new sale: hd $125, hd+ $145

[leapinlar]

Yes, I saw the news, but no new devices does not mean existing ones need to be killed too I would think?

I wonder if I should get myself a HD too, though the size is way too small.

If they are selling to M$, then get the money out of existing hardware now.

Edit: and by putting Play Store on stock, they are admitting that their store model is going away or being sold, I think.

I got some HD's too, just for dev work or in case a friend wanted one.

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

 

[verygreen]

If they are selling to M$, then get the money out of existing hardware now.

I don't get this.
First, Microsoft owned 10% of Nook Digital for like a year or two already, so they are just increasing their stake at best.

 

[View92612]

I don't get this.
First, Microsoft owned 10% of Nook Digital for like a year or two already, so they are just increasing their stake at best.

That news caused B&N's stock price to go up like 20% or so but then crashed again after being refuted here:

http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/m...noble-inc-bks-nook-deal-not-happening-140576/

I can't imagine Microsoft buying Nook considering they already have enough trouble with Windows RT.
They hate Google(see the youtube windows phone app fiasco...) why would they want to buy any Android devices and App store?

I do think B&N is not in a good position to be in the tablet business. There is too much competition and B&N doesn't really have an advantage on technology, contents, or costs. They may have more books and magazines but those are not enough...They can get out of hardware but continue to sell books and magazines by partnering with Google or even Microsoft and Apple.

So...this may be the best time to grab a nice Nook HD+ while it lasts... I would not bet on the extended warranty, though...

 

[verygreen]

So...this may be the best time to grab a nice Nook HD+ while it lasts... I would not bet on the extended warranty, though...

Well, what if they plan on a liquidation, HP-style, of whatever remains?
Need to buy on some credit card that has long price protection

 

[greenmansofla]

M$ is going to want to distance itself from the Android Nooks and relaunch the brand as a Windows 8 based reader (they will already have a large stable of nook ebook customers), and BN will go back to dead tree books.

BN is learning their lessons the hard way.

They should have just made a nook app for all possible platforms.

The real problem with ebooks is the publishers and their artificially high prices for digital goods.

I rarely buy ebooks from BN even though I have two Nooks and a membership. Their prices are too high, and they do not discount Nook Books for members. I usually buy from Google Books, or borrow from my library through Overdrive.

 

[e.mote]

I signed up for a membership yesterday, and called today to buy three more HD+ 32GB ($165 each) for the family. B&N is clearing out its Nook inventory. The CSR didn't care that my membership isn't yet in the system, she entered the order anyway. She did ask for the coupon code, and I gave her the old 5J8EZB. I missed the Z for a 2 and she corrected me. I got the shipping confirmation e-mail about 10 minutes later. Shipping is 1-3 business days.

Re: Rumor of MS buying Nook Media - If it happens, MS will be buying Nook for the ebook IP and ecosystem, not the hardware. The Nook ecosystem will continue because it is a profit generator, so I wouldn't worry about your bought ebooks disappearing. It's just the hardware that will disappear.

Re: Extended warranty - Most credit cards have extended warranty protection of at least an extra year. I think 2 years are good enough for a tablet.

>Well, what if they plan on a liquidation, HP-style, of whatever remains?

You are seeing it right now. I consider the HD+ 32GB at $165 a better deal than the TP at $99.

 

[liasom]

Warranty - SquareTrade

I was able to purchase a three year SquareTrade warranty with $199 coverage for a little under $40. Includes accidental damage coverage. So that adds accidental damage now and extends the warranty period out to three years. I think that was a good deal. If they can't fix or replace they say they will ante up on the covered value, maybe that will cover me if Nooks go away.

I have their warranty on another device so from time-to-time I get coupons from them. If I remember correctly when I first used them I "liked" them on facebook and got a discount that way. Also somewhere on the 'net is a thread where folks post SquareTrade discount codes.

 

[verygreen]

You are seeing it right now. I consider the HD+ 32GB at $165 a better deal than the TP at $99.

I must disagree with you here.
the TP at $99 was actually TP for $85 on the first day (and that high only because I have 9.25% sales tax here).
Anyway, TP was more value back then, and it had camera too.
In general $100 is a pretty magic price point, I think, where things just become very appealing to impulse buyers.

 

[e.mote]

IIRC, the final online markdown was $99 for the base TP. It may have been cheaper locally, but not online.

The question is, can B&N move its remaining inventory at current marked-down pricing. From the hoops people on Slickdeals and here were willing to jump through, then it's safe to say yes (part of that is thanks to you and leapinlar and bokbokan.) If the deals-savvy peeps will jump, then the average joe blow will jump even higher once these deals are more widely publicized.

At $129, the Nook HD 8GB is much better than the Hisense Sero 7 at $149. There is no other full-HD, quality tablet at 9" that's below $250. There's no reason for B&N to drop its price further. Even at the MSRP, the Nook HDs were already bargain priced.

 

[verygreen]

IIRC, the final online markdown was $99 for the base TP. It may have been cheaper locally, but not online.

There was educational discount of 20% off at HP store if you have access to .edu email. And it worked a day before general availability of the 99% deal too.

At $129, the Nook HD 8GB is much better than the Hisense Sero 7 at $149. There is no other full-HD, quality tablet at 9" that's below $250. There's no reason for B&N to drop its price further. Even at the MSRP, the Nook HDs were already bargain priced.

