Nook Color gets rooted, shows off Angry Birds and LauncherPro

November 30, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

In his review of Barnes & Noble’s e-reader Nook Color, Andrew mentioned that eventual root access perhaps could provide the somewhat limited tablet with extra functionality. Thanks to the industrious and experimental gadget lovers at the xda-developers, the Nook Color has now indeed been rooted, but the process is still pretty complicated.

The e-reader has been showed playing Angry Birds, running the superb homescreen replacement LauncherPro, as well as a few other apps. Angry Birds is said to perform “as smoothly as on the Galaxy Tab,” but there’s still no proof of that claim in the form of a video. The Nook Color is powered by a 800MHz Cortex A8 processor, so it should have the capacity to run most games and apps.

Nook Color owners that feel a strong urge to try this out can head to nookdevs for instructions, but it’s recommended to wait a bit longer until the quirks in the rooting process have been ironed out. This is definitely a good start though, and hopefully a more convenient one-click solution will arrive before long. At $249 unlocked, with root access the Nook Color suddenly got a lot more attractive for tech savvy Android fans looking for an affordable tablet.

Via [Android and Me, XDA]

e-readers, Instructions, Nook, Nook Color, NOOKcolor, nookdevs, root access, Rooting, tablets, xda-developers

6 Comments

laraia said: On November 30, 2010

all i want isa simple calendar app on my nookColor – most sites suggest for that i have to reinvent it just to add one

eltahur said: On November 30, 2010

archos 70 internet tablet is a much better device with built in hdmi, true android os navigation soft buttons and several android markets available out of the box….not sure why the nook color is causing such commotion…if people just want a book reader in their tab, just install nook, kindle or any other ereading app from the market onto your tablet.

- Dosho said: On November 30, 2010
  
  The nook is causing such a commotion because it's available, while the Archos 70 sells out within a couple hours every time they get some stock, and it's probably going to be that way for a couple more months.
  
- godsfilth said: On November 30, 2010
  
  the screen on the nook is considered way better by the people i know that have both, plus android is really a hackers a paradise and this is just what they do, why go the easy route when you learn more making things do stuff they weren't designed to
  
Jabari said: On December 2, 2010

And of course the very first app I'd download is the Kindle Reader App! *snicker*
My recent post Keeping Up With Mobile Times…

- dumby said: On December 29, 2010
  
  The screen is definitely better! Great screen!!!

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