Cool Tools B&N Nook

[ydeardorff]

For those of you who have your manuals in digital, or need access to the internet while on the job in the dirty garage, like me you hate to bring your laptop into the garage, or run through the house all greased up to try to get some info off of your computer. Well here is a way to have that repair procedure right next to you in a digital platform you can nab for about 20 bucks

Barnes & Noble nook review - Engadget

The color section is a touch screen, the top is the E-reader.

I nabbed mine for 20 bucks, if it gets screwed up, its not that big of a deal.
It has large page up and page down buttons on the side that dont care about greasy fingers.
It uses PDF files, DOC files pretty much anything you want.
Here is an image of mine with the cylinder head section of the manual shown.

 

[Brett Proctor]

Thats pretty cool.
I couldn't tell you how many times I had to go back into the house to get info from the computer then print it out so I could have that info in the garage with me.

So how do you upload the manual into the nook??

Do they make a plastic sleeve for it to help protect it??

 

[ydeardorff]

Thats pretty cool.
I couldn't tell you how many times I had to go back into the house to get info from the computer then print it out so I could have that info in the garage with me.

So how do you upload the manual into the nook??

Do they make a plastic sleeve for it to help protect it??

You charge, and transfer files onto it, via a micro-usb port. The same one used on most cell phones.
Then its just a matter of drag and drop. I placed all of the files I wanted on the nook into MyDocuments for easy access.

Yes they make covers, of all types for them. Mine has a cover that looks like a leather bound novel. But their are many types of covers available.

Given this isnt an IPad its much cheaper to get ahold of one. It has Wifi like most tablets, and on top of putting on your own stuff, you can buy and download Ebooks from the the B&N store.
It will play music, photos, and display text documents. It even has a few games for it.

On a side note, second hand stores and pawn shops are your friend for alot of these items.
Places like value village, salvation army, and goodwill often have lots of these items as well as others for beans! Just yesterday I had a choice of two of these nooks, both for less than 30 bucks each.