Barnes & Noble announces new touch-enabled Nook for $139

[J515OP]

What do you mean ,J P ,that it won 't be the same as rooting the nook color?
Gg

Nope. I don't see it being opened up the same way as a nook color. This one is truly more of an ereader and is going to be limited in its capabilities primarly by the screen. Black and white e-Ink just isn't up to the tablet task.

 

[Spider]

This would be awesome, if it could get the kindle, kobo, calibre and google books it would be the ULTIMATE ebook reader

Over the years, I collected a bunch of free books from all over the place on my PC. Books from Gutenberg Press, FBReader, Calbre, Etc. When I got my NOOK, I dropped them onto my SDcard and the Nook picked them up w/o a problem. Some appeared with ugly generic covers, but Calibre fixed that for me. Maybe I was just lucky, bit I don't think so.

 

[CLSmith]

I'd like to know more about the battery life. Is the two month period for someone who rarely uses it? What about someone who may use it for several hours a day?

I read the battery life is this good if you don't run wifi constantly

Sent from my NookColor using Android Tablet Forum

 

[Spider]

The battery life estimate is based on using it for reading 30 minutes a day.

"The feature that garnered the most applause at the media event was that the battery life on this new e-book reader can last up to two months on a single charge based on an average reading time of 30 minutes per day. That means a reader could use the device starting now on a full charge until past the Fourth of July."