Color Nook as tablet and question about rooting, not OT
After having my Color Nook since mother's day, I really want to recommend this to those looking for a cheap tablet. It doesn't meet the 100 dollars of the clearance HPs, but it does what most people need for a small tablet. I can put my workout downloads on the micro sd card and play my workouts on it. It also can stream youtube. However, I suggest shutting it down and restarting before you do this. And as a big bonus- you can read books! LOL.
It looks like Amazon will also be coming out with a Kindle tablet, but it sounds as though it is going to be more locked down than the nook or even the ipad. It will have it's own operating system that started with a version of android, but will be customized for amazon. So it is forked - meaning that in the long run, it will have it's own operating system and won't run other android stuff. Additionally, you won't be able to use your android apps that you bought elsewhere on this.
Currently the nook color can only run apps bought at its store too. However, the nook can be rooted down to the regular version of android. They made the Color nook so that you can boot it from the sd card- bottom line- you don't have to actually change the software on the nook itself.
And that leads me to my problem. I downloaded Cathe's STS Total Body, and it won't play on the nook because it's high def. (I'm not a fan of high def as I'm not a tv fan). So to play these I need to root the nook and put a app on it that plays the high def video. I'd also like to be able to read my kindle books as well as overdrive library books - without side loading.
Have you rooted? I'm not computer newbie, but the simple instructions do not sound all that simple. I'd like to be able to just do the root from the sd card and not actually mess with the actuall os. On the other hand, I would actually prefer to buy a card with the rooting software on it- I know you can buy cards from the Amazon marketplace put out by individual enterpenuers, not a real company. Any ideas on how to get one from a reliable source?
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