Well, my Walmart does not have any discount on Nooks (yet?) sadly, and they only have 3 Nook HD in stock, so I guess I might not be able to procure some reasonably priced one for myself, oh well.
Too bad I heard too late about staples clearancing Nook accessories, there's nothing of value left there now.

 

[View92612]

There was educational discount of 20% off at HP store if you have access to .edu email. And it worked a day before general availability of the 99% deal too.

Too bad I heard too late about staples clearancing Nook accessories, there's nothing of value left there now.

I missed the touchpad deal....but it did take some good amount of time until a fully functional version of CM becomes available on it.
I actually had a "former employee discount" if I did not hesitate...
I'm pretty sure Nook's price will be slashed in public again at least for Father's Day and July 4th.

For your accessories, a current staples employee is ready to help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42287057#post42287057

I was lucky to have scored a $6 Poetic on Amazon when it was on sale.
Really nice for $6 with 3 years warranty.

 

[verygreen]

I missed the touchpad deal....but it did take some good amount of time until a fully functional version of CM becomes available on it.

When I got wind of the news, I immediatelly recognized how col of a hacking target that would be, so I got like 4 and alerted all sorts of right people around me to get some too., it panned out not too bad in the end, even though HP did pull some somewhat dirty tricks that made porting harder.

For your accessories, a current staples employee is ready to help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42287057#post42287057

Well, I was mostly interested in hdmi adapter (not for the outrageous $40 or whatever B&N charges). Unlike usb host cable, emulating HDMI one in software is probably impossible

 

[thatdude90210]

I was actually checking slickdeal that night when people started figuring out how to order the HP early. Scored two and then called my brother who got one. I was so eager to order that I forgot to check for coupon code. TP firesale, good times.

 

[SCWells72]

I managed to pick up an HD+ 32gb for $179 from the Walmart in Port Isabel, TX this morning (Austin is home for me but we were on vacation in South Padre this week). No push back at all. The lady just scanned the barcode to verify the discounted price and grabbed one from inventory in the back. I also ordered the poetic slimline cover from. Amazon for it.
I already have an iPad 3 but have wanted a full size, retina class display android tablet for a while and it was a no brainer at this price.

I don't know yet whether I'll stay with a tweaked stock setup or throw on CM10.1. I have CM10 on an HP Touchpad and really like it, but I've found it always takes a little while for these guys to become stable enough to be daily drivers.

 

[verygreen]

I have CM10 on an HP Touchpad and really like it, but I've found it always takes a little while for these guys to become stable enough to be daily drivers.

Major difference with TP is that TP did not have any Android on it running (ignoring the few rare devices shipped with Froyo, but dumps from those were not directly applicable to webOS devices).
So even getting to feature parity was hard at the beginning, never mind the stability or battery drain.

 

[SCWells72]

Major difference with TP is that TP did not have any Android on it running (ignoring the few rare devices shipped with Froyo, but dumps from those were not directly applicable to webOS devices).
So even getting to feature parity was hard at the beginning, never mind the stability or battery drain.

Good point on the Touchpad, but I also had a Nook Color for a long time and found that CM7 and CM9 were both flaky on it for a long time, in particular due to SOD issues in the kernel...nonetheless, I feel pretty confident that CM10.1 will end up on my HD+ pretty soon!

 

[bckrupps]

Well I can tell you very green has got it running rock solid. It could come straight out of the box and be better than most factory installed software.

 

[e.mote]

>Well I can tell you very green has got it running rock solid. It could come straight out of the box and be better than most factory installed software.

Yes, Nook HDs' ace over all of the other cheapos is that it has full, stable Android support, aside from its gorgeous fullHD display, thanks to verygreen & Co. Dollar for (marked-down) dollar, it is the best Android tablet today, and probably for the rest of this year.

As far as the public knows, Nooks are still "enhanced e-readers" with good hardware, but with limited functionality and a tiny ecosystem. But even without the XDA value-add, the stock 2.1 ROM update has moved Nook HD into a very good all-purpose tablet that is worth at least its MSRP price. With the XDA boost to full Android, I would peg the Nook HD+ as comparable to the full-sized iPad, and the HD equiv to the mini iPad. In short, the HD line is punching way above its weight class.

The TP has nothing on the Nook. The TP has crap hardware along with a dead-end ecosystem, and it took months for it to become a usable Android device. No one would claim it to be a great tablet, only that it was cheap.

The problem is that the Nook HD's potential is known to a handful of people. Once more people know that you can buy an (almost) full-sized 1080p tablet with great screen, quality hardware, good battery life, and full Android for under $150, the rush would be ten times that for the TP.

Having just converted to CM10.1 emmc (thanks again to verygreen and leapinlar), I will say that while the stock ROM is much more limited than AOSP, it is also considerably simpler and thus more attractive for the newbie user. AOSP/CM's hundreds of setting options, with even Easter-egg options like how to enable the developer settings (to enable boot to recovery), are something only a geek can love. I would hand Nooks with stock ROM to my tech-deficient family; I wouldn't hand them Nooks with CM unless I had set them up first.

 

[dbrickg]

I would peg the Nook HD+ as comparable to the full-sized iPad, and the HD equiv to the mini iPad. In short, the HD line is punching way above its weight class.... The problem is that the Nook HD's potential is known to a handful of people. Once more people know that you can buy an (almost) full-sized 1080p tablet with great screen, quality hardware, good battery life, and full Android for under $150, the rush would be ten times that for the TP.

Totally agree. I don't understand why the Nook HD+ isn't incredibly popular. People should be snatching them up like hotcakes.

 

[curiousmike]

Frys might be another option