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Barnes & Noble drops price of Nook with GlowLight e-reader by $20

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Barnes & Noble has cut the price of its popular Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight e-reader by $20.  The competition from the launch of Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite, which will start shipping in October is obviously what caused the shift.

 

The Nook with GlowLight, slashed to $119 from $139, is now the same price as the Kindle Paperwhite, which Amazon introduced earlier this month. Target and Walmart stores now list the e-reader at the reduced price.

It’s a smart move for Barnes & Noble considering the interest people have shown in Amazon’s flagship e-reader. While I have been a fan of the NookColor the strong competition from Amazon makes me wonder if Barnes & Noble can continue competing in the ereader arena.

 

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Why I rooted my LG Optimus S and installed CM7

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I first decided to root it after an OTA update noticeably slowed down the phone. Any custom ROM will do a lot for performance on the phone. The best forum for the Optimus S is on Android Central. Gingerbreak is the current method to root the phone… I used an earlier more complicated method.

The directions for using Gingerbreak can be found at:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-optimus-s-rooting-roms-hacks/79208-how-rooting-ls670zvd-gingerbreak-no-reverting-ota-works-too.html

I am using the latest Stable build of CM7 from Drew. He takes CM7 and builds it based on CM7 nighties with a few builds being marked as stable. He introduces his own hacks to CM7 to optimize it for the Optimus. I was running an earlier port of CM7 but love the optimizations and fixes that Drew has performed.

You can find the rom and directions for CM7 at:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-optimus-s-rooting-roms-hacks/106518-drews-cm7-builds-stable-08-02-2011-experimental-08-03-2011-a.html
I wrote this post for all those asking me why I rooted my phone and how they could root their LG Optimus S.

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