Thoughts on refurbed 16GB Nook Tablet

[bigsnyder]

Decent buy at $140? I do plan plan on rooting. Looking for nothing fancy, just bang for buck.

 

[Roland00Address]

Wait a week

Rumor has it the Nexus 7 is coming out with a 32gb version for $249. If it is coming out it will be announced this week (it was going to be announced tommorrow but a hurricane possibly hitting new york causes a delay since the event was scheduled for new york.)

Currently there is a nexus 7 16gb for $249 and a nexus 7 8gb for $199

No one knows if they are going to discontinue the 16gb and keep the 8gb for $199 or if they are discontinuing the 8gb and bringing the 16gb to $199. Regardless of what they do you may see deals with the nexus 7 in the 200ish range.

A new nexus 7 is a real tablet that gets the latest android updates, is faster, and has a higher resolution screen. Yes it lacks a sd slot but it is better than a nook tablet in every way. It does cost a little more but not much more than a refurb nook tablet.

 

[bonkers325]

lack of SD card on a nexus 7 isn't a problem, USB OTG works and you can just use a usb thumb drive

 

[zerocool84]

You can get a brand new Kindle Fire for the same price.

 

[Ravynmagi]

If you aren't rooting, the the Nook Tablet is a horrible choice. It's stock configuration doesn't have the Google Play store, you are stuck with B&N's very limited app selection.

As Zerocool said, you can get a new Kindle Fire for around that price now. Amazon's Appstore is much larger.

But spending a bit more on a $200 Nexus 7 seems like a no brainer though. Maybe you can find some clearance 8GB Nexus 7s cheap this Monday if that's enough room for you.

 

[jpeyton]

Nexus 7

 

[preslove]

$189 nexus 16gb shipped
http://bensbargains.net/deal/google-nexus-7-16gb-android-tablet-199-at-walmart-279132/

Does the Nook have tax?

 

[gorcorps]

Depending on what you want to do with it, I'd agree with the others. Assuming you plan on rooting it because you want an actual tablet type experience then I expect you'll be disappointed.

 

[Roland00Address]

Walmart now has the nexus 7 16gb for $199+tax(which I just ordered). So it will be likely this is the new price.

 

[Tom]

Staples also has the 16gb Nexus 7 for $199 now. Some of their stores also have the 8gb version but I don't know what clearance price will be or when it would happen.