As Android tablets continue to hit the streets, I could probably start a full time blog doing nothing but covering tablet hacks. Every day someone has figured out how to root a new device, create a custom ROM, or overclock a processor. Here are three of the latest. (And no, I don’t plan to cover […]
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First custom ROM for the Motorola XOOM now available
Hackers have been installing rooting the Motorola XOOM and installing custom kernels with support for overclocking for months. But now the first cooked ROM is available for the tablet, offering a complete replacement for the firmware that ships with the XOOM. The Tiamat XOOM ROM 1.0 is pre-rooted and provides a number of featues out […]
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First Android 3.1 custom ROM for the Asus Eee Pad Transformer
Asus starts rolling out an over the air Android 3.1 update for the Eee Pad Transformer today. But a leaked copy had already hit the web this weekend and xda-developers forum member Roach2010 has already taken the software apart and put it back together in the first custom ROM with Android 3.1 Honeycomb for the […]
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Archos Arnova 8 Android tablet hacked to include root access, Android Market
The Archos Arnova 8 Android tablet just went on sale in the US this week, but hackers have already built custom firmware for the tablet adding a few features you won’t find in the stock software — including access to the full Google Android Market. Like other Archos tablets, the Arnova 8 ships with the […]
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Custom Dell Streak 7 ROM supports overclocking, more
The Dell Streak 7 may be hampered by a sub-par 800 x 480 pixel display and Google Android 2.2 operating system, but the other hardware is pretty much what you’d get from any of the Android 3.0 Honeycomb tablets starting to hit the streets. So it should come as no surprise that in capable hands, […]
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PandoraDroid makes the Augen GenTouch78 tablet almost bearable
The Augen GenTouch78 made headlines when it hit the streets last summer because it was one of the cheapest Android tablets you could walk into a store and buy in the US. That didn’t make it a good tablet. In fact, it’s probably one of the worst tablets I’ve used, thanks to a sluggish processor, […]
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NOOKcolor hacked to run Android 2.2.1
Barnes & Noble may be positioning the NOOKcolor as an eBook reader, but it’s shaping up to be a pretty versatile Android tablet for $250. Earlier this week, we saw the first third party apps make their way onto a rooted NOOKcolor, and yesterday Barnes & Noble released the official software developer kit so that […]