- Looked an an iPad2 today because I have a need for electronic copies of textbooks. But the price is outrageous!
I guess I will try and read those textbooks on my NookColor. Maybe Midd will help me bake gingerbread or make an ice cream sandwich or whatever they're doing to a Droid tablet these days! LMAO!
I really would like the iPad but can't afford one along with college tuition. Too bad.
Oh but I would never leave BlackBerry no matter what else I carry! HAHA
You can pick up a first-gen 16GB iPad from eBay for around $350. It's still steep, but it works.11-01-11 02:30 PMLike 0 - I found that I could only use the iPad for my textbooks. There is an app called PDFReader Pro from iTech Development Systems that will open the encrypted PDF that the University of Phoenix uses. To this point, there isn't anything for the Android OS that works. I'm not even sure that they can be read on a PlayBook. I didn't really want an iPad -- it was my only choice.
You can pick up a first-gen 16GB iPad from eBay for around $350. It's still steep, but it works.
However, as far as the epub and pdfs being read on an android...I know they will work on the nook color so if I back down and decide not to spend anything extra at all, I will purchase them for the NC only and read them that way. In fact...I should purchase one and try it on the NC. If it works, I really have no need for an ipad...
Thanks Underway! Now can I eat my ice cream sandwich? Had a hankering since I wrote that this morning....11-01-11 03:38 PMLike 0 - OK well, if I must get an iPad, then maybe the first gen is the way to go for me. I am all about saving some coin.
However, as far as the epub and pdfs being read on an android...I know they will work on the nook color so if I back down and decide not to spend anything extra at all, I will purchase them for the NC only and read them that way. In fact...I should purchase one and try it on the NC. If it works, I really have no need for an ipad...
Thanks Underway! Now can I eat my ice cream sandwich? Had a hankering since I wrote that this morning....11-01-11 04:18 PMLike 0 -
Ok!! First off, are you still waiting on that battery? What did they do? Send it fokking pony express? Dang!
And if we're picking a new tean, let's pick a winner. I say we jump on the Packers bandwagon or maybe the Lions. Let's be a frontrunner bandwagon jumper pair. Lmao!!!!!
Sent from my BlackBerry 9650 using Tapatalk11-01-11 07:57 PMLike 0 -
MAKE TIME, B!!!!
Dang! We go with Detroit then! Go Lions Go!!!! I'll drag out some blue and silver and you already got the wardrobe covered! (aren't those cowpies blue and silver too?)
LMAO!!!!
Get back on BBM, I miss ya!11-02-11 09:21 AMLike 0 -
Works like a charm! I JUST SAVED 500 bucks!
WooHoo!!! I can buy my ebook texts and read them on my device while right in class (teaching that is!) our curriculum is online so having a "hard copy" so to speak is a lot easier than dragging around my work-issued laptop and signing in on the web each time to access it.
Woohoo. Best part...deduct the cost of the Nook from taxes since I'm now using it for work!
Happy days!!!11-02-11 09:25 AMLike 0 - So, I bought that ebook, sideloaded it on my Nook and Viola!!!!!
Works like a charm! I JUST SAVED 500 bucks!
WooHoo!!! I can buy my ebook texts and read them on my device while right in class (teaching that is!) our curriculum is online so having a "hard copy" so to speak is a lot easier than dragging around my work-issued laptop and signing in on the web each time to access it.
Woohoo. Best part...deduct the cost of the Nook from taxes since I'm now using it for work!
Happy days!!!
BTW, my daughter plays (well, strangles) a VIOLA. You wanted VOILA.
BN is supposedly releasing a new Nook Color on Monday. There goes the cash you just saved...11-02-11 09:53 AMLike 0 - Glad you got that sorted Jaydee! That little NC is an amazing little tablet and for the cost, not bad at all.
99, new Nook Color? What are the differences? Won't we able to upgrade the ones we have ie software wise? Damn it.11-02-11 10:18 AMLike 0 -
HAHA and No 500 saved is saved. As long as my curriculum doesn't change and I have to download another 61 dollar ebook; I'm set! I use the NC purely for reading.11-02-11 10:28 AMLike 0 -
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Both my wife and I have looked at the Droids and iPhones and really didn't like them all that much. We will be staying with BB for a while. And what do you know, right after I went and looked at the new BBs at VZW and thought about dropping Alltel and going with Big Red (or sky net if you prefer) Alltel comes out with the 8950 and talk of the 9930 coming soon. Now if I can get them to give to me free.....11-03-11 04:27 PMLike 0 -
I don't see myself needing to upgrade to it.11-03-11 04:50 PMLike 0 -
- Dual core TI OMAP processor at 1.2GHz.
- 0.48 inches thin weighing in at 14.1 ounces or 400 grams.
- 16GB of internal storage, plus it can take up to a 32GB microSD card.
- Battery life is listed as "to be determined," but it looks like BN's expecting 8 hours with Wifi off, or 4 hours of video playback
- Wifi, with 802.11 b/g/n.
11-03-11 07:48 PMLike 0 - OK so the specs have been leaked:
- Dual core TI OMAP processor at 1.2GHz.
- 0.48 inches thin weighing in at 14.1 ounces or 400 grams.
- 16GB of internal storage, plus it can take up to a 32GB microSD card.
- Battery life is listed as "to be determined," but it looks like BN's expecting 8 hours with Wifi off, or 4 hours of video playback
- Wifi, with 802.11 b/g/n.
11-03-11 08:05 PMLike 0 - This sounds great. But I too will not be upgrading as I am pretty happy with what I have! I can read my textbooks and reg. B&N offerings and add my own files and watch a movie and...Thanks for the offer Midd! If I decide to root the thing, I will ask you right away for directions.11-03-11 08:21 PMLike 0
- Yeah..mine works well for me as is. Can't see spending the money to upgrade. And if I ever got of my @ss and root the thing, it will be better. Midd thanks for the info. And thanks for offering to help with the rooting. You'll be sorry you asked with Jaydee and I lighting up your bbm11-03-11 08:26 PMLike 0
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- Midd, no Bears fans allowed???? You need to cut me some slack, I am also a Dolphins fan. Hope your phone prices drop for you in the near future. Needless to say, the market has no love for RIM right now. Wow, 70% drop in stock price so far this year.
Jaydee and Hamster, Midd is right about rooting your Nook. It is pretty straight forward. I am running an updated version of Gingerbread off an SD card and it works great. The best part is that I can take the card out and run the Nook on its stock OS, keeping my warranty in place.11-03-11 10:14 PMLike 0 - Everyone, not to get too personal, but my wife fell down some stairs last night after music practice with friends. She severely bruised some ribs and sprained her right foot. She is really sore and limited in her mobility. Would you mind shooting a few thoughts her way as she recovers?11-03-11 10:17 PMLike 0
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