“I was honestly shocked when we found out that the wholse OS runs on microSD” Says NookDevs Team Leader Robbie
The person behind the NookDevs team rooting and hacking the Nook is Robbie Trencheny. He is an 18-year-old student now leading the team to run applications on Nook. Recently, Robbie gave an interview with Nookaholic. Among the other things, he said:
I was honestly shocked when we found out that the whole OS runs on microSD instead of the traditional NAND Flash chips that you see in embedded devices these days. I was further shocked when we found that the system was not encrypted… at any level, in any app.Is that one of the reasons why Nook is sluggish, slow responsive to any gesturte on the LCD screen? If so, then no matter how sophisticated the software is, the problem will remain to a certain level. One of my greatest concern is that how reliable an microSD card which contain the system software to run the reader. Robbie has other concerns as well:
The way they built the software was basically taking a stock Android 1.5 (Cupcake) build, adding a few apps and tweaks here and there. I think this, along with the rushed timeline, causes the majority if not all the problems the nook is currently experiencing.How an ereader with this level of sophistication by such a company is released to compete with other ereaders, specially Kindle, in the market? To me, it’s not only at beta stage in terms of software, but also at beta stage at hardware level.
Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6” Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation)
Amazon Kindle Leather Cover (Fits 6” Display, Latest Generation Kindle)
