[Nook Color General] MattZTexasu:
I haven't used it much yet. It's still charging.

The box it came in was very cool. It sort of has a magnetically secured breach that snaps open, and the nook just slides out.

When I first saw the corner loop, and I thought it was ugly. I didn't understand why they would give it a loop. Then, I attached a lanyard to the loop so that I can put my head or hand through it and protect it from falls. The corner loop seems genius to me now.

It feels very solid and surprisingly hefty. The screen is fantastic.

My wife got me the anti-glare screen, which I had trouble putting on. I don't have any bubbles; but I managed to trap dirt or lint under it, so I have specks in a few places. I heard BN will install them for free. Do you think the BN person can remove, clean, and re-install the protector for me? Is it even possible to clean it or do I have to use another?

I had a BN epub that I bought for my nook classic, and it appeared on my new nook as soon as I registered. I opened it and flipped through it. Seems very responsive. However, the screen is too bright even on the dimmest setting, and the background color on night mode is a little too light. I hope they have an update that will gives us customizable colors, so I can set the bg to black, and the text to a medium grey.

The thing I was really looking forward to (the thing nook classic can't do all that well) is PDFs. I was pleased with the way it renders and performs with side-loaded PDFs. It's very usable. On the negative side, I wish that I could set bookmarks, annotate, and change the color scheme.

Also, the cord that came with it seems to be required to charge the nook. At first, I tried a regular microUSB cord I had, and the nook didn't seem to recognize that it was plugged in even though I was using the NC charger. Then I used the cord that came with it, and it appears as though the charge indicator is built into the cable itself. I don't remember reading anything about this; so it's a surprise that I can't use any cable to charge the device.

In portrait mode, the browser is annoying. In landscape, it's pretty decent.

I also got the Industriel Easel case. I'm not sure I like it. It's cool that it protects the screen, and it will also prop it up in portrait or landscape. But it's too heavy. The heavy NC plus a heavy case make it too heavy to read without support. And it's a little awkward to hold in landscape. I'm still not sure if I want to take it back or not. I like the way it looks, and I can always take the nook out of it.

I'm aware of XDA because I run a custom ROM (thanks NRG) on my HTC winmo phone. And I came to this forum thinking I could do something similar on the nook. But what I see is rooting; which I'm not totally familiar with. I read the instructions, and they seem more complicated that flashing my phone. I'm concerned about OTA updates bricking my NC.

My questions:

Is rooting just about installing games? Would it address any of my problems? (custom colors for epubs and PDFs, PDF annotations and bookmarks) Is the droidx keyboard and/or the DolphinHD browser so much better than the stock keyboard and browser that it's worth the trouble? (by trouble, I mean rooting, and then dealing with things not working, random resets, etc...)

Also, if android 2.2 is coming out for the nook in January; should I wait to root until then?