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Personally nothing in the above list is a real deal breaker for most people.
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Agreed. Although a camera would be handy. Like when I was reading (using the Nook software on Froyo SD) and my 100 lb dog got his head stuck under the footstool.
I think this is why a lot of people were waiting for WiFi-only versions of the tablets, and then those have been announced with projected price tags double what the Nook Color is retailing for. The Nook isn't perfect, but it's close, and I can deal with a lot of just-less-than-perfect with $300 in my pocket.
What if Barnes & Noble (and I hope someone from there is reading) came out with a WiFi-only Nook Color running Honeycomb, 16GB of internal memory, a rear-facing camera, and a crippled market that didn't allow the user to install competing readers? For $300 or $350? I think there'd be mob scenes at stores.
My wife loves her Nook Color without the market and has adopted this technology faster than I've seen her pick up
any technology (except perhaps the dishwasher). Reader, Browser, Facebook, e-Mail -- it's just fine for her.
Of course someone would root it eventually (they always do), but for 95% of the populace, it'd be just fine as is. And it'd be quite the wake-up call to Motorola, Asus, etc.
I think a lot of the plan-based strategy right now is to get the service providers to do the marketing and advertising for the hardware providers. Why would Verizon push a WiFi-only version? Simple answer: they wouldn't.
Just my 3?.