3 comments on “rooCASE Executive Leather Portfolio (Magenta) Case Cover with Landscape / Portrait View for Barnes and Noble NOOK Tablet / NOOKcolor Nook Color eBook Reader (NOT Compatible with NOOK HD)”
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When I bought my Nook Color, I couldn’t beleive how limited the choices of covers were for it. Essentially, it all came down to a choice between a sleeve that must be completely removed to use the device or a folder-like “case” that offered no protect to sides of the device. I was very clear what I wanted: a case that completely enclosed the device, closing on all sides with a zipper; free access to all controls and ports on the device; completely open access to the entire screen. After several days of hunting online, this is the ONLY one I found. It does everything I wanted leaving room for only two minor quibbles. 1) the zipper can slightly obscure the charging port. and 2) the zipper pulls are a bit larger than needed, occassionally getting in the way.
Other than that, the price is good, the build quality seems very good and it does everything I wanted.
I’m glad I found this case.
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I wanted to try the product for several days before I left any review on it. After several days, I feel confident that I can give an accurate assessment of the product. The product is labelled as being made from leather. It does have thick and strong texture like the full grain leather but the backing of the leather leaves me wondering whether it is imitation or synthetic. Leather also has a distinctive leather smell (from the tanning process) and this one is more chemical like. The inside of the cover is lined with synthetic suede. The cover core seems to be made from cardboard and so it is quite stiff. Some people may not mind it but I find I could not fold the front cover to the back of the Nook like I normally do with paperback book covers. The cardboard core stiffness did not give me confidence that it was a high quality product.
The way the color Nook is placed in this product is to slide it in from the top. It does have the appropriate openings for the volume controls, the off switch and the jack for the microUSB. The challenge for me was the zipper part sort of blocks the clean entry of the microUSB plug into the Nook and also pushing the microUSB into the Nook would make the Nook slide out this “leather” cover. Since it was so easy to slide the Nook in and out, I thought that this could present the danger if I had the cover unzipped and I had it upside down that the Nook could fall out the cover and into the ground (HORROR!!). So I am making the habit to at least zip the top part of this cover so it will not happen.
It is my opinion that the price I paid for is a little high for this product. It is stylish and protective for the Nook and OK for utility. The stand is only for horizontal landscape mode and if I was reading email, I would have to turn the Nook in vertical mode and this cover does not seem to have the facility and so I have to hold it in my hands.
ADDENDUM:
I had this cover on my Nook for a while and it is when I am reading the Nook that I notice strongly that I cannot set the Nook on its stand to read a book because of the horizontal stand. Nook Books are only for the vertical direction. So I have to hold it in my hand all the time or lay it flat on the table.
ADDENDUM 2:
There was a second Nook at home and despite the shortcomings of its inability for this cover to stand vertically, the positives outweighed the negative and so I purchased a SECOND ONE. And I realized why one commenter mentioned the velcro thing for this cover. The second one had a small case within the cover that was attached with Velcro. This model was more stable than the one I have as it did have Velcro on top to keep the Nook from sliding out. I purchased this from pcmicro store on a well known auction site as it was being charged for less than here and this same seller is selling here too.
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i looked at cases for my Nook between 19 and 80 dollars. I wanted good protection and most of all, I wanted it to zipper completely closed. This is the case I found that zippered close completely, and the Nook could not fall out. I read some reviews of the nook falling out of covers. I though that was unacceptable. I got the red case. I think it is classy. I asked my wife if it looked feminine, she said not at all. The Nook fits tight in this case in the the straps it goes into and I can not make it fall out even if I turned it upside down. Now I am not saying to bang it up against a wall either when you have it upside down. You can get to all controls. The only one is alittle funky to get to is the USB charge connection…You have to move the zipper away from the opening to push the USB connector into the Nook. Not a big deal for me. The only drawback is the tilt stand. Its nice for PDF documents. But you can not use it for reading books. The Nook will not orient that way for books, unless I am missing something. But I tried it and the Nook will orient for pictures but not for my books. It will for the net. So you can read the net or PDF while having a cup of coffee. I don’t use the net to much. I don’t think that is a strong point of the Nook. When you read books, you have to hold the left cover open. So its just like holding a book. I have a place for a nice stylus that has the soft bottom boot for using on the screen. It fits in the binding space inside. There is a small loop for it. I don’t use the cover for credit cards. You have to watch what you put in there because that inside rests up against the Nook screen. So thats why I give it a four star. If it had a way to use it on the stand with my books, it would be perfect. and there is a magnet that holds the tilt stand up against the back cover, very nice touch. Those expensive good looking covers that are rich looking, I wonder if they have as much protection as this cover that I am reviewing, probably not. I value my possessions, so that is why I look for protection. I do not want a mistake to take my Nook out. I even would say you probably could drop the Nook from 3 feet and this cover would protect it from being smashed, but thats just my opinion. I am especially pleased with the purchase of this cover.
