NOOK Going Manual Charging

I've had those cheap laptops - there isn't enough power to do two things at once. If you don't multi-task while watching a movie, maybe you'll be OK. If you do any photography or use a garden/home design free software, etc., it's deficiencies shoot up quickly. It may work for some people, but it doesn't meet the term "full-fledged" in my opinion. For me, I've learned my lesson and don't buy the cheapest one anymore because it can't handle moderate daily use.

Ducks geese even swallows are fully fledged they can fly hundreds of miles per day
An eagle is fully fledged, he can dive out of air at tremendous speeds
But he can't match the others for daily distance flying

Saying something is fully fledged, only means it can do the task it was designed for

It does not mean the most intricate and expensive

You're arguing semantics. My point is that the OP is probably not talking about a basic, simplistic cheap laptop when he compares the price of the nook to a "full-fledged laptop".

His point is that for about 3 times the cost of the nook, you can get a laptop that will do a whole lot more than a simplistic device like and ereader will do.

I don't think his comment is worthy of such negativity or argument.

Ali I saying is you don't need to spend that much
To get a laptop that will do a whole lot more than a nook ereader will do

Mex
Is not doing online gaming, he is not doing video processing
He is not running the latest and greatest version of Photoshop

Full fledged not have to mean $500

I'm trying to put it all in perspective

I did a lot of the same stuff I'm doing now, with Pentium CPU, with Celeron cpu
And several others going all the way back to Windows 95

The difference, the newer machines do the same task faster

But it doesn't read a document any faster, it doesn't make you a faster reader
And loading a web page is mainly controlled by the speed of web connection and the servers, not the PC

My real point is don't waste money on another Nook
Buy an Android tablet, bigger screen and more reader formats including Nook

He has a laptop, I don't think he is shopping for another one
His comment was meant as sarcasm for how expensive the nook is
And I agreed by pointing out you could get a decent laptop for not much more than the nook

A laptop is not an ereader.
I don't even like my iPad as a reader.

A reader is a small comfortable devise that fits in one hand, you can turn pages with the flick of a thumb.
If you are a serious book reader nothing beats a good ereader.

Got GNUS for you all.

A Nook Glo Light costs 130 dollars OK?

And cycled. A Nook battery lasts ME about 2 years. Left plugged in this battery has gone FOUR YEARS. According to the symbol on the screen the charger SHUTS OFF and starts automatically.

Same for my Samsung Galaxy 4. It starts and stops charging automatically.

Unless of course I ended up with a box of experimental miracle gizmos.

A Nook or Kindle is actually "worth" maybe twenty dollars. E Ink license is probably pricey. The main Nook processor is TI and costs four dollars RETAIL.

And after a week unhooked I am forced to not read because the @#$%&!'s are too stupid to put the USB micro connection on top?

Or maybe some of you are COMMENTING ABOUT SOMETHING YOU DO NOT OWN NOR HAVE EVER TOUCHED? When I pay a goddamned hundred thirty dollars for a piece of snot it entitles me to complain. Some of you appear to be satisfied with garbage.

The replacement NOOK gets disassembled and the micro port gets anchored with JB Weld. Then dosed with DeOxit.

If I was born forty years later I could have produced garbage reman alternators and my frontal lobotomized* customers would have given a cross-eyed grin and said "Ooooooo that's OK! I like the pretty chrome fan you use".

*non authorized chemically modified

I really like my 10" tablet as a reader, I wouldn't want any thing smaller

To each their own taste

I read a lot - an ebook every 3-4 days. My first ereader was a Nook. I think I wore it out and finally, after several years, it would not hold a charge. I now have a Samsung Galaxy Tab4. It has the Nook software on it and also Overdrive, as well as all the normal tablet apps. So I can read, surf the net, check my mail, check weather, etc and more etc. I added an SD card for mega storage. I do not miss the Nook. This thing is like a Swiss army knife.

Mine has the 7 inch screen. Overall dimensions are 4.25 wide X 7.35 tall and .35 deep. I did get a protective case for it which also doubles as a fold-out stand. Been using it for a couple years now and am very satisfied.

Just looked - These things can be bought on Amazon for $187.

To feed my ebook thirst, I subscribe to the Orange County (Florida) library and download books to my Galaxy (or laptop) no matter where I am. Anyone can subsribe; just have to pay the fee. I full time and this really worked well.

If you haven't modified you Nook yet, you might want to consider going wireless charging. You don't mention what model Nook you have, but here's a link for modifying the Nook Glowlight:

https://0xfred.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/adding-wireless-charging-to-the-nook-glowlight/

Just as a FWIW, Amazon is having a sale on Kindle e-readers: a new plain-jane Kindle is $59, a Paperwhite is $99.

I have had a couple of Nooks, but I consider them inferior to the Kindle. I have no love for Bezos, but the Kindle is a good bit of kit.