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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
They only sell Nook Colors in the US @ Barnes & Noble but you can get them on ebay and ereader shops. There's one in Vancouver that I bought one for my mom at. They are excellent value because they are probably sold at a loss because B&N expect to make money of book and magazine sales and not the units. For awhile ebay and B&N were collaborating on a sale and selling them for $199!
All Android apps work fine with it except for a weird thing where the marketplace works best in landscape orientation as holding it in portrait won't load the full list and you only get page 1.
I used the old Autonooter method from the MicroSD card that roots it and then use my own launcher and button shortcuts. It retains the original Nook Color functionality but that isn't useful for Canadians as you cannot buy books without an American address on file.
I believe the latest methods are much better in that the replace the entire system with the latest Android build but so far I have been too lazy to try it because everything works just fine for me as it is. The built in Youtube player seems to work great, all the apps I've tried work fine aside from a few of the animated wallpapers not loading (but most do).
The only other issue I've had is finding a browser that works with multitouch as the default one didn't and I settled on Dolphin and that works great so far.
The thing is very fast, runs 3D apps very quickly and even PS1/PSP emulation works. Supposedly flash support is out this month as well.
All of my issues and experiences may be due to me using an early autonooter build that simply roots the B&N firmware. Things have improved substantially to the point of flashing an entirely new kernel onto it but I've been lazy.
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Just curious - have you tried any of the honeycomb builds on your Nook Color?
Going to pick one up this weekend, I think.