16GB Barnes & Noble Nook 7" WiFi Tablet (Pre-owned) $97 + Free Shipping

To answer a few questions (which have largely been answered in previous Nook Tablet threads):

1. Refurbs are in retail packaging with full equipment and a plastic protector over the screen - basically, they're indistinguishable from new retail stock. 'Pre-owned' - take your chances on their definition.

2. CM7 has been stable for many months and available on SD card boot as well as internal mount. CM10 took a while but is now pretty much done and includes things like hardware acceleration. The Tablet bootloader took several months to crack, which is why it didn't take off like the Color did.

3. The Tablet has enough processing power to play 720p video. The Color does not. Bluetooth isn't available on the Tablet, but is on the Color.

4. 16 GB > 8 GB tablet for running non-stock. Pretty much most developers ignored the 8 GB version as it came out late and the partitions were a pain to deal with.

If these are actually refurbs - which since the website says they're including the Quick Start Guide they probably are - this is a smoking hot deal. No, it's not the Nexus or the new Nook HD+ (which thanks to efforts of several people, just a week after release can be rooted and google apps and sideloading works and is $200 cheaper comparable hardware), but $99 for a quality 7" tablet like this is a steal.

.....Also does B&N also put a new shell and battery similar to apple?

rather pay an additional $50 for a used nexus 7 8gb

don't like heavily skilled nooks and kindles. NEXUS 7 or NEXUS 10 FTW!!