Refurbished Ideapad Tablet A1 available for $71.05 + FS *****PRICE UPDATED****

Quote from armygreen : Nook Color has single-core OMAP3 processor, 512MB ram, BlueTooth, It can run CM10 (JellyBean 4.1) but is hardware limited to 2-point multitouch. Nook Tablet has dual-core OMAP4 processor, 1GB ram, No BlueTooth. It can run CM10.1 (JellyBean 4.2) If running JellyBean (or ICS) you can switch back and forth between standard 2-point, or up to 10-point mult-touch (not hardware limited). You don't have to root a NC or a NT--the default boot device is an external microSD card. You can set up a working copy of JB4.2 by going to iamafanof.wordpress.com. (And yes, it's free.)

So you mean to say we can load the JB4.1 on SD card and then load the OS through SD card on Nook? If that is the case then it would be really great.

Quote from Prince01 : In face I had the exact same question, I ordered Nook from Cowboom grade 5 with taxes and everything it comes in $64 for my daughter, because my elder daughter has Asus TF101 so second one always fights. Just now see this deal and thinking of getting this and cancelling Nook order, but read this post and few others on Amazon, everyone agree that Nooks is better than this in comparison. Also I could not figure out whether this tablet having SD slot or not? But Nook has SD slot, added bonus.

Thanks for the feedback everyone..After reading all the comments; I am going to stick to Nook Tablet as well...I think IdeaPad has + 2 cameras where you cannot use Skype ( so it is meaningless as I won't be taking photos - All the reviewers agree Nook is smoother..And I also like the Nooks form factor and stylish look.


Prince01: how did you get the Nook Tablet for $64 ? did you get the Nook Color ( or the tablet ) ?

Quote from tolgac : Thanks for the feedback everyone..After reading all the comments; I am going to stick to Nook Tablet as well...I think IdeaPad has + 2 cameras where you cannot use Skype ( so it is meaningless as I won't be taking photos - All the reviewers agree Nook is smoother..And I also like the Nooks form factor and stylish look. Prince01: how did you get the Nook Tablet for $64 ? did you get the Nook Color ( or the tablet ) ?

It's a Nook Color, although I would have ponied up the extra $20 and went with the Tablet.

Quote from kennyminot : It's a tough sell when Best Buy has refurbished Kindle Fires for only 20 more bucks.

is the kinde fire from bestbuy better than this one?

Quote from deymayor : this is essentially the same as the nook color but with limited resource for customization.

slightly better processor (not by much) and lower grade screen one step forward but 2 steps back.

Quote from tqbin : is the kinde fire from bestbuy better than this one?

yes it is

Quote from shockwaveudk : Watch out on refurb nooks from cowboom. I got one and it wasn't deactivated. So it was useless and cow boom couldn't do anything to fix it. I had to return it. They couldn't transfer the $9 extended warranty I bought so I made them just refund my money and I got a kindle fire.

how was it worthless because of that? You could just make a CWM bootable sd card delete everything and install CM10 to the eMMc... believe me you are NOT missing anything on the stock firmware.

Quote from tqbin : is the kinde fire from bestbuy better than this one?

The first generation Kindle Fire is by no means a perfect device. Don't get me wrong - if it were me, I'd probably invest the extra $120 to get a Nexus 7 rather than just buy a cheap tablet. That being said, the main difference is that the Fire has a dual-core processor, while the Lenovo has a single-core. You're going to notice the difference: for most things, the Fire is going to work just fine, while the Lenovo will feel fairly sluggish. Basically, the only thing the Lenovo tablet has going for it is GPS and a webcam. I own a tablet with GPS, and I can honestly say that it is more useful than it seems at first glance; however, the truth is that without constant access to the internet, you're not going to be able to effectively utilize its most useful features. As for the camera, I'm hoping that most people have phones with 3 MP cameras. I use my tablet to take pictures, but that's only because it has a 5 MP in comparison to my phone's wimpy 3 MP. Otherwise, I would vastly prefer to take pictures with my phone. As Amazon figured out, most people don't care if they have cameras and GPS on their tablets, so they invested their money in beefing up its other features.

Looks like you get some more memory with the Lenovo tablet, but I still don't think that makes it worth it; personally, I have a 32 GB tablet, and I've never even use a fraction of that space.

Here's the link to the Best Buy tablet:

https://clearance.bestbuy.com/det...ished/2685

With the Valentine's Day codes on the homepage, you can get it for a little more than $80. Probably will run you about $90 with shipping.

