NOOK Color Barnes & Noble Wi-Fi ® eReader (Refurb) $59 + Free Shipping (Ebay Daily Deal)

Quote from hoeg : This suits me better as well. The microSD card will handle the media and the internal will handle the apps. But should I go with CM7.2 or CM10?

I'm going with CM10. There's some stuttering navigating through menus, and exiting out of apps. But overall I think it will make a good daily driver. And It should only get better as they continue to work on it.

The few games I tried on it(Angry Birds:Star Wars, Temple Run and Hill Climb) all play perfectly fine.

Quote from SilverB18C1 : I'm going with CM10. There's some stuttering navigating through menus, and exiting out of apps. But overall I think it will make a good daily driver. And It should only get better as they continue to work on it. The few games I tried on it(Angry Birds:Star Wars, Temple Run and Hill Climb) all play perfectly fine.

Thanks!

Got the message from Barnes and Noble 2 days ago about the delay with the $10 gift card, now got a shipping notice today. Pretty happy with the purchase!

Finally received tracking information. Says it is to be here on Monday! I haven't gotten the $10 gift card like others have though. Oh well. Just glad it finally shipped.

yeah today i finally got a shipping number

installed CM10 on microsd using instructions from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/s...?t=1941858
pretty easy. Anyone knows if there would be any performance difference of using MicroSD for boot vs. rooting the nook itself? I like it so far. I'd give it a 8 out of 10. Slow in responding and stuttering some times. Maybe I was expecting too much out of a nook and comparing it to my iphones and ipad. I know i'm probably comparing apples and oranges in terms of cost of these devices, but i'm just talking in terms of overall experience. Anyway, i guess, I shouldn't complain about 'almost' a tablet for $60.

Mine was shipped out today via Next Day Air, only after I filed a complaint. No $10 gift card. Still pretty pissed.

December 1, still have not received it, got confirm saying shipped on 28th but no $10 cert either. I want to be able to boot from the SD and leave the internal rom alone. Thus taking out card allowing me to use it like a regular nook color. Turn off, put in microSD card, turn on and boot into CM10 Jellybean. Which instructions do I follow to do this. Thanks in advance.

I received my nook this morning. It was shipped Next Day Air on the 30th with a delivery scheduled for Monday. I was surprised when UPS delivered today (Saturday).

UPS just dropped ours off. Looks brand new, even in a retail box.

Quote from thecoop : December 1, still have not received it, got confirm saying shipped on 28th but no $10 cert either. I want to be able to boot from the SD and leave the internal rom alone. Thus taking out card allowing me to use it like a regular nook color. Turn off, put in microSD card, turn on and boot into CM10 Jellybean. Which instructions do I follow to do this. Thanks in advance.

Use the link that seancruise posted:

Quote from seancruise : installed CM10 on microsd using instructions from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/s...?t=1941858 pretty easy. Anyone knows if there would be any performance difference of using MicroSD for boot vs. rooting the nook itself? I like it so far. I'd give it a 8 out of 10. Slow in responding and stuttering some times. Maybe I was expecting too much out of a nook and comparing it to my iphones and ipad. I know i'm probably comparing apples and oranges in terms of cost of these devices, but i'm just talking in terms of overall experience. Anyway, i guess, I shouldn't complain about 'almost' a tablet for $60.

I got mine today as well. Did your Nooks also say "certified pre-owned?"

Quote from hoeg : So if you did 7.2 and 10, have you played around with them? Which is better for the Nook Color? Speed/Responsiveness/etc. Thanks.

I bought three of these to root and give to relatives as their first tablet. I've never had a nook color before, and I've never rooted an android device before, although I reasonably technically proficient. I have a Nexus 7 (Jellybean) and a Droid X (Gingerbread), so I am familiar with both Android versions.

I used the directions in the link posted on page 2, and they were SIMPLE and easy. The fact that the Nook will boot from the SD card really makes this seem like it isn't even rooting. It took my about an hour to set up the SD card, and about 10 minutes to root each Nook. The only thing I would add to the instructions is make sure you install the version of Google applications that matches the android version or you will run into serious problems.

My primary concern was that whatever I installed needed to be stable. People have repeatedly said that the CM10 builds were stable, but in my personal experience they were not stable at all.

When I installed the latest 11/30 nightly, the keyboard service was inoperative- it constantly crashed, restarted, and crashed again. Same with search. Having a tablet with no on screen keyboard makes it pretty worthless. I wiped it and reinstalled with the same result.

I am sure had I played with CM10 long enough, I could have either figured out what the problem was, or walked backwards through the nightly builds until I found one that was more solid, but after seeing that there were still quite a lot of issues to be worked out, I didn't want to give somebody a christmas present with an Alpha build that they would run into issues with. As of yet there is no "stable" CM10 build, or even a "monthly" release where some stability coding has been done. I wish people luck with getting a CM10 build that works well for them, but its just too new at this point for that to be as sure of a thing as others seem to imply. I'm hearing a lot of talk that indicates they may have a "stable" build by Christmas- if so, I will give it another shot.

I've installed CM 7.2, the latest "stable" version. It seems to run very smooth and stable. I downloaded netflix and angry birds to test performance, and didn't run into any stutters or problems- it has a very good feel.

I certainly like the look and layout of Jelly Bean over Gingerbread, and will be closely watching the progress of CM10- I expect once they get a stable build completed, I will install Jelly Bean on these.

But, if you are looking for a version to install and not have to worry about, at this moment, I would install CM7.2

Quote from newsance : I bought three of these to root and give to relatives as their first tablet. I've never had a nook color before, and I've never rooted an android device before, although I reasonably technically proficient. I have a Nexus 7 (Jellybean) and a Droid X (Gingerbread), so I am familiar with both Android versions. When I installed the latest 11/30 nightly, the keyboard service was inoperative- it constantly crashed, restarted, and crashed again. Same with search. Having a tablet with no on screen keyboard makes it pretty worthless. I wiped it and reinstalled with the same result. I am sure had I played with CM10 long enough, I could have either figured out what the problem was, or walked backwards through the nightly builds until I found one that was more solid, but after seeing that there were still quite a lot of issues to be worked out, I didn't want to give somebody a christmas present with an Alpha build that they would run into issues with. As of yet there is no "stable" CM10 build, or even a "monthly" release where some stability coding has been done. I wish people luck with getting a CM10 build that works well for them, but its just too new at this point for that to be as sure of a thing as others seem to imply. I'm hearing a lot of talk that indicates they may have a "stable" build by Christmas- if so, I will give it another shot. I've installed CM 7.2, the latest "stable" version. It seems to run very smooth and stable. I downloaded netflix and angry birds to test performance, and didn't run into any stutters or problems- it has a very good feel. But, if you are looking for a version to install and not have to worry about, at this moment, I would install CM7.2

I installed CM10 and gapps 11/30 and had the same keyboard error. Re-installed with older gapps and it works fine. I need to test out CM7.2