The NOOK Tablet is a 7 inch tablet with a 1024 x 600 pixel display, a 1 GHz TI OMAP4 dual core processor, and a custom version of Google Android 2.3 designed by Barnes & Noble. But users have been running alternative versions of Android such as CyanogenMod 7 (Android 2.3) and CyanogenMod 9 (Android 3.0) on the tablet for…
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The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet is a 7 inch tablet with a 1 GHz dual core processor and a 1024 x 600 pixel display. Prices normally start at $199 for an 8GB model. But today B&N is selling the 8GB tablet through its eBay store for just $149. That makes the entry level NOOK Tablet cheaper than the older NOOK…
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Barnes & Noble has announced it’s creating a new subsidiary which will house the company’s digital and college businesses. That means that the NOOK eReaders and tablets and digital book divisions won’t be under the same roof as B&N’s nearly 700 book stores in the US — but NOOK eReaders will still be tied to the company’s retail stores. In…
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The NOOK Tablet is a 7 inch Android tablet aimed at readers. But we’re not just talking text-based eBooks. B&N also offers digital comic books, and today the company is offering a pretty good deal for comic book fans. Pick up to Marvel Avengers digital comics, and get a NOOK Tablet for $30 off. I also ran across an interesting…
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Now that Android 4.0.4 updates are rolling out for phones and tablets that are officially supported by the CyanogenMod team, we’re starting to see unofficially supported CyanogenMod devices getting in on the action. This weekend the folks that first brought Android 4.0 to the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet released Alpha 0.02, this time with Android 4.0.4. The update doesn’t look…
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Just over a week after releasing the first build of Android 4.0 for the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet , developer chrmhoffmann has released a new build which eliminates many of the problems that had affected the first build. The biggest improvement in CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0.1 is that I can actually tap the power button to turn off the…
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The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet that has been shipping since November comes with 16GB of disk space plus a microSDHC card for anyone that really needs more space. But there’s a catch – only 1GB is available for files you download from the web or copy from your computer. The rest is used by the operating system or reserved…
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The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet ships with a custom version of Google Android designed to let you download books, periodicals, and apps from the B&N Store. But hackers have been installing other versions of Android for months, allowing you to install Google’s digital content store and tweak everything from the tablet’s home screen to the on-screen keyboard. We’ve seen…
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The first build of Android 4.0 for the NOOK Tablet is now available thanks to a group of independent developers who have ported CyanogenMod 9 to run on the 7 inch tablet. CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0 is still rough around the edges and not everything works properly, but you can use the software to surf the web, play games, download apps,…
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Barnes & Noble now offers two versions of the NOOK Tablet. There’s the 16GB model with 1GB of RAM which has been available since November, and a new cheaper model with 8GB of storage and 512MB of RAM. Because of minor differences, it turns out you can’t use exactly the same tools to root the 8GB tablet as the 16GB……
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Now that it’s possible to get around the locked bootloader on the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet and load custom ROMs and other software on the 7 inch tablet, independent developers are working to make it easier to manipulate the tablet. A hacker going by the name of fattire has released a new tool called CyanoBoot which gives the NOOK…
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A week after Barnes & Noble released a new version of the NOOK Tablet, hackers have figured out how to get it to boot from a microSD card. This allows you to circumvent the locked bootloader and load custom firmware on the tablet including ClockworkMod Recovery or custom ROMs such as CyanogenMod 7. The new $199 NOOK Tablet features a…
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MIUI is a custom version of Google Android with a highly modified notification area, home screen and app launcher as well as custom apps for browsing files and performing a few other tasks. It’s proven popular with Android smartphone users looking for custom ROMs for their devices — and now you can install a test version of MIUI on the…
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Just a day after introducing a new, cheaper version of the NOOK Tablet, Barnes & Noble has released a software update for the 8GB and 16GB versions of the tablet. According to the company, OS version 1.4.2 “provides minor system enhancements” including an updated email application. Like most previous software updates, there’s also a good chance that if you’ve rooted…
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One of the big differences between the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet and the Amazon Kindle Fire is that the NOOK Tablet offers twice as much storage space. While Amazon’s tablet has just 8GB, the NOOK Tablet is now available with either 8GB or 16GB. But Barnes & Noble reserves most of the space on the 16GB model for content…
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