December 14, 2009
The Nook has been rooted
What does that mean in non-geek speak? Well, root or superuser access essentially means that you can change any settings in the OS. This is significant because the Nook runs Android 1.5, Google’s mobile operating system, which means that it could essentially do everything a rooted Android phone could do. (Lifehacker lists a few benefits of rooting the Android phone, if that doesn’t mean anything to you.)
The Nook rooting tutorial will most almost definitely void your warranty and, if you don’t know what you are doing, could possible brick your machine. (Psst. It looks easy to do, but you didn’t hear that from me). The NookDevs also have a breakdown of the hardware.
Hat tip to Matthew Battles for this find.
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