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Re:Barnes & Noble’s Nook Unit Is Worth More Than Its Parent ... by taligent on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @07:18AM (#3913786)
I am surprised I haven't seen more people talking about the potential of Nook moving to Windows Mobile platform. Especially given Microsoft's latest work in getting WM to run on low end devices and the generally average Android experience.

If they could maintain the existing level of polish it would be a huge win-win for both Nook and Microsoft.

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Re:Barnes & Noble’s Nook Unit Is Worth More Than Its Parent ... by rbanffy on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @07:26AM (#3913821)
Why would that be a win for B&N? Nokia got a lot more for ditching it's own OS. And my Nook Color has always been smooth, both with its original software and after having Cyanogen installed. It now runs Nook, Kindle and Google Books very well. I can't imagine WP7 would be an improvement.

Besides that, you forget the e-paper model, which is selling very well - WP7 can't run on those.

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