Advantages to Rooting Your Nook Color?

The Nook Color by Barnes and Noble is a great gadget. The stock Nook Color is almost, but not quite, as good as an Android tablet device. That's a problem that can be solved by what is called rooting.

It's true, not everyone is interested in making any kind of a change to their Nook. They like it just the way it is. In fact, a lot of people wouldn't even know where to start. It can be done, however, and with a minimum amount of time, money and stress.

Let's just discuss whether or not this is something that you might want to do. What exactly does rooting mean? It's actually hacking a device to remove restrictions that have been placed on it by the manufacturer. Barnes and Noble say that if you hack your Nook it will void the warranty, but beyond that they don't seem to be bothered that people are modifying their devices. On Barnes and Noble's forums, there are many people discussing how to hack the Nook Color, so it's no secret about what's going on.

There is even a way that you can root the Nook Color, and leave the original B&N operating system intact. This method uses a bootable SD micro mini card and loads the Android system from the card. Then if you want to switch back to the stock Nook you can just power it off, remove the card, and power back up. Once it powers back on, the Nook Color is then back to its original system. This way, if you had a problem, your device would still be in its original stock condition.

If you like using the device as an Android tablet, once the warranty is up, you could permanently alter it by putting the Android system into the internal memory of the Nook. This would completely wipe out the Nook Color operating system replacing it with a fully functional Android system.

The biggest advantage to the Android system are the apps that you can install on the device. You could even install the Amazon Kindle reader software if you wanted. This way you can easily read and purchase books wherever you like. The Android marketplace has literally thousands of apps to choose from, making it difficult to decide what you want. The Barnes and Noble app store has only a few hundred apps. Many of the apps that you can get for free on the Android marketplace you have to pay for at the B&N app store.

According to an article written by Geek News Central, "The Nook Color is manufactured by Foxconn, the same Chinese manufacturers that make the iPad, iPod and many other modern consumer electronics devices." For the cheap price and a little bit of time, you can get a pretty good tablet device that won't break your budget but will give you the best of both the eReader and the tablet world.

Be prepared to do a little research to find the easiest way to root the Nook Color. YouTube has many good videos that explain thoroughly how to modify your device. With the videos are the links to what files you will need, and complete instructions making it easy to accomplish the task. It's also a good learning experience.

Source: http://www.geeknewscentral.com/category/bluetooth-2/