Barnes and Noble released some new firmware for the Nook Simple Touch today, version 1.1.2. It is a minor update that fixes bugs and provides “minor system enhancements”, as Barnes and Noble describes it, so don’t expect any new features or major changes to the software.
Root a Nook Tablet Using a Memory Card – Super Easy
A little over two months ago, I posted the Nook Tablet Rooting Guide for a complete walkthrough on rooting the 16GB Nook Tablet and setting up drivers on a Windows computer. Since then things have changed. The rooting process is simpler now, thanks to an SD card rooting method. You simply burn an image to […]
Harry Potter eBooks Likely to Launch in Early April
Yesterday there was an announcement on the Pottermore Insider website that says Pottermore.com will open to everyone in early April. They go on to explain the reason for the delay was because they needed to make sure the website could handle the gazillions of Harry Potter fans that are going to be using it all […]
CM7 SD Cards Now Available for Nook Tablet, Here’s How to Make One
Good news for Nook Tablet owners. You can now run CyanogenMod 7 for a custom, open version of Android 2.3 Gingerbread off a memory card on both an 8GB and 16GB Nook Tablet right out of the box, no rooting or hacking required. CM7 improves the Nook Tablet’s functionality quite a lot. It offers more […]
Nook Tablet with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Review and How To (Videos)
There is now an Alpha release of CyanogenMod 9 available on the Nook Tablet for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The build is still in its early stages of development so it’s not recommended for public consumption at this point, but I went ahead and installed it anyway and am surprised by how well it […]
Rooting Directions for 8GB Nook Tablet Plus Android Market (Video)
A couple weeks ago Barnes and Noble released an 8GB Nook Tablet for $199 to go along with the original 16GB Nook Tablet for $249. It turns out that rooting an 8GB Nook Tablet doesn’t work with the same method as the original Nook Tablet—it’s a good way to brick it, though—because the process is […]
The Android 4.0 ICS Update Borked My Asus Transformer
Last week Asus released a much-anticipated firmware update for the original Asus Transformer tablet that upgraded the operating system from Android 3.2 Honeycomb to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Right after the update I posted a video review showing the changes, and at first everything seemed well and good, but now my Transformer has been […]
Kindle Fire Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Review and How To (Video)
Running Android 4.0 on the Kindle Fire is one of the many options to change out the operating system from Amazon’s version to one that is more open and widely available on other tablets and smartphones. I’ve already posted a review and how to guide for CM7 on the Kindle Fire, a custom version of […]