If anyone is shopping for a Nook Color...

[sciwizam]

Gonna be a long night tonight. Both the Nook Color and the SD card from Newegg just arrived!

 

[oogabooga]

Gonna be a long night tonight. Both the Nook Color and the SD card from Newegg just arrived!

Sounds like a fun night


I was really tempted too... but I don't use my regular nook nearly as much as I'd like (so many free books from BN to go through too)

 

[sciwizam]

Sounds like a fun night


I was really tempted too... but I don't use my regular nook nearly as much as I'd like (so many free books from BN to go through too)

I like the dead tree versions of the books better, so this is mainly for play.

I see why they say flash it to the eMMC.

8gb Class6 Transcend card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820208453

 

[SunnyD]

... *looks at thread* ...

What have I done here?!

 

[JD50]

FYI for those of you that are on the fence with regards to buying a squaretrade warranty. I got an email today from them and they're having a 30% off special on all warranties. I'm gonna sign up for mine tonight.

 

[MagickMan]

If you use the eMMC version I linked to then you already have the overclocked kernel (installing that kernel is the hard part). All you need to do is install SetCPU (either install the free apk or buy the $2 version from the market), set the frequency to 1.1GHZ, then tell SetCPU to start on boot....

Okay, got it, wasn't aware that the OC kernel was part of it. I went ahead and bought the app, seems well worth it to me.

Working great too, so far, except for the whole losing network thing on sleep. Which annoys the f%$% out of me, TBH. I hope they can fix that with a future release.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Working great too, so far, except for the whole losing network thing on sleep. Which annoys the f%$% out of me, TBH. I hope they can fix that with a future release.

I think once the kernel work is done for HC/CM7, part of what gets fixed is sleep.

As I said, I just never let my wifi sleep. It hasn't killed battery life like I expected it to...

 

[MagickMan]

Oh, and finding a good ebook reading app is a pain. The Nook app isn't nearly as good as a Nook. I'm glad I still have my orginal Nook for reading.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Oh, and finding a good ebook reading app is a pain. The Nook app isn't nearly as good as a Nook. I'm glad I still have my orginal Nook for reading.

I have heard Moon reader and Aldiko are great.

I honestly like the Nook app more than the Nook Color's built in reader because I don't read books, but I do like making people feel jealous of my hacked tablet. But once you tell someone "look I hacked together a cheap iPad-ish tablet" the first thing people want to see (if they are over the age of 40) is "can it do the page turn thing that my friend's iPad does?" And for some reason only the Market Nook app does this. B&N dropped the ball on this thing's stock software.

As far as reading actual books nothing beats an e-Ink screen.

 

[PanchoVilla]

So I have been trying to find a good option to use for two purposes, watching movies/TV/etc while on elliptical machine, and also for kids to watch cartoons while in the car. Would the nook with 3.3 or 3.0 android on it work good for this? I am guessing that my biggest issue would be storage and so I would probably want to install the android on the built in 8gigs of memory and then I can use a full 32 gig SD card for media. (plus I can have one card for my stuff and one full of the kids cartoons, I do NOT want to watch Thomas the train while on elliptical)

Screen is big enough to watch a movie at roughly arms length isn't it?

This would save me a lot of green over buying an ipad or xoom or tab for this purpose.

 

[MagickMan]

As far as reading actual books nothing beats an e-Ink screen.

Got to agree there, that's why I'm keeping my original Nook for home use. I'm mostly looking for a good app for when I'm out. I'll give Aldiko a try, Moon kept crashing on me due to having ~400 books on my SD card. It would get half way through scanning them and then freeze.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Would the nook with 3.3 or 3.0 android on it work good for this?

No, not with Honeycomb. Honeycomb on the Nook is at a demo state, it lacks the video acceleration you would need.

Now with the stock OS rooted, or with Froyo? Yeah maybe, if you are willing to re-encode whatever you plan to watch just for the Nook Color.

Even then when I think about it, thanks to a lack of back buttons I have found playing videos on the NC to not be very user friendly. I would maybe look elsewhere....

