I’ve spent the past couple of days experimenting with rooting the Pandigital Nova and installing Google apps for Android Market access. The good news is that I succeeded, and even put together these two tutorials: how to root the Pandigital Nova, and how to install the Android Market. I followed various sets of directions over […]
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New York Post for Android is Amazon’s Free App of the Day
If you like reading news from the New York Post, then today is your lucky day because Amazon is giving away the New York Post Android app for free, which normally costs $1.99. The reviews for it are absolutely horrible. It has two stars over 110 reviews. The app works fine, the reason it’s getting […]
Nook Touch Working Apps List
The Nook Touch is the most versatile E Ink ebook reader ever created thanks to its hackable Android operating system. A surprising number of Android apps work exceptionally well on a rooted Nook Touch, including several ereading apps. Below is a list of apps that I’ve personally gotten to work on a rooted Nook Touch. […]
Aiptek A8 8″ Budget Tablet with Andriod 2.2 and Android Market
Here’s an interesting tablet that a reader came across and commented about on an earlier post, the Aiptek A8 Android Tablet. The Aiptek A8 is a budget tablet (it is currently $178 on Amazon) but surprisingly it comes with Android 2.2 and full Android Market access, which is rather unusual for a device without a […]
Netflix Now Works on Nook Color, Xoom, Galaxy Tab, other Tablets
So this is a little off-topic, but I came across an article on Engadget yesterday about the Android Netflix app getting updated to support 24 new devices officially and a number of other devices unofficially by sideloading the Netflix APK. Reports indicate that the Neflix app works with Tegra 2 tablets like the Motorola Xoom, […]
Free Nook Color Apps
Unless you own a Nook Color, it can be difficult to find what kind of selection of apps are available, and especially free apps since the Barnes and Noble website refuses to sort Nook Color apps by price. So I decided to put together this list of free apps for the Nook Color via Barnes […]
Review: NextBook Next6 eReader Tablet Hybrid
The folks at E Fun were nice enough to send out a sample of the NextBook Next6 for review, an Android powered tablet/ereader hybrid. So here it is, the NextBook Next6 review. Sorry but I don’t have the usual hands-on photos posted. For some reason my camera has problems focusing on the Next6’s screen. All […]
Video of Kindle Android App Running on New Nook Touch
So I’ve been eagerly keeping my eyes on this thread over at the XDA forums for the latest progress on hacking the Nook Touch to run Android apps. This morning there’s a YouTube video posted showing the Nook Touch running the Kindle for Android app. It’s not exactly 100% smooth, but it’s progress.