I have a Nook First Edition and still use it occasionally.
I think that's still a more modern device than the Simple Touch! Looks nice!
I'm still rocking a kindle paperwhite 2 from 2013. Don't even buy books on amazon anymore and the things still chugging along.
I had to stop using mine when I ignored it for about 6 months and came back and it couldn't connect to wifi anymore because it needed a system update. I have had time to try to do anything with it through my desktop, so it just sits on my nightstand and does nothing. I got a new Nook since then (easier to buy something than fix something. Ugh.)
Ah, yes, that can be fixed by installing a custom mod on it, as I recall, but that does take some time to do, as you say. That is, I recall having that issue and fixing it somehow with help from XDA, but that's about it.
Had to retire my simple touch since the back rubber started to melt and get sticky. Replaced it with a current gen glow light I think is what they're called now.
This is still such a solid device in 2023. Just finally gave up on mine that I bought clearance from a RadioShack in 2013 after a friend sat on it.
Even then the only problem was the backlight caught the screen imperfection in an irritating way.
Went with a Kobo Libra 2 to replace it, great little upgrade after ten years, but I could have seen myself doing another ten on the Nook
Still using mine as well. I used to browse Reddit and RSS feeds on it, but have gone back to just using it as an e-reader. I am planning to give that text game emulator a spin. I use ReLaunch, but I'm still on the system reader. How is AlReader? Is it worth the switch?
I really like it, it has a good bunch of configuration options which is something I always really appreciate.
I haven't heard of this text game emulator, what is that?
It is called nookZax. According to the readme it re-implements the interpreter used on Zax hardware for text games. Honestly I need to look into more of this myself, as I've never dealt with software that old directly.
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