The Barnes & Noble Nook has been rooted and hacked to run a web browser, Pandora, Facebook, Twitter and more.
Engadget reports that within just a few hours Android devs exploited the device's free 3G data and Wifi to provide the reader with tablet type functionality. The Nook even has the ability to login to public WiFi hotspots and read the news on an RSS aggregator.
"Naturally, none of this has been packaged for the everyman yet, but at this rate we might have off the shelf Nook homebrew before those January Nook orders can be delivered. Hey Barnes & Noble, welcome to the wild west of consumer electronics."
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Engadget reports that within just a few hours Android devs exploited the device's free 3G data and Wifi to provide the reader with tablet type functionality. The Nook even has the ability to login to public WiFi hotspots and read the news on an RSS aggregator.
"Naturally, none of this has been packaged for the everyman yet, but at this rate we might have off the shelf Nook homebrew before those January Nook orders can be delivered. Hey Barnes & Noble, welcome to the wild west of consumer electronics."
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