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.
The rooted Nook is great. I play chess on it. I can visit all my favorite websites including those that use Flash video. I can swap micro SD cards out if one gets full. I don’t need a computer to backup since I can use Titanium to store on the card. You can even run custom ROMs from the sd card if you want.
All the information is at http://www.nookdevs.com
I’m glad it doesn’t have GPS since Apple, Google, and Microsoft believe their marketing trump my privacy. I may switch to a Droid phone so I can tether and use 4G.