B&N Nook Successfully Opened 275
garg0yle writes "A team has managed to open the Barnes and Noble Nook e-reader, gaining full access to the operating system. From the article: 'The Nook is now a computer running a full Android operating system, with a built-in, free cellular connection to the internet. It also has a battery that lasts days, not hours.' They are documenting their progress on the Nook Devs wiki."
Free internet? (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Free internet? (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:And so it begins (Score:2, Interesting)
Or they'll just block them entirely, void the warranty (because it was messed with...) and have Barnes and Noble file 'Network Access Restoration' under 'Warranty Service'.
Re:Someone else who wants somethign for nothing (Score:5, Interesting)
Doesn't that sound like any reasonable plan?
Instead, they create a device that could do what you want, but is limited by DRM and artificial restrictions. That is just asking for the device to be opened up, and now they've created the problem they could have solved by simply pricing bandwidth appropriately and increasing their revenue stream.
Re:Free Cell Connection? "Yes, but don't do that." (Score:4, Interesting)
It takes a SIM card, so really there's no excuse for using B&N's internet. Get an appropriate SIM and use your own.
Re:Someone else who wants somethign for nothing (Score:2, Interesting)
If you don't, they will go with another product or create a solution for themselves out of the materials that they have.
have they disassmbled the jars? (Score:3, Interesting)
I havent coded for the Android yet. But was under the impression it used a "custom" form of Java, mainly special multi-process JVM.
Re:DMCA notice coming (Score:3, Interesting)