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Posted 24 September 2013
NOOK Simple Touch GlowLight £49 from tomorrow @ ARGOS and John Lewis/Currys/PCWorld with price match!!!
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over 3000 at John Lewis 2 years warranty!!!
£79 & £109 everywhere else.
Probably the most versatile and best value eReader.
Both come with wifi and a microSD slot.
Easily rooted allowing you to install custom ROM's (Android).
Giving you access to thousands of apps and no DRM issues
Customize the interface from a range of launchers.
All the best book reading apps on the Play/Amazon store including the Kindle app are there for your reading pleasure.
Get all the manga you want, free and straight onto your eReader!
Read all your favourite websites via your choice of browser or newsreader via Instapaper.
FileManagers with Dropbox integration.
Easily managed via AirDroid.
When you're tired of reading, play chess, tick tac toe or many other games suited to e-ink displays.
This is the guide I used to root the NST:
forum.xda-developers.com/sho…351
Super Easy Video guide:
youtube.com/wat…peI
£79 & £109 everywhere else.
Probably the most versatile and best value eReader.
Both come with wifi and a microSD slot.
Easily rooted allowing you to install custom ROM's (Android).
Giving you access to thousands of apps and no DRM issues
Customize the interface from a range of launchers.
All the best book reading apps on the Play/Amazon store including the Kindle app are there for your reading pleasure.
Get all the manga you want, free and straight onto your eReader!
Read all your favourite websites via your choice of browser or newsreader via Instapaper.
FileManagers with Dropbox integration.
Easily managed via AirDroid.
When you're tired of reading, play chess, tick tac toe or many other games suited to e-ink displays.
This is the guide I used to root the NST:
forum.xda-developers.com/sho…351
Super Easy Video guide:
youtube.com/wat…peI
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sorted byThis battery drain issue doesn't happen if you register your nook before rooting.
The great thing about rooting is you can set up a launcher home screen exactly to your needs. As an example, here's mine:
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I love that it has buttons either side so you're not swiping all the time though they can be hard to press sometimes. It gets a thumbs up from me. Glow light is fine and goes very very bright. I have it on virtually the lowest level. But if you don't need the glow-light function and can find one at £29 go with that as it's the only difference afaik.
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as shown also here
forum.xda-developers.com/sho…=33
and
forum.xda-developers.com/sho…=35
Only works on rooted nook though.
it is essentially running nook with a windows 8 start screen and yes does look very good
It's an e-ink ereader for reading books, it's not a tablet, nor is it even a cheap replacement for a tablet.
It's attractive to some because you can hack it and run other ebook apps on it, which you can't do so easily with other ereaders. Just because some people want to hack it so they can do a small number of tablet like things on it and be dead pleased with themselves just because they can do it, still doesn't make it a tablet. Anyone who buys it thinking it's like a tablet is misinformed! If you've no interest in reading books on it, just ignore and don't worry about all the fuss.
This is Currys online info:
Our online price promise
We're confident about our pricing, but if you find any of our online competitors below have the same product cheaper, we'll not only match the price, we'll give you 10% of the difference back.
We'll beat: johnlewis.com, argos.co.uk, staples.co.uk, tesco.com
If you find a product cheaper, simply call 0844 561 1234
Terms and conditions
1.The product offered on our competitor's website must be the same product and offered with exactly the same terms as on our own.
2.The product on our competitor's website must be in stock and available for immediate delivery.
3.We must have the product in stock.
4.A representative of Currys is able to confirm the product details on the competitor's website.
5.Our price promise applies to the product only, not to delivery or other services.
6.Our price promise applies for up to 7 days after purchase.
Writing from Greece also... Really tired that these stores dont post to EU countries.........
Ive got to disagree with that. i have rooted my nook simple touch and my battery life was still over 50% after a month without use. I think something must have gone wrong with your root. i get less than 10% drain after 5 hours of constant use.
this is the guide I used which uses nook manager rather than touchnook.
babblingengineer.com/how…r/
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Unless you are a technophobe, I really do not see what all the fuss is about having a store incorporated on an ereader. Why bother being tied into a particular online store when you don't actually need to be?
With calibre software and its plugins you can convert between any format, also strip DRM. For my Sony Reader I have bought books from the Kindle Store, converted them from the ridiculously proprietory AZW format to EPUB no problem. You can do the same for the Nook.
The true advantage of having an online store on an ereader comes into play if you have daily content retrieval like newspapers. For buying books, simply shop around for the best prices.
johnlewis.com/noo…497
Oh wait, Nook itself has also reduced the price to £49!!
uk.nook.com/tab…ght
So it's an official reduction again!!
