Pre-owned Barnes and Noble BNRV200 NOOK 7in Color eReader $70+ S&H

Quote from downspout : This is the "cost reduced" 8GB version. Top grade I see is 6 so far. Still not bad at all if you're looking for a cheap tablet/reader. Sure makes one wonder at product cycles. Didn't the 8GB version hit like 8mo ago for $200?

Quote from jbloggs : Kindle fires are going for $120 on CL, its a little more cost but getting a more of a tablet and better hardware.

This is NOT the 8GB Nook Tablet. This is the old Nook Color (model #BNRV200) that has been out since 2009. So this is not better hardware than a Kindle Fire- it has an 800 MHz TI processor with 512 MB RAM .

Quote from goldblum : This is NOT the 8GB Nook Tablet. This is the old Nook Color (model #BNRV200) that has been out since 2009. So this is not better hardware than a Kindle Fire- it has an 800 MHz TI processor with 512 MB RAM .

I wasn't saying that the Nook Color has better hardware, I was stating that the Kindle costs a little more and has better hardware (Kindle). I have seen Nook Tablet 8GB going for $100 on CL. So Nook Color is NOT a good at $80.

These are great when rooted using the uSD card. I have done about a dozen of them. We have 4 in our household alone.

Quote from jbloggs : I wasn't saying that the Nook Color has better hardware, I was stating that the Kindle costs a little more and has better hardware (Kindle). I have seen Nook Tablet 8GB going for $100 on CL. So Nook Color is NOT a good at $80.

Beware of Nook Tablet 8GB. Limited options for third-party roms compared to the Nook Tablet 16 GB. Seems many internals are different not just the storage size.

Quote from goldblum : This is NOT the 8GB Nook Tablet. This is the old Nook Color (model #BNRV200) that has been out since 2009. So this is not better hardware than a Kindle Fire- it has an 800 MHz TI processor with 512 MB RAM .

Thanks. Shame on me for not reading beyond the subject line and "8GB" of a deal alert.

this is not worth it in my opinion. maybe for $50 but even then you're better off putting that $50 towards something else.

Quote from oneness : this is not worth it in my opinion. maybe for $50 but even then you're better off putting that $50 towards something else.

yep...that's where I'm at. $50 towards a Nexus 7 (in this case $80 with tax and shipping) makes a nexus 7 only $120 which is a hell of a lot more hardware than this. This is probably a good price for kids and presents although who knows what a grade 5 or 6 will get you. I see mint ones in my area Craigslist for $75....I would go that route if in need of a NC.

My 5-year old has this tablet and it is great for playing games. Much cheaper option than something like a Nintendo as the apps are generally free or well under $5. At this price it is great for a kid. I strongly recommend getting a micro SD card and installing Cyanogenmod 7. This gives you full Android 2.3.7 and allows you access to the full Google Play and Amazon app stores. I just added this to the wiki.

It is very easy to install Cyanogenmod 7 (full version of Android) on these tablets. It makes for a much more functional device with full access to the Google Play market of apps. You can remove the card anytime and the device will boot up just like normal as a Nook Color.

Instructions for installing Cyanogenmod [quinxy.com]

If you are uncomfortable performing the steps above you can simply purchase an micro sd card from amazon with the software preinstalled. Insert the card when powered off and turn back on.

Link to purchase SD card with Android preinstalled [amazon.com]

cyanogenmod7 makes this better but in my experience it did not work well enough. it was slow, laggy, unresponsive, etc.

also, putting it on the sdcard and getting it to run is not as easy as people make it out to be.

This is the rom [xda-developers.com] that seems to be getting a lot of continuous support for the NC. It is based on CM7.

Quote from oneness : cyanogenmod7 makes this better but in my experience it did not work well enough. it was slow, laggy, unresponsive, etc. also, putting it on the sdcard and getting it to run is not as easy as people make it out to be.

Disagree. Yes, it is easy. Takes 20 minutes max, done it five times at least. You just need to follow instructions in XDA. And because you don't do anything to the NC itself there is no risk of bricking.

CM9 is laggy, but CM7 off a Sandisk class 4 uSD is plenty responsive unless you load a ton of apps, or move a lot of apps that are on your launcher page to the SD partition. For what you do with this (it is not a phone) CM7 is better in my opinion.

But go ahead and burn a second uSD triple boot rom to another card and see which OS you like! I'm triple booting off a 32gb sandisk, running most apps off CM7, a few off CM9 where they are designed for HC or ICS, and sometimes stock to read books. Hulu Plus worked when I subcribed (might not now, they changed the program), but Kindle and Plex run fine. Third party reader programs allow you to use the volume buttons for page turns, several have night modes.

At a minimum this tab is a nice no-risk way to learn about rooting and roms, since then I have been comfortable doing all that to run CM on our cel phones and Touchpad, do Nandroid backups, install kernels, run nightlies bla bla bla.

Any SDer who doesn't have one of these lying around by now is late to the party. You can get one now, get a Nexus later when they start pushing Nexus refurbs and have developed great rooted roms, and have both for the same price as a Nexus now.

I have lots of these.
The CM7 software mod is finally very stable.
It's not really powerful enough to run CM9 or CM10 but with the modern launcher that comes with CM7 it's a very good value.

Quote from 2devnull : Beware of Nook Tablet 8GB. Limited options for third-party roms compared to the Nook Tablet 16 GB. Seems many internals are different not just the storage size.

No, you're talking about the Nook Tablet. This deal is for the Nook Color which works just fine with most third-party mods.

Quote from Wickywik : This looks to be the Nook Color, not Nook Tablet. Lots of previous deal discussions for these, just do a search. Grab yourself an inexpensive Sandisk 16 or 32GB microsd card and load Android onto it and you have a nice, dual boot machine. Can be overclocked. If you want a tablet with a beautiful screen and decent Android experience, this is a good deal. With that being said, B&N has an announcement coming up soon with Microsoft along with a bunch of other upcoming tablets from other manufacturers.

I bought two refurb Nook Colors and within a month a co-worker bought one. All three experienced constant force close issues when running CM7 from 32 GB Sandisk Class 4 cards after a few months. All run fine with 16 GB Sandisk Class 4 cards many months later. I only found one report of this issue when searching forums. The person had the same issue with multiple 32 GB cards and finally switched to a 16 GB card. So YMMV with 32 GB cards.