Rooters undo B&N's NookColor, install Kindle software.

[s44]

I've been looking into this and the state of hacking the Nook today is awesome. Dual boot between any two of stock, Froyo, CM7 (in progress), and Honeycomb (!) (in progress) from the device itself, plus stick in any SD card with an installed OS to boot that.

When the Xoom (and its source code) officially drops later this week, full Honeycomb on this won't be far.

 

[dougp]

has anyone had success using the nook with a bluetooth gps receiver? if this works I might pick one up for use as a gps in my car. phone screen is too small, and my built in nav is getting outdated...

Well, it'd be hard considering there no bluetooth connectivity out of the box. There's a mod, but it seems touch and go - but CM7 is planning on adding BT, it's in their build notes.

 

[theeedude]

I think B&N can use this as a back door to become a significant player in the tablet market.
It has a retail network in place, a brand name people trust, and can cross subsidize with content sales.

 

[theeedude]

Well, it'd be hard considering there no bluetooth connectivity out of the box. There's a mod, but it seems touch and go - but CM7 is planning on adding BT, it's in their build notes.

Is there an Android app that allows an Android phone to share it's GPS location over wi-fi with a tethered device. That would be cool, get a Nook Color, tether it to your existing Android phone, the Nook can use the phone's GPS and data connection for navigation and maps, but display to a bigger screen.

 

[Sheep]

The Nook Color running CM7 nightlies is a surprisingly good tablet (it was merely adequate but not mind-blowing with Eclair, Froyo and the Honeycomb preview, IMO). It's still not perfect, but the amount of progress made with the four nightlies so far is amazing.

Hats off to the devs at getting CM7 working so well so quickly--it's almost enough to make me forget about Honeycomb which I really liked, but isn't a daily driver yet (even running from internal memory).

As for the original topic, both the Kindle and Nook apps now work on CM7 so you can get the best of both worlds.

 

[finbarqs]

I just feel that Nook Color is sooo sloooooow...

 

[dougp]

I just feel that Nook Color is sooo sloooooow...

Uhm, slow how? Sure, it's not a Xoom or Tab - but it is $250 and has support from B&N.

 

[ZetaEpyon]

What's slow about it?
You can always install an overclocked kernel if you want...

CM7 with a 1.1GHz kernel on mine is nice and smooth.

 

[poofyhairguy]

The 1.1GHz overclock is where its at. That is the magic that makes Honeycomb useful. Heck, the iPad and the Galaxy only have a 1GHz CPU.

 

[Binky]

Not everybody can run the 1.1ghz kernel. Mine is perfect at 900 and a little iffy at 950. I didn't try the 1.0-1.1ghz kernels.

At 900-950, the NC is still a bit slower than a high-end phone. It's still very good for a $250 device.

 

[Sheep]

Not everybody can run the 1.1ghz kernel. Mine is perfect at 900 and a little iffy at 950. I didn't try the 1.0-1.1ghz kernels.

At 900-950, the NC is still a bit slower than a high-end phone. It's still very good for a $250 device.

Have you tried the most recent 1100 kernels? My Nook didn't seem to like the earliest 1100 kernels so I had to use the 900 one as well (these were codenamed "she's a screamer" if I'm not mistaken). The newer ones, however, work fine on my NC.

 

[Binky]

Have you tried the most recent 1100 kernels?

I haven't tried those yet. I recently upgraded to the newest 1.1.0-based ROM and it's doing great. I'll probably just watch the CM7 progress and move straight to that (or 3.0!) before I update the kernel again.