Quote from armygreen : Nook Color has single-core OMAP3 processor, 512MB ram, BlueTooth, It can run CM10 (JellyBean 4.1) but is hardware limited to 2-point multitouch. Nook Tablet has dual-core OMAP4 processor, 1GB ram, No BlueTooth. It can run CM10.1 (JellyBean 4.2) If running JellyBean (or ICS) you can switch back and forth between standard 2-point, or up to 10-point mult-touch (not hardware limited). You don't have to root a NC or a NT--the default boot device is an external microSD card. You can set up a working copy of JB4.2 by going to iamafanof.wordpress.com. (And yes, it's free.)

Root/dual boot. Potato/potahto.

Quote from kennyminot : The first generation Kindle Fire is by no means a perfect device. Don't get me wrong - if it were me, I'd probably invest the extra $120 to get a Nexus 7 rather than just buy a cheap tablet. That being said, the main difference is that the Fire has a dual-core processor, while the Lenovo has a single-core. You're going to notice the difference: for most things, the Fire is going to work just fine, while the Lenovo will feel fairly sluggish. Basically, the only thing the Lenovo tablet has going for it is GPS and a webcam. I own a tablet with GPS, and I can honestly say that it is more useful than it seems at first glance; however, the truth is that without constant access to the internet, you're not going to be able to effectively utilize its most useful features. As for the camera, I'm hoping that most people have phones with 3 MP cameras. I use my tablet to take pictures, but that's only because it has a 5 MP in comparison to my phone's wimpy 3 MP. Otherwise, I would vastly prefer to take pictures with my phone. As Amazon figured out, most people don't care if they have cameras and GPS on their tablets, so they invested their money in beefing up its other features. Looks like you get some more memory with the Lenovo tablet, but I still don't think that makes it worth it; personally, I have a 32 GB tablet, and I've never even use a fraction of that space. Here's the link to the Best Buy tablet: https://clearance.bestbuy.com/det...ished/2685 With the Valentine's Day codes on the homepage, you can get it for a little more than $80. Probably will run you about $90 with shipping.

thanks.

Quote from Prince01 : So you mean to say we can load the JB4.1 on SD card and then load the OS through SD card on Nook? If that is the case then it would be really great.

If you boot JB4.1 from the microSD card, then you won't even "see" the Nook's internal (emmc) system. So what if you WANT to run that system? Then you've got a few options. The easiest is to power off the Nook, take out the SD card and turn it on again. But if all you want is the Barnes and Noble bookstore or Reader, then you could install that as an app on your JB4.1 card (just like installing the Kindle app). Technically speaking the JB4.1 card itself is "rooted" (meaning it has super-user priviledges) so you could create a dual-boot microSD card. If you explore XDA-developers.com, you'll see that some folks have built quad-boot system (CM7, CM9, CM10, and Nook emmc). You can also "root" the internal emmc system to make other options possible. Eventually you may want to get rid of the stock B&N system and install JB4.1 (or JB4.2 if its a NT) as the internal emmc system. But please, learn about backup and recovery tools (CWM and TWRP) before going that route.

Quote from dougpaw57 : I had one, it has GPS. The screen is only so-so and it doesn't support Skype, which is what I bought it for, it went back the next day.

all i need to know...no skype.

Quote from tolgac : Thanks for the feedback everyone..After reading all the comments; I am going to stick to Nook Tablet as well...I think IdeaPad has + 2 cameras where you cannot use Skype ( so it is meaningless as I won't be taking photos - All the reviewers agree Nook is smoother..And I also like the Nooks form factor and stylish look. Prince01: how did you get the Nook Tablet for $64 ? did you get the Nook Color ( or the tablet ) ?

My bad, I believe I got Nook Color.

Quote from ecnica : People are still buying it, is down to 539 left, hopefully in a day or 2 Lenovo drops it another $15-20 and I'll buy a spare to keep the HP Touchpad company.

Yes, lemmings will do that.....but just goes to prove it's NOT a hot deal, it'd have been sold out in a couple hours or less!

Quote from tolgac : Just ordered Nook Tablet 16GB (refurbished/used) from Cowboom about the same price... should I cancel and order this ? Does anyone has used both and advice one to other ? your help is highly appreciated...Thank you..

Cancel it. Nook is an e-reader this is a tablet..