The Barnes & Noble Nook has propelled the company’s e-book sales to new highs. Sales of digital e-books now outpace traditional paperback and hardcover book sales online for B&N. With 20 percent of the e-book market share under its belt, Barnes and Noble is ready to take on Amazon in 2011.
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Barnes & Noble’s Nook ebook reader has just emerged and somewhat predictably it’s already been hacked. So what’s hiding beneath the surface of the Android-packing book machine?
Delving into the root directory on the Nook, clever hack-happy types at Nookdevs have discovered that the ebook reader is packing untapped multi-media messaging service (MMS) support and support for speech recognition.
While MMS and speech recognition are not yet enable on the 3G packing, colour Nook, they could be activated in the future adding a whole new range of applications for the ebook reader.
If you somehow get your hands on a Nook, the process for getting at it’s secrets is a little involved – you’ll need a screwdriver, a microSD card reader and a computer running Linux – but if you’re keen you can read through the process over at the Nookdevs Wiki.
With all this untapped potential, this just leaves us gagging for a UK version of the Nook. Maybe Cool-er will wow us with its Cool-er 3G model next year or Amazon will finally give us a real UK version of the Kindle.
Barnes & Noble’s Nook ebook reader has just emerged and somewhat predictably it’s already been hacked. So what’s hiding beneath the surface of the Android-packing book machine? Read more
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The Nook e-reader is the latest digital book to shake up the eBook industry, and just like the Alex, it comes with a second screen, and is powered by Android. Unlike Spring’s concoction though, it’s also got the backing of one of the world’s biggest booksellers to boot, so read on to find out just what this powerhouse can do.