Microsoft Offers $1B for Nook Media; Nook Tablets EOL

[e.mote]

We sort of knew this was coming, from the HD+ fire sale. Stock up on the HD/HD+ while you can.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/08/microsoft-mulling-nook-media-llc-purchase-for-1-billion/

The [internal] documents also reveal that Nook Media plans to discontinue its Android-based tablet business by the end of its 2014 fiscal year as it transitions to a model where Nook content is distributed through apps on “third-party partner” devices.

 

[leapinlar]

That kind of explains what is happening with the Play Store addition and the fire sale. I was reading another article earlier where the author predicted that the fire sale would be extended through Fathers Day. I talked to the manager of our local B&N store yesterday and she said the devices are flying off the shelves. They had a huge inventory.

But I hate to think of our beloved Nooks in the hands of M$.

And Google and M$ are not exactly bosom buddies. They are problably going to want to get rid of Android in favor of Windows RT.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

 

[Character Zero]

Oh man I was just thinking how they could update the Nook OS to be Jelly Bean now they have GAPPS integrated. I figured since Google Now was such a big part of JB and you need GAPPS to run GN. Now I wonder if they will bother putting the time into updating their fork. Maybe they should give us some kind of unlock so we can natively load CM ont he internal emmc and release the kernel source.

 

[leapinlar]

Oh man I was just thinking how they could update the Nook OS to be Jelly Bean now they have GAPPS integrated. I figured since Google Now was such a big part of JB and you need GAPPS to run GN. Now I wonder if they will bother putting the time into updating their fork. Maybe they should give us some kind of unlock so we can natively load CM ont he internal emmc and release the kernel source.

The kernel source is released. And verygreen already has unlocked emmc so CM10.1 is installed natively.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

 

[Character Zero]

The kernel source is released. And verygreen already has unlocked emmc so CM10.1 is installed natively.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

Ok well I feel stupid. I thought there were some issues with the kernel, maybe it was the porting to 4.2 I guess. I assumed since there wasn't much development was because of some difficulty in getting loads directly on the emmc.

But it would still be nice to have one last update of the BN stock ROM to at least 4.1 so we could have GN on stock.

 

[e.mote]

>But I hate to think of our beloved Nooks in the hands of M$.

People are already coming up with names for the potential MS device, the XBoox.

 

[leapinlar]

Ok well I feel stupid. I thought there were some issues with the kernel, maybe it was the porting to 4.2 I guess. I assumed since there wasn't much development was because of some difficulty in getting loads directly on the emmc.

There was great difficulty, but verygreen overcame those difficulties. And that difficulty is why we don't have a slew of developers lined up to work on these devices.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

 

[Character Zero]

There was great difficulty, but verygreen overcame those difficulties. And that difficulty is why we don't have a slew of developers lined up to work on these devices.

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

I thought I had read that it just wasn't as straightforward like a phone with an unlocked bootloader. Once unlocked its free game. But now I see the thread, pretty awesome. Maybe that and the firesale will open up some more development?

 

[KestrelYI]

Shame to see this news... I've been a fan of the Nooks due to the SD slot, amongst other things. Sadly, other companies like Amazon would prefer to keep you in their ad ridden and shopping oriented ecosystem. I suspect that the HD and HD+ are the last units we may see. No point in a fresh hardware update given their time scale...

 

[smatticus]

We sort of knew this was coming, from the HD+ fire sale. Stock up on the HD/HD+ while you can.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/08/microsoft-mulling-nook-media-llc-purchase-for-1-billion/

The [internal] documents also reveal that Nook Media plans to discontinue its Android-based tablet business by the end of its 2014 fiscal year as it transitions to a model where Nook content is distributed through apps on “third-party partner” devices.

Not sure why the term "fire sale" is being used so freely. it's a limited time sale, not a permanent price cut. it's not like hp slate which went from $300 to $100 in order to completely deplete stock of the devices. Not saying BN isn't trying to sell off some of the abundance of nooks it has just sitting around. But it's POSSIBLE they're finally waking up and trying to address some of the customers issues.

 

[View92612]

Still a very good deal even for fire sale

Not sure why the term "fire sale" is being used so freely. it's a limited time sale, not a permanent price cut. it's not like hp slate which went from $300 to $100 in order to completely deplete stock of the devices. Not saying BN isn't trying to sell off some of the abundance of nooks it has just sitting around. But it's POSSIBLE they're finally waking up and trying to address some of the customers issues.

Even if it is a fire sale, it is an incredibly good deal. Also support is guaranteed until at least 2014 so no worries on warranty.
I regret not picking up HP touchpad when it was on fire sale. It actually had better hardware overall for the price than the new HP Slate 7.
$179 for a nice tablet like Nook HD+ is an incredible deal. I picked one and may pick up another one for gifting before the sale ends.

 

[PoisonWolf]

I'd like to pick one up but the 1 GB ram is the only thing stopping me at this point. =(

 

[leapinlar]

I'd like to pick one up but the 1 GB ram is the only thing stopping me at this point. =(

Why is that a problem?

Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

 

[rushless]

I'd like to pick one up but the 1 GB ram is the only thing stopping me at this point. =(

I see no issues due to this. Impressive tablet.

 

[cybertec69]

I'd like to pick one up but the 1 GB ram is the only thing stopping me at this point. =(

Tablet runs super smooth, no issues here, for the price and with the specs of this tablet you just can't go wrong. Just the screen itself is worth it.

 

[DemonicPhantasm]

My big thing is I actually use the "nook books" I've purchased a rather large library of them and honestly hope they keep that active for quite some time. It's likely I realize just because they don't seem to have any plan to ditch the eBook's completely, but I'd hope they have compatibility going forward for quite some time.
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