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Close to perfect…,
When I bought my Nook Color, I couldn’t beleive how limited the choices of covers were for it. Essentially, it all came down to a choice between a sleeve that must be completely removed to use the device or a folder-like “case” that offered no protect to sides of the device. I was very clear what I wanted: a case that completely enclosed the device, closing on all sides with a zipper; free access to all controls and ports on the device; completely open access to the entire screen. After several days of hunting online, this is the ONLY one I found. It does everything I wanted leaving room for only two minor quibbles.
1) the zipper can slightly obscure the charging port.
and
2) the zipper pulls are a bit larger than needed, occassionally getting in the way.
Other than that, the price is good, the build quality seems very good and it does everything I wanted.
I’m glad I found this case.
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|Decent and stylish protection for the Nook Color,
I wanted to try the product for several days before I left any review on it. After several days, I feel confident that I can give an accurate assessment of the product. The product is labelled as being made from leather. It does have thick and strong texture like the full grain leather but the backing of the leather leaves me wondering whether it is imitation or synthetic. Leather also has a distinctive leather smell (from the tanning process) and this one is more chemical like. The inside of the cover is lined with synthetic suede. The cover core seems to be made from cardboard and so it is quite stiff. Some people may not mind it but I find I could not fold the front cover to the back of the Nook like I normally do with paperback book covers. The cardboard core stiffness did not give me confidence that it was a high quality product.
The way the color Nook is placed in this product is to slide it in from the top. It does have the appropriate openings for the volume controls, the off switch and the jack for the microUSB. The challenge for me was the zipper part sort of blocks the clean entry of the microUSB plug into the Nook and also pushing the microUSB into the Nook would make the Nook slide out this “leather” cover. Since it was so easy to slide the Nook in and out, I thought that this could present the danger if I had the cover unzipped and I had it upside down that the Nook could fall out the cover and into the ground (HORROR!!). So I am making the habit to at least zip the top part of this cover so it will not happen.
It is my opinion that the price I paid for is a little high for this product. It is stylish and protective for the Nook and OK for utility. The stand is only for horizontal landscape mode and if I was reading email, I would have to turn the Nook in vertical mode and this cover does not seem to have the facility and so I have to hold it in my hands.
ADDENDUM:
I had this cover on my Nook for a while and it is when I am reading the Nook that I notice strongly that I cannot set the Nook on its stand to read a book because of the horizontal stand. Nook Books are only for the vertical direction. So I have to hold it in my hand all the time or lay it flat on the table.
ADDENDUM 2:
There was a second Nook at home and despite the shortcomings of its inability for this cover to stand vertically, the positives outweighed the negative and so I purchased a SECOND ONE. And I realized why one commenter mentioned the velcro thing for this cover. The second one had a small case within the cover that was attached with Velcro. This model was more stable than the one I have as it did have Velcro on top to keep the Nook from sliding out. I purchased this from pcmicro store on a well known auction site as it was being charged for less than here and this same seller is selling here too.
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|as close to perfect as I could get,
i looked at cases for my Nook between 19 and 80 dollars. I wanted good protection and most of all, I wanted it to zipper completely closed. This is the case I found that zippered close completely, and the Nook could not fall out. I read some reviews of the nook falling out of covers. I though that was unacceptable. I got the red case. I think it is classy. I asked my wife if it looked feminine, she said not at all. The Nook fits tight in this case in the the straps it goes into and I can not make it fall out even if I turned it upside down. Now I am not saying to bang it up against a wall either when you have it upside down. You can get to all controls. The only one is alittle funky to get to is the USB charge connection…You have to move the zipper away from the opening to push the USB connector into the Nook. Not a big deal for me. The only drawback is the tilt stand. Its nice for PDF documents. But you can not use it for reading books. The Nook will not orient that way for books, unless I am missing something. But I tried it and the Nook will orient for pictures but not for my books. It will for the net. So you can read the net or PDF while having a cup of coffee. I don’t use the net to much. I don’t think that is a strong point of the Nook. When you read books, you have to hold the left cover open. So its just like holding a book. I have a place for a nice stylus that has the soft bottom boot for using on the screen. It fits in the binding space inside. There is a small loop for it. I don’t use the cover for credit cards. You have to watch what you put in there because that inside rests up against the Nook screen. So thats why I give it a four star. If it had a way to use it on the stand with my books, it would be perfect. and there is a magnet that holds the tilt stand up against the back cover, very nice touch. Those expensive good looking covers that are rich looking, I wonder if they have as much protection as this cover that I am reviewing, probably not. I value my possessions, so that is why I look for protection. I do not want a mistake to take my Nook out. I even would say you probably could drop the Nook from 3 feet and this cover would protect it from being smashed, but thats just my opinion. I am especially pleased with the purchase of this cover.
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