EDIT: I was wrong:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=537492&d=1299652021

 

[Ackmed]

Bought mine Wed, and got it Friday. Very fast shipping. I was one of those suckers who bought a micro SD off of ebay, for $25 with 2.2 on it. I know I could have done it cheaper myself, but didnt feel like it. It seems Honeycomb ran slow, and lacked some video and sound support so I didnt want that.

As a poster above me said, a sticky with a guide would be great. I would love to be able to do more with this. As it is, taking out the SD card to go default kinda sucks, but whatever. Also.. what is eMMC?

 

[MagickMan]

Woohoo, thanks poofy, Aldiko's a winner. Great little app, it handled an 800 book import without breaking a sweat. Nice features too and seems pretty stable. I'll have to buy this one.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I was one of those suckers who bought a micro SD off of ebay, for $25 with 2.2 on it.

Hey, at least you know you are a sucker!

It seems Honeycomb ran slow, and lacked some video and sound support so I didnt want that.

All versions run slow off a SD card in my opinion. Heck all versions are slow without that 1.1GHz overclock in my opinion.

As it is, taking out the SD card to go default kinda sucks, but whatever.

If you would prefer you can dual boot on the device. Its what I do.

Also.. what is eMMC?

The Nook's internal memory where its OS is stored.

 

[sciwizam]

Typing this on the NC. Feels good in hand, no defects, though the volume rocker is flimsy. Anyone else have this issue?

 

[postaled]

Typing this on the NC. Feels good in hand, no defects, though the volume rocker is flimsy. Anyone else have this issue?

My volume controls seem fine.

 

[sciwizam]

It is jiggly when I move my finger over it. I might have to go to the store again and look closely at the rocker.

 

[Ackmed]

If you would prefer you can dual boot on the device. Its what I do.

Care to tell how to do that. In my SD card I bought, there are several boot options. But it wont let me go to the default OS without taking out the card. Can you expand the internal size?

 

[masterxfob]

Installed flash, but i am having a problem getting YouTube to work. Rooted mine with cm7.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Care to tell how to do that. In my SD card I bought, there are several boot options. But it wont let me go to the default OS without taking out the card. Can you expand the internal size?

No, the dual booting I am talking about only uses the card to install another version of the OS to the internal memory. You can then have no card in the system and still dual boot.

Here are the ROMs and the directions I used:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959461

 

[poofyhairguy]

Installed flash, but i am having a problem getting YouTube to work. Rooted mine with cm7.

So if you go to the Youtube site with the browser the flash videos don't play?

The Youtube app (and all apps requiring hardware accelerated video support) doesn't work on CM7. But Flash on Android (till 10.2) is almost pure CPU. It should work on CM7 in the stock browser or in Dolphin Mini.

 

[senseamp]

WSJ covers the $200 Nook Color deal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703662804576188901890884360.html
"Move Over, Apple! My Tablet Cost $200"

Butthurt Apple fanboi rants about it:
http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/03/09/the-stupid-ipad-article-from-the-wall-street-journal/
"He calls it a tablet, but it’s not a tablet. That point had to be made."
I guess if it's not iPad it's not a tablet to this dummy

 

[senseamp]

http://www.9computerstore.com/2011/03/09/tethergps-brings-gps-navigation-to-nook-color-by-using-wifi
"TetherGPS brings GPS navigation to Nook Color by using WiFi"

This could be killer app for Nook Color. Tether it to your phone, and use the phone's GPS. Sweet

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWLTWYyhv-s

 

[Red Storm]

http://www.9computerstore.com/2011/03/09/tethergps-brings-gps-navigation-to-nook-color-by-using-wifi
"TetherGPS brings GPS navigation to Nook Color by using WiFi"

This could be killer app for Nook Color. Tether it to your phone, and use the phone's GPS. Sweet

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWLTWYyhv-s

I don't get it. Why use two devices when the phone you're tethered to can just do GPS by itself?