“Adobe Flash support and Custom ROMs, are downright disadvantageous”
And the iOS user is obviously just reading Apple’s marketing notes.
Flash 10.2 and now 10.3 work well. I have a rooted Nook Color with a custom ROM. I have a great tablet at half the price of an iPad or Galaxy. I can even run the B&N android app (Or Amazon, or Google Books) and use the device as it was intended.
My phone is an iPhone3GS. No complaints about the hardware. Good system but it still needs Flash.
I’ve got a co-worker who’s a tablet/e-reader nut. Has all the main market e-readers and most of the big tablets. He says his rooted Nook is the best of the bunch, has all the functionality he likes from all the others except some GPS stuff on the iPad and cheaper than the lot.