Certified Pre-Owned NOOK Tablet 16GB Frys $99.99 + shipping or free instore pickup

Not a bad deal depending on shipping. I got mine in Nov. for $79.

It's a great tablet once you root it. Search for the other thread on these to get answers to all of the questions that will surely come regarding rooting.

Also, FWIW, I will say that I use both the Kindle app and the Nook app (as well as using the Nook unrooted) and I have to say that Amazon beats the crap out of B&N as far as being the best place to buy your books.


Edit: I just noticed that this is Pre-owned. For the record, mine was Cert. Refurbished. Not sure what difference that makes, but mine looked and worked like it was brand new.

Can't use skype on this? I have a off-brand chinese tablet with an single core A9 which use skype video and all no problem. Also plays back video in 1080p no problem. No custom rom either. Yes, it is rooted. What am I doing right?

Bad deal. It should be $59 to even be worthwhile. A N7 is literally more bang for your buck despite paying more.

This device will be a paperweight within 1 year after the active developers on XDA has moved on to greater and better things whereas the N7 will remain relevant for a minimum of 2 years.

Upfront cost of the N Tablet may appear cheaper at $99.99, but if you're just going to throw it aside or "justify" yourself malarkey by later giving it to your kids/cousin/sister/brother/mother/father, etc, just to buy another $99.99 tablet after a year, then it is debatable if you're truly saving any money.

Can't use skype on this? I have a off-brand chinese tablet with an single core A9 which use skype video and all no problem. Also plays back video in 1080p no problem. No custom rom either. Yes, it is rooted. What am I doing right?

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Certified Pre-Owned NOOK Tablet 16GB $99.99

Mfr: Barnes & Noble Model: 9781400501472
FRYS.com #7106172 UPC: 9781400501472


The fastest, lightest Nook Tablet with the best in HD entertainment.
Certified Pre-Owned to Original Factory Specifications. Carries same Warranty as New Unit.

So I just purchased a Used 16GB Nexus 7 with a case for $150 Craigslist no tax. I also orded the Nook Table 16GB at Frys. I know I can put CM10 on the Nook Tablet. Now I don't know which one too keep. I think I can resale the Nexus 7 for the $150 I bought it for. Any help from people with both?

Thanks

Didn't mean to imply to that it was a Nook Color. The differences between the Color and Tablet are minimal with a slight spec bump on the processor and RAM.

Point is, that you will still get a very neutered Android experience OR you will spend a fair amount of time dealing with trial and error with loading custom ROM's. Even then, some features will simply not work properly. This was all very worthwhile two years ago since the Nook was so much cheaper than anything else. No, the price gap just isn't very significant.

Aside from that ... my single biggest irritation is the freaking USB cable. I've gone through 3 now and my Nook is just sitting there powered down because I refuse to buy another from the crooks at B&N. It's a stinking USB cable. When's the last time you had a bad one? Over 825 reviews and you have 705 with 1 star ratings vs 18 with 5 star. They were charging $25 for the cable and have since dropped their price to $15. For such a defective product they should be offering people these cables for free. Such a piece of junk.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/rev...t/23055743

Can't use skype on this? I have a off-brand chinese tablet with an single core A9 which use skype video and all no problem. Also plays back video in 1080p no problem. No custom rom either. Yes, it is rooted. What am I doing right?

I just got this, thanks OP! $7 shipping to FL.

This is perfect for me, more my speed, not too fancy or technical. Now I just have to figure out how to "root" it. Time to watch some Youtube vidoes!

Moving on ... It can do EVERYTHING the Nexus 7 can do? Everything? Here are some things I would like you to do with your Nook Tablet (that can all be easily accomplished with the Nexus 7). Navigate using GPS. Connect devices via BT (and keep the connection stable). Do a video chat via Skype. Do an audio chat via Skype. Use Google Now voice dictation. Pay for something with NFC. Watch a video clip at a resolution higher than 600p.

Ah, a Nook Color owner who has actually never seen what the NC or NT's 600p looks like, since the NC is incapable of playing anything over 480p. It's actually why I bought the NT originally, since I wanted to play the 720p videos I had imported from my Tivo, couldn't on the NC natively, and didn't feel like Handbraking 50+ videos from a couple of season passes that I didn't have enough time to watch at home - let alone being forced to watch them in blurry standard def on a non-optimized screen.

As far as playing a 720p video, it's pretty simple. MX Player. Hardware mode. 720p plays fine, even under CM7 without video acceleration.

And 720p in that horrid, awful downrezzed 600p versus the N7s infinitely superior 800p resolution? I compared the two extensively before deciding not to upgrade to the N7; my friends with N7s were nice enough to let me play with their toys. Here's a shocker: the NT actually looked better.

Actually, this should be no surprise; there's been a lot written about how the B&N people really did a nice job on optimizing color palletes versus the N7 and Kindle. You can find some of the references in my previous posts on the Tablet. The N7's additional resolution is great for games. It's not as great for media.

Add on not having an SD card, and it makes the Nexus line a really iffy proposition for native (versus streaming, which is mediocre quality and doesn't take full advantage of the hardware) media playback despite the dongle workarounds and the speakers. If you want content, Amazon is still the way to go. If you want specs to play games, Nexus is superior. But if you want native media support? Despite its flaws, the NT still is your best bet.

And about that capacity issue? It looks like almost all of the N7s available on CL and Ebay at $150 are the 8 GB model. I wouldn't touch the N7 with less than 16 GB of storage, nor would I buy the 8 GB version of the NT for both the storage and the problems with ROMs. If you can snag a 16 GB N7 for $150, more power to you, but bottom line is for almost everyone you're still talking about double the price. (Oh, and the refurb NTs that are out there now on sale are more than likely not refurbs at all since they're blowing out previous unsold stock as they transition to the HD.)

So, 2x the price with the difference largely being that you can send crappy pictures via Skype. If that's the 10% improvement you want, go for it. Personally, I have my phone for video, since one of the big selling points of unlimited data plans is to be able to Skype or Facetime away from Wifi networks.

And once more, since you chose to not respond to this - if you have the $200 budget for the N7, I'd certainly love to hear why a 1900x1200 screen, an 8.9" form factor, and similar specs don't warrant buying a 16 GB Nook HD+ instead the next time it's on sale, since Staples had it for $199 over the holidays. It also plays 1080p natively and in full resolution, and looks spectacular doing so. Web browsing on a larger screen becomes a lot more fun too.

To each their own. I'm glad you enjoy your N7. But while I'm no fan what B&N is trying to do with attempting to force people to use mediocre, locked down stock software in their attempt to bootstrap a non-existent B&N marketplace that is never going to take off, the hardware they've subsidized to do so is really rather impressive for the price. It just takes 5 minutes of software tinkering to get it to live up to its potential.

Bottom line: the NT is a functional, entry level real tablet when hacked. $99 for that is unbelievable, especially considering only a few months ago your only tablets at that price were cheap Chinese ones with VGA screens.

Looks to me like bjsguess is still guessing about a lot of things. A nook tablet, excepting the camera, bt and GPS that are in every phone in every tablet owners pocket, is far more capable than a nook color. I've been using one as a daily driver with 4.1.2 and love it. I don't miss the camera, gps or bt, because I have those in my phone!...