Barnes & Noble Nook color ($ 249, 4 stars) is already much more than an eBook reader. Since this is a browser, email client, and a lot of games and other applications, the B & N has the right to call a "reader tablets." But reading is not all color can Nook. Plunk in N2A Nook paper and full color comes from Android 2.3 "Gingerbread", a device that is able to use more than 200,000 applications. N2a Charter is very easy to use, contains some useful applications installed, and the removal of Android is as easy as restarting the color Nook. If you own color Nook, or are thinking of buying a tablet, Nook Color/N2A a combination of a heavy heart.
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N2A Card (for Nook Color) |
Configuration
There are three types of cards can be N2A: 8 GB ($ 34.99), 16GB ($ 49.99) and 32GB ($ 89.99). I recommend you go to the second largest storage capacity, because this will take the colored paper Nook microSD slot, it's just extra storage space you can use. Yes, you can install the Android Nook is the color itself, and not face this limitation, but what you pay for here is a painless, plug-and-play: insert the card and then start the color Nook.
Each time you start the color that will be received by Rincón a configuration screen that lets you decide whether to start the operating system standard (based on Android, but nothing), or Android. Just select from the strange name ("EEMC" means the Nook OS, and "SD" means Android) and you're on your way.
CyanogenMod and performance
Android sees you running when Nook colored boots, it takes several minutes for the first time, but is much faster after, is a heavily modified version of gingerbread known CyanogenMod. It is the most popular Android custom built, it is accessible to a large number of phones and tablets as well.
CyanogenMod adds a lot of interface settings for Android 2.3, making it suitable for both a seven-inch screen (because gingerbread is a phone OS, it has some quirks to a large extent) and the color specifically Nook The color-the Nook has one hardware button, so more needs to be integrated into the software. CyanogenMod adds to the bottom of each screen, an Android 3.0 "honeycomb"-like bar with buttons Home, Menu and Back, with a quick shortcut for Android window messages. All messages and data reside on the bottom of the screen instead of the top, where they normally live in Android 2.3.
It is strange indeed that N2A not just use Honeycomb rather put as much effort into counting Gingerbread to look like what we've seen Android running on 3.0 Nook color before. I asked the developers if they plan to add N2A Honeycomb Nook color, and their response was that Honeycomb is slow, buggy and less stable than version 2.3 CyanogenMod. If these problems can be resolved, the developers said they will release a version of the card with Honeycomb installed.
That emphasizes the question somewhat related: If you decide to make tablets out of the color Nook, you will not get version upgrades (or support, for that matter). You will have a whim N2A and other developers of bug fixes and updates.
A number of applications already installed when you start Nook Android color, most of the additions are welcome others not, but unlike most devices that can remove all and sundry. The biggest advantage of the player that becomes evident when you see the color of your Nook is now not only a corner of application but an application Kindle, and some other libraries and reading applications. There are also many other applications installed, such as Pandora, Radio TuneIn, ie with friends, Dropbox, Angry Birds, Facebook, ESPN ScoreCenter, Dolphin and browser. All Google Apps, Gmail, YouTube, and others are present, as is the Android Market, which gives you access to all applications Android 200,000-plus. There is also direct access to Hulu, which changed the color lets you play corner through the browser until you have upgraded your Flash Player.
Not everything is perfect, however. The biggest problem I had was with the Android Market: For some reason, when I tried to download or update applications, color Rincón would start many downloads without end or installation. Fortunately, N2A has tutorials on their website easy to fix this and most other more common (including everything in). In five minutes he was back to download all the Android apps I could find. This is not an excuse for not being able to download applications for Android in the box, but is less a problem with an easy to find the solution.
In terms of pure performance and compressed, the color seems Rincon, anecdotally, to perform much better on the Android operating system to run the Nook. Applications began operations, turned pages quickly and easily to read on the Kindle and Nook applications and surf the Web was as sensitive as it is in most tablets Android. However, our guides told a story a little different: the combination of Rincon Color/N2A was slower than the tablets honeycomb, lacking much of its faster processors and honeycomb improves the speed of the browser . Nook Equipment color, graphics and browser performance were lower than we've seen in other Android tablets we've tested, more in tune with phones like the HTC Shift EVO 4G (4 stars) The Galaxy Tab 10.1 ( $ 499.99, 3.5 stars). The seven-inch Acer Iconia Tab A100 ($ 329.
99, 4 stars) also scored much better in almost all tests, which is not surprising given its superior dual-core processor Nvidia Tegra 2 (which is a 800 MHz Texas Instruments Cortex-A8 processor Nook inside color). This is not the central, but it has worked well in my tests.
If you already have a spot of color, I can not recommend enough N2A cards. To create a new world of applications and features on the device, but do not add an exorbitant price or make permanent changes. You can have your "reader" of pills and tablets from a tablet in one place. If you are looking to buy a pill is a little harder to sell. The whole package cost about $ 300, making it one of the cheapest pills available, and the team color Nook is solid, if a low low energy consumption compared to other tablets Android. Maybe seven-inch tablet that can find, try Acer Iconia Tab A100 processor obtained honeycomb, Zippy and significantly improved performance. But there is little bad to say about N2A cards, which provide very good service, and does it very well.
Rating: 5
Reviewer: HotblogReview
ItemReviewed: N2A Card (for Nook Color)
