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Originally Posted by Levitron
Any of you tried Nook?
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I have a Nook Color and it's running Android. $250 from the States but I got it off craigstlist for $200. It's not a perfect tablet experience but it runs comic books, ebooks, and angry birds well. I put Opera runs pretty good on it. However, if you start multi-tasking it like a 500 dollar Galaxy Tab then it might feel a bit slow.
Pros:
Cheap
Runs androids so you have all the google apps + compatible marketplace apps
Poor man's ipad
You can do more with a color screen (ex: graphic novels)
Good online support
Compact and light
Screen is very nice
Cons:
I ran into bugs periodically. Not sure if it's android, android apps or the custom firmware.
Battery life decent but not as good as iPad
Need to be a bit tech-savvy to figure out how to root, install android, tweak cpu and speaker max-volume
Not e-ink so reading novels aren't as comfortable as a cheaper ereader
No camera/mic for android apps like Skype
Honeycomb not stable so you have to use a variant of the mobile Android operating system