NOOK GlowLight 4 Pearl Pink?!

[Badcatalex]

Apparently they finally admitted that they needed more than one color, and also because they thought that adding a limited edition color could get people to finally get a NOOK (despite the continued BS with the limited space for sideloaded content and the mixed user experience ).

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/noo...=9780594087496

It does look good though... Just wish I could get it in red and black, haha.
I saw it while I was poking around for NOOK books to get to sideload onto my Kindle.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Badcatalex

...also because they thought that adding a limited edition color could get people to finally get a NOOK (despite the continued BS with the limited space for sideloaded content and the mixed user experience ).

Yeah, limiting space for sideloading is just so dumb.

[HLS]

I purchased it. No issues with sideloading books. I think you can use unlimited space now. The materials is different. The black is rubberized soft feel and the pink is all hard plastic. I love it tho. White face makes the reading screen look brighter and crisper and i find it faster and more responsive than my kindles. here are pics outside when i went to the park yesterday.

[HLS]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Yeah, limiting space for sideloading is just so dumb.

I am pretty sure its no longer limited. I see no seperate storage under settings. I uploaded a ton of eBooks.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by HLS

I am pretty sure its no longer limited. I see no seperate storage under settings. I uploaded a ton of eBooks.

You don't see the storage used just for nook books.

[HLS]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

You don't see the storage used just for nook books.

No there is just one storage under settings that shows my total storage and what's available. Nothing is labeled as Nook only under storage it just shows 26.78GB out of 29.15 GB available.

[gforgiraffe39935]

Originally Posted by HLS

No there is just one storage under settings that shows my total storage and what's available. Nothing is labeled as Nook only under storage it just shows 26.78GB out of 29.15 GB available.

On the device, the display is never separated into NOOK content and side loaded content. Plug it into a computer and see how much space the drive actually displays as available. The GL4 firmware 5.6 update still sets aside only 5 GB for the side loaded content. If the pink is different out the box, that’s definitely an improvement in functionality. I can make the GL4 do it but it won’t persist if connected to Wi-Fi.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by HLS

No there is just one storage under settings that shows my total storage and what's available. Nothing is labeled as Nook only under storage it just shows 26.78GB out of 29.15 GB available.

Hey, if that's the norm now, that's great!

[HLS]

No, I will not plug in the PC. I don't have time. I don't have use for side loading really so space really does not matter. I can no longer strip DRM from kindles so side loading I no longer need. I don't have many DRM free books.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by HLS

No, I will not plug in the PC. I don't have time. I don't have use for side loading really so space really does not matter. I can no longer strip DRM from kindles so side loading I no longer need. I don't have many DRM free books.

Removing DRM from Kindle ebooks is still possible.

[apastuszak]

I did a search on the BN website for a pearl/pink Glowlight 4. It said there was ONE avaialble at a B&N about 35 min from my house. I tried to buy it online for in-store pickup and it would not let me do that.

I called the store and confirmed they had one. I asked if they could hold it for me, and the woman told me they could not. So my son as I hopped in the car and drove over there.

When we got there I went to the cashier and asked her for the pearl/pink Glowlight and the cashier tells me it's on hold for someone and they can't sell it to me.

So, I called the store back now and they still have it, and WILL NOT hold it for me. I need to come in and get it.

I told them I am not driving over a half hour AGAIN, unless they can assure me that they will sell it to me when I get there and not have it on hold again or sell it. The woman puts me on hold and comes back and says because of what happened on Sunday, they're willing to hold it till close of business. I told them that was not going to work for me. I needed it on-hold through close of business tomorrow.

They wouldn't do that, so I will not be getting the pearl/pink model. If it's still here over the weekend, I may go pick it up. We'll see.

I'm a little pissed about the whole situation.

[JSWolf]

TBH, I would not buy this pearl pink or not. The firmware is garbage. Partitioned is disgusting. That means you have very little space for side loaded eBooks.

[apastuszak]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

TBH, I would not buy this pearl pink or not. The firmware is garbage. Partitioned is disgusting. That means you have very little space for side loaded eBooks.

It is. But this is not for me. It's for my wife. All I do is sideload epubs for her, or she buys stuff from the nook store.

She likes the nook UI. I'd rather get her a Kindle, but she's been using my Kindle for the last few months and she doesn't like it.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by apastuszak

She likes the nook UI.

I like the Nook UI. I prefer it to Kobo. I just wish I had the control on fonts and sideloaded content I do on Kobo.

[HLS]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

TBH, I would not buy this pearl pink or not. The firmware is garbage. Partitioned is disgusting. That means you have very little space for side loaded eBooks.

I see no partitioning limits. I side loaded hundreds of ebooks with no space issues or limitations