NOOK Simple Touch on sale

I noticed today that Best Buy had the NOOK Simple Touch for $50 after $30 off.

This is not a color Nook, its the E-ink or E-paper. And this is the only reason I am buying one. These displays are amazingly easy on the eyes for reading. This is not a full featured tablet, its an E-reader.

I have a use for this just to read books in PDF and ePUB formats, So I already ordered one.

I do not know if the Logos Android app will run on this or not. It is supposed to be rootable.

It might be worth it to me to root this if I can view my Logos books on it too. Has anyone rooted one of these and gotten the Logos Android app to run?

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JT (alabama24)

You should check in the Android forum:

http://community.logos.com/forums/96.aspx

John

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/506752#Comment_506752

You should check in the Android forum:

http://community.logos.com/forums/96.aspx

Yeah thanks for the input although I have already read through most of it. The majority of the information there is old and no longer applies. The current NOOK Simple Touch is shipping with Android 2.1.

Even if it was not capable of running Logos reader, its still a bargain at $50

elnwood

I don't know the answer, but please let me know if you do get Logos to run. My wife gets headaches and can't use a normal tablet because of the bright screen. A Logos-compatible e-reader would be really helpful.

John

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/506765#Comment_506765

I'm pretty certain it will run Logos if it is rooted. But it might have to be an older version. I am still looking through the Android forum.

At this price I decided to grab one even if it didn't. Logos on it would just be an added plus [:D]

Randy W. Sims

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/506788#Comment_506788

I know others have run older versions of the android app on it before with good success-A Logos employee also posted info on getting it to run at one point, IIRC. I'm unclear if the older versions of Logos app are easily available.

I'm very surprised that there doesn't seem to be any custom roms available for the Nook with newer versions of Android.

John

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/506805#Comment_506805

Just got home from picking it up. $50 at Best Buy thru the website with in-store pickup.

Got a Lautner genuine synthetic leather cover for it $8.97 (marked down from $30) at Office Depot on the way home.

Also noted, Family bookstores has its Kobo Mini 5" e-Reader on Sale for $40 (50% off). This is a little bit smaller than

the Nook Simple Touch, which might be viewed as a plus or a minus.

The Kobo readers are advertised as coming with a large number of free books, but I have yet to see the list of free books.

Sale on this one ends tomorrow so if anyone is interested, don't wait too long.

I doubt you would ever get Logos to run on this one, but who knows? [H]

Mark Nolette

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/506835#Comment_506835

I have a Nook Simple Touch. I rooted it several months ago, and found an older version of the Logos app that runs on it. After a couple of weeks, I gave up on it. Too many of my resources have features that require a newer version of Android. What I would love is an e-ink reader that could also run text-centered apps like Logos.

John

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/507176#Comment_507176

I have a Nook Simple Touch. I rooted it several months ago, and found an older version of the Logos app that runs on it. After a couple of weeks, I gave up on it. Too many of my resources have features that require a newer version of Android. What I would love is an e-ink reader that could also run text-centered apps like Logos.

Didn't know the android app had many features. were you able to read books? that all I would want to do.

Mark Nolette

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/507499#Comment_507499

I was able to read some books. Some books would not open, because they had features that required a more recent version of Android. It's worth a try. At least some of your books will open,

JT (alabama24)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/507969#Comment_507969

I was able to read some books. Some books would not open, because they had features that required a more recent version of Android. It's worth a try. At least some of your books will open,

Are you talking about the Logos Android app? I've never used it, but I am unaware of book resources which won't open due to the Android version... Can you explain more? Which resources?