Is that an ipad?

[bobdude5]

I had 3 people ask me that. Just thought i'd share

 

[johnopsec]

Same here. I answered HELL NO! I don't buy locked down apple ****. I don't drink the koolaid. Haha


Sent from my Nook Color using Tapatalk

 

[therealguppy]

Ha, I had someone point at me the other day and swoon to their friends, "Aw man he's got a Ipad!" I just smile'd and kept walking.

 

[devis]

Someone just yesterday walked up to me and asked "That's the NookColor isn't it?" He knew... spent about 10 min with the guy showing him this and that, he had wanted to buy one but wasn't sure. Once he saw this fantastic Android tablet with BN ereader software that was running the Kindle app and Angry Birds he was sold!

 

[gojeda]

If there are consumers out there that mistake the Nook Color with an iPad, that just shows how incredibly dumb consumers can really be. They are about as two different devices as two devices can get.

 

[plympton]

Gave me an idea...

If there are consumers out there that mistake the Nook Color with an iPad, that just shows how incredibly dumb consumers can really be. They are about as two different devices as two devices can get.

For a Craigslist ad. "7-inch iPad - newest model!"

 

[xwint3rxmut3x]

For a Craigslist ad. "7-inch iPad - newest model!"

Right?? I would have probably said, "yes it is! In fact, i'm on the production team and I have another one at home. This is probably going to be $600 when it comes out officially, but seeing as how it's Christmas and all- how would YOU like it for $400?"

 

[devis]

Right?? I would have probably said, "yes it is! In fact, i'm on the production team and I have another one at home. This is probably going to be $600 when it comes out officially, but seeing as how it's Christmas and all- how would YOU like it for $400?"

HA! That'll be the day

 

[ixampl]

Same here. I answered HELL NO! I don't buy locked down apple ****. I don't drink the koolaid. Haha


Sent from my Nook Color using Tapatalk

Well, for all possible reasons you could have given, this is really not the best. Why? The Nook is even more locked down and limited than the iPad. Hell, you cannot even install applications ("extras") officially. You cannot even put your sideloaded books on your home screen.

The NC became interesting when it got rooted, but then again the iPad can be jailbroken as well and has a lot more functionality from the get go even in its locked down state.

Now keep in mind, that people who mistake your NC for an iPad won't be rooting or jailbreaking their devices. For those people the NC does not come anywhere close to the iPad when it comes to actual functionality (without rooting or jailbreaking).

These would have been some valid reasons for buying the NC:

• The NC is only $250.
• It's more compact than the iPad.
• It runs Android, you like Android and you will be able to load Android apps on it when B&N open their app market or now if you root.

Please, I like Android, and I like my NC, but this Android fanboyism is no better than the Apple kind, especially if it's this misguided: Out of the box the NC is a lot more locked down than the iPad. B&N don't want this to be a full-fledged tablet and they will strictly control their app market once it's launched. Rooted nooks cannot access many B&N in-store feature (see thread in this forum), and surely we'll lose root during the next update, which might not even ask your permission to be applied (also from another thread and data analysis on the "firmware over the air" entries in database files on the device, which are set to automatic update.)

So in effect you were saying: "I don't buy locked down apple ****! Instead I'm buying locked down Barnes and Noble products."