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Hardware modders have prised open Barnes and Noble’s nook ebook reader, turning the device into an Android-based tablet PC complete with a free mobile connection. Nook hardware hackers turn the device into a Android tablet The multi-stage hack is documented on nookDevs. Part one involves a process called teardown, and this …

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  1. The Indomitable Gall

    Wi-Fi + 3G + choice_of_OS = ??

    Wi-Fi + 3G + choice_of_OS = all_you_can_eat_roaming_hotspot_router

    Shame that version will never now make it to the UK.... :-(

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  2. DrXym

    Shouldn't be hard to render the wireless useless

    The wireless only needs to be able to access certain discreet landing sites, most of which are probably on the B&N site. Therefore if it is open I doubt it will be for long.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
    Boffin

    Nook-Nik!

    Qu-Pla....?

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  4. JaitcH
    Pint

    Barnes and Noble should celebrate ...

    and embrace these new features as the basis if Nooky 2.

    If they did they would outsell that dog called Kindle (which is crippled outside the U.S.A.) and become number 1, or at least ahead of Kindle.

    What a marketing opportunity.

    P.S. Congratulations to the modders.

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  5. Snert Lee

    Wouldn't it be cool if...

    Barnes and Noble realized that an Android tablet computer with a dedicated book reader function is a lot more interesting than a dedicated book reader.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
    Troll

    Teardown followed by rooting?

    Sounds like my recipe for a good Saturday night.

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