Turning Your B&N NookColor into a Full-blown Android Tablet
If you recently scored yourself a Barnes & Noble’s new NookColor Android tablet and digital reader device, you already know what a great media tablet it is for the relatively affordable sum of $249(WiFi-only). Of course, you also know that B&N has not yet launched their curated apps marketplace (coming very soon, though, I understand), so apps are a bit limited. Now, if you can’t wait and are adventurous, someone has already figured out the “rooting” process and have kindly documented the relatively simple process for you.
While the original objective of the exercise was to be to able to read Kindle books on the NookColor (something that surely would worry B&N but really shouldn’t), you can follow the same Android rooting process and end up with an inexpensive, full-blown Android tablet that can access the Android Market. Why bother with the Samsung Galaxy Tab at $599 (or thereabouts), unless you want/ need 3G service, when you can have a similar media tablet for less than half the price?
I’ll admit that I don’t know if this rooting of the Nook Color is against warranty terms, but the author of the article suggests making sure your device is registered with B&N first. Me, I’m going to wait until I get another NookColor and then give it a shot, if only because I’m not sure if the device would be able to access B&N’s own upcoming app market — which is the reason I bought my NookColor in the first place. Of course, if it works, I’d do the same to the first and have two NookColor Android tablets for less than one Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Anyone out there tried this yet? Any tips to report?
via: CrunchGear.