Hi! Rooting a nook color is easy and well documented.
I'm a fan of cyanogen mod. However, there are many ways to do it. I agree with Sean here. I've seen a cheap chinese android tablet in the hands of my niece this Christmas. The plastic screen and lag made it almost unusable. It went back in short order for an iPod touch. Al Sent via mobile device On Feb 26, 2012, at 8:20 AM, Sean Dague <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/25/2012 08:42 PM, Ed Nisley wrote: >> I'm looking for a tablet-like slab for use as a datasheet / instruction >> manual display, limited-use USB-serial terminal, and not much else. The >> screen needs lots of dots to make it work for datasheets and I'm not >> greatly interested in lugging it around in my pants pocket. >> >> Do any of you Android whizzes have an opinion on this thing: >> >> http://www.ecrater.com/p/13480168/ainol-novo-7-elf-a10-android-40 >> >> Available for even more on eBay! >> >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ainol-Novo-7-Elf-Android-4-0-Capacitive-Tablet-PC-Novo7-Elf-/270921700700?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item3f1431155c >> >> It looks to have mostly the right hardware (verily, a 1024x600 LCD), but >> comes with a full-frontal Mandarin UI, Chinese instructions, no Android >> Market hookup, and a nearly complete lack of support. I assume one could >> switch the UI to English with, at worst, a bit of blind tapping, but >> what happens after that is up for grabs. >> >> The sellers seem remarkably up front about some issues: "Elf has a >> Bluetooth Share app, but we have not confirmed it has bluetooth." >> >> Admittedly, it's not much less expensive than subsidized eReaders (with >> smaller screens) from various sources, but it has the compelling >> advantage of being a vanilla Android box with unlocked everything (apart >> from, perhaps, the hardware drivers). >> >> Given its pedigree, I'd want to pressure-wash the OS& apps before >> typing in my first password. I'm not really up for a major software >> project, though, and can barely pronounce "Android" with a straight >> face. >> >> Suggestions? Brickbats? >> >> Thanks ... > > That screen is probably the same panel as is in the Nook Tablet, which is > pretty hackable to get it back to generic Android (or, if it's just > datasheets, should work out of the box). If I was putting down my own money, > I'd spend a little more and go that direction. > > I've only see tears and pain come from random chinese vendors here. The thing > to remember is that the silicon manufacturers are typically delivering the > android build to the device manufacturers, often without source code for many > of their devices. So you can't assume that you can just wipe it down to > something generic, because there may be no open drivers to do that with. > > -Sean > > -- > > Sean Dague Learn about the Universe with the > sean at dague dot net Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association > http://dague.net http://midhudsonastro.org > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Mar 7 - Desktop Shootout - 9th Anniversary of MHVLUG > Apr 4 - An Intro to Chef > May 2 - May 2012 Meeting _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Mar 7 - Desktop Shootout - 9th Anniversary of MHVLUG Apr 4 - An Intro to Chef May 2 - May 2012 Meeting
