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B&N Nook Successfully Opened
garg0yle writes "A team has managed to open the Barnes and Noble Nook e-reader, gaining full access to the operating system. From the article: 'The Nook is now a computer running a full Android operating system, with a built-in, free cellular connection to the internet. It also has a battery that lasts days, not hours.' They are documenting their progress on the Nook Devs wiki."
Its great to see the Nook being opened up to allow unsupported apps, but I wonder about the impact of free 3G will be if this hack is widely used. Will this lead to the Nook2 featuring even more DRM, or perhaps no 3G at all? I sure hope not, but considering that BN will likely take a lot of heat from the service provider I wouldn't be surprised to see abuse of the network leading to a more locked down future device.
Or they'll just block them entirely, void the warranty (because it was messed with...) and have Barnes and Noble file 'Network Access Restoration' under 'Warranty Service'.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
Yes, so you allow free internet usage... up to a point, or for certain things. Then you charge.
Doesn't that sound like any reasonable plan?
Instead, they create a device that could do what you want, but is limited by DRM and artificial restrictions. That is just asking for the device to be opened up, and now they've created the problem they could have solved by simply pricing bandwidth appropriately and increasing their revenue stream.
The television will not be revolutionized.
It takes a SIM card, so really there's no excuse for using B&N's internet. Get an appropriate SIM and use your own.
No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
That's not the argument at all. The argument is that you should know what your customers want, and if you can give it to them, you should, and should price your products accordingly.
If you don't, they will go with another product or create a solution for themselves out of the materials that they have.
The television will not be revolutionized.
If variable names have been left int he jars, you may be able to dissamble so that you can start add your own classes.
I havent coded for the Android yet. But was under the impression it used a "custom" form of Java, mainly special multi-process JVM.
You've now brought another harm-causer into the mix. The criminal and the person who was hired to protect the company from the criminal. Again, the criminal would hold *fault* for the damage he causes because he would be the one choosing to cause damages. You, the person hired to protect the company, would be guilty of negligence of your duties in your position. The difference is that you would still be guilty of negligence with or without the criminal spammer. The two actions (or inactions) interact but are still separate. The spammer would not receive reduced fault because it was easier-than-expected to commit a crime.