shut down, then power on, it boots from the microSD.
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Can somebody confirm that we're able to run CM7 off uSD on the Nook Tablet?
Last time (last 2 months) I checked, can't just run off uSD on the NT.
Maybe I'm way behind!

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Can somebody confirm that we're able to run CM7 off uSD on the Nook Tablet?
Last time (last 2 months) I checked, can't just run off uSD on the NT.
Maybe I'm way behind!
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Running CM7 from microSD and it seems to be working pretty well.

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Running CM7 from microSD and it seems to be working pretty well.
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Thanks m8
How's about running CM9 off uSD? and eMMC?

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Thanks m8
How's about running CM9 off uSD? and eMMC?
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I haven't tried anything else besides the CM7 off of uSD. This is my Son's tablet so I'm not playing around with it too much. I still haven't had the confidence to flash CM7 to my Nook Color's eMMC, plus it seems to run perfectly off of the uSD card so I've seen no reason to. As far as the tablet and CM9, I thought I read that hardware acceleration is not working on it yet so not really interested in trying that until development gets further along.

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I haven't tried anything else besides the CM7 off of uSD. This is my Son's tablet so I'm not playing around with it too much. I still haven't had the confidence to flash CM7 to my Nook Color's eMMC, plus it seems to run perfectly off of the uSD card so I've seen no reason to. As far as the tablet and CM9, I thought I read that hardware acceleration is not working on it yet so not really interested in trying that until development gets further along.
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Were you talking about the NOOKcolor or Nook Tablet???
Two different devices.

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Were you talking about the NOOKcolor or Nook Tablet???
Two different devices.
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I was talking about both. I have 2 Nook Color's, and my son has the 8GB tablet. All of them are running CM7 off of the uSD cards and have stock firmware on the emmc.

[?] Ebay is full of Nook HD+

Hey there,
I'd like to buy a Nook HD+ and I'm wondering because currently ebay (in the uk) is full of seller who are actually selling (buy it now) couple of tablets for 150GBP which is ~60GBP less than the original market price. Are there any known problems or maybe B stock?
Thanks for your help

Its because most people don't know about third party roms or sites like this, and the stock operating system is very restricted so most people don't like it.
Also it seems quite common that a lot of people seem to give these as presents but most people don't want them so they sell them.

Thanks for your response! Sounds like a logical reason for the private sellers but there seem to be lots of professional ones who are selling couple of tablets for these cheap prices

consti83 said:
Thanks for your response! Sounds like a logical reason for the private sellers but there seem to be lots of professional ones who are selling couple of tablets for these cheap prices
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I bought the 32gb version from the Amazon market place for £170. It was brand new in a sealed box, no idea why it was so cheap but I'm very pleased with it now CM10 is up and running

n99123 said:
I bought the 32gb version from the Amazon market place for £170. It was brand new in a sealed box, no idea why it was so cheap but I'm very pleased with it now CM10 is up and running
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Thank you very much! So CM10 is running completely stable now?

I believe it's because University Students within the UK can get the tablets for free, via their bursaries. The bursary cannot be transferred into cash, and can be used to purchase books, or an eBook reader (yep, you guessed it - a Nook HD or HD+). I purchased a Nook HD+ using my bursary, and have gifted it to my dad, after Rooting and GAPPS.
I purchased it for £270, but on eBay they sell for cheap for the reasons listed above. But selling it that cheap is the only way these University students can convert their bursary into actual cash. I'm a university student myself, and it happens all the time. But I don't buy and sell these, I'm actually trying to save my bursary. I've only purchased on Nook HD+ for my dad, and that's it.
That could be one reason. You may find that a lot of the tablets are located around Manchester, Greater Manchester and/or Lancashire. If so, then I'm pretty sure I know which uni. If not, then it may be from another university, or nothing related to university - just a genuine seller.

Thats interesting, I've noticed lots seem to appear from Manchester. Are they uni's doing something different from others ?

Just to chip in, I got my Nook HD 8Gb (not HD+) for a bargain price of £80 buy it now on eBay. A full 50% discount on RRP over here. Seller didn't say why he was selling, nor why his BIN price was so low. I would guess that like others have said, B&N just isn't a properly recognised bookseller over here, and sellers might guess that buyers will be put off by a non-Amazon device.
Received my device on Tuesday afternoon, by the evening I was running CM 10.1, thanks to all the good work by bokbokan. People are missing out because these devices make cracking tablets as well as ereaders.

HiddenG said:
I believe it's because University Students within the UK can get the tablets for free, via their bursaries. The bursary cannot be transferred into cash, and can be used to purchase books, or an eBook reader (yep, you guessed it - a Nook HD or HD+). I purchased a Nook HD+ using my bursary, and have gifted it to my dad, after Rooting and GAPPS.
I purchased it for £270, but on eBay they sell for cheap for the reasons listed above. But selling it that cheap is the only way these University students can convert their bursary into actual cash. I'm a university student myself, and it happens all the time. But I don't buy and sell these, I'm actually trying to save my bursary. I've only purchased on Nook HD+ for my dad, and that's it.
That could be one reason. You may find that a lot of the tablets are located around Manchester, Greater Manchester and/or Lancashire. If so, then I'm pretty sure I know which uni. If not, then it may be from another university, or nothing related to university - just a genuine seller.
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Thank you very much for your comment. That sounds like a very logical reason! Actually I'm a student in the UK as well but unfortunately only as an exchange studend for 2 terms. I guess therefore I wont be eligible for any if those bursaries. I think I will just buy one of these tablets on ebay and go with CM 10.1 ! Why don't you use a Nook HD+ for yourself ?

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Thank you very much for your comment. That sounds like a very logical reason! Actually I'm a student in the UK as well but unfortunately only as an exchange studend for 2 terms. I guess therefore I wont be eligible for any if those bursaries. I think I will just buy one of these tablets on ebay and go with CM 10.1 ! Why don't you use a Nook HD+ for yourself ?
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CM10.1 is very stable on the HD. Not so stable on the HD+ since there is only one preliminary build for it.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10 on Hybrid SD