Get your nooks out...

[d000hg]

Cool. The fact is has SD is pretty nice, makes the 8Gb version even more attractive.

I don't actually have any need for this tablet - I have an iPad - but at that price it was hard to resist!

[TheFaQQer]

For $10 or so, you can get all the software to change it to standard Android, but runs from an SD card. I'll have a look at how easy it is to do yourself once the Nook arrives.

[lilelvis2000]

Like it. Ordered one for lad. He'll be over the moon.

[northernladuk]

nook.co.uk

Do they have an Irish site

[TheFaQQer]

I've never done anything like that, but knowing I can is definitely nice. I imagine it more than likely does everything I'd want anyway, you get the Google Play store, but being able to put newer Android on might be useful.

If you do anything with Amazon App Store, then you'll need to root it at the least.

I installed a custom ROM on an HTC Wildfire last year with very few problems, and did the same (and unlocked) a Galaxy S2 - find some decent instructions from a reliable source and it's pretty straight forward.

[d000hg]

I've never done anything like that, but knowing I can is definitely nice. I imagine it more than likely does everything I'd want anyway, you get the Google Play store, but being able to put newer Android on might be useful.

[TheFaQQer]

If you're considering putting a custom ROM on there, there are some good instructions here.

I'll see how locked down it is before I decide - if it was just for me, then I think I'd be inclined to splat the OS and put as close to a stock Android ROM on there as I could.

[d000hg]

I didn't realise that B&N did a tablet (knew Amazon did).

Actually neither did I until today. I think that's why they've stopped production and are selling off the stock - nobody is buying them or knows about them.

[TheFaQQer]

That's a completely different device. Paperwhite is an e-reader with a light - newest version of the classic Kindle - Nook HD is a generic tablet competing against Kindle Fire. It's pretty confusing since both Nook and Kindle do e-readers and tablets under the same brand.

I didn't realise that B&N did a tablet (knew Amazon did).

£79 on order for my younger daughter, since she has decided that's what she wants to spend her savings on and has got enough. She was asking how much a laptop cost this morning, and was surprised at the price.

[d000hg]

That's a completely different device. Paperwhite is an e-reader with a light - newest version of the classic Kindle - Nook HD is a generic tablet competing against Kindle Fire. It's pretty confusing since both Nook and Kindle do e-readers and tablets under the same brand.

[TheFaQQer]

New Amazon Paperwhite is out today at £109 - all over the Amazon homepage.

[d000hg]

Barnes & Noble selling off last remaining Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets for £79 and £129 - Pocket-lint
Barnes & Noble knock Nook slate down to £79

Just impulse-bought the £79 one, seemed too good to miss as an opportunity to try out an Android tablet. I get the impression they're going fast, some models already out of stock when I got mine.

nook.co.uk