I think we will see a lot of Nook threads appear on here again soon...
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Ordered mine alongside a £6 t shirt and utilised the £20 off voucher they sent earlier this month.
It's e-ink, it can be read in direct sunlight, like a book, it has a 1 to 2 month battery life, it's for reading books. Look up the technology, it's nothing like a tablet that lasts about 6-10 hours and is useless at the beach or by the pool.
argos with there usual price crap though i have to admit, it hasn't been 89.99 on argos in a good good while as it's now £69.99 so only £20 off really
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If you live with that, then instruction for rooting can be found at (Credit to mgk in this thread for the steps) - hotukdeals.com/mis…645 (edited)
Can agree no issues here after routing, maybe wifi??
Mrs topazz and i have a glolight each and use them all the time. Identical to the simple touch model other than the light - which can be easily switched on and off. Never had a moments problem with either of them. The light facility is very convenient in low light conditions e.g. a poorly lit room or when reading in bed. Well worth the extra money IMO but ONLY if you will regularly use the feature. Using the light feature must drain the battery faster then the simple touch but not so we've particularly noticed.
All e-ink screens are fragile and the Nooks are no exception. The ink membrane beneath the glass is susceptible to pressure. I strongly advise getting a cover to protect the screen. The nook official covers are really good. Not worth anything like the £25 list price but they have been popping up at £8-£10. I'd advise grabbing one before they sell out.
At this price the glolight is hot. I paid £90 for mine at Christmas.
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Also try Sainsbury's I picked up one a week ago. The store had a big electrical dept and I was lucky to get the last one.
amazon uk is a uk store also but i was buying from it in a weekly basis and with free delivery
Currys price match plus take additional 10% off the difference. SO £2.
Good idea, just done exactly that
If it doesn't come back to life with that good advice contact Nook through their website live chat, they'll send you a pre-paid UPS label to send it back to them (in Poland) and replace it. Takes about 4 weeks though is the downside.
Follow the instructions for the GlowLight version. I also have a regular (non-glow) running 1.2.1 too and though the search method does not work, the Google one does.
Starting with the n button go through the following links and pages:
n > settings > Social > Link to Facebook, Twitter and Google > Google Link To Your Account > Need help?
Then on the bottom line that starts "© 2013 Google" right after it is a link for "Google Home" which will bring up the normal google search page, which you can then use to get to other websites.
It is fiddly to get to, and a pretty unfriendly interface, but as said for basic stuff it works.
Think it has a dictionary built in... touch the work and you can look it up, assuming the file you are reading is a text file, ie if it's an image it can't extract the word to loo up.
I bought my wife a NST Glowlight when it was reduce to £69. I'd also seen the mixed reviews for the light on the device, but bought it anyway as I knew that she'd need the light if she were going to use the NST. The light is plenty bright enough and easy to set the light intensity you need for where ever you are. It's maybe true that the light across the screen is a little uneven, if one were being picky, but it's not a distraction and it doesn't hinder reading at all. I haven't seen the light on a Kobo or a Kindle so I can't compare to those. If it were a problem, I'm pretty sure my wife would have told me (!). As it is, she loves the NST Glowlight despite having previously been a luddite in a former life.
very.co.uk/noo…102
If you use promotion code 3UMEL and set up a credit account but use the interest free option you get £30 off
*Limited time offer. Quantities Limited. End 31 July 2013.
So clearly they expect you to install Tardis 2.0 to take advantage of the offer...
Me too...shame we have to pay delivery though
I would highly recommend this, the light is excellent, very tactile, very light. Much nicer to read on than the kindle paperlwhite machines, in my opinion. (Option of using buttons). I was a big Kindle fan up to their move to touch screen only... I think getting this for £50 is an awesome deal.
If you go back a page you will see I posted full details. But essentially it is launcher8. A windows start screen style launcher for android
165,000+ FREE eBooks, eTexts, On-Line Books, eDocuments for Nook.
hotukdeals.com/fre…640
TBH I prefer the Kindle, but I lost my old one on a plane when overseas this summer. And I really don't fancy shelling out north of a 100 quid. At 25ish quid this cannot be missed... buy now before stock runs out!
Make a new account with Isme or Littlewoods they will class you as a new customer. Or use your OHs name?
No use to you now, but here's the direct number for the Very canceller's den: 0844 822 4650
They're actually a nice bunch to talk to, just a tad too zealous.