Barnes & Noble are announcing today that they’ve released their popular eReader application into the Android Market.  Titled NOOK for Android, the app allows users to shop the Barnes & Noble eBookstore right from their Android devices. Peruse new releases, free classic titles, and bestsellers and download them within seconds on any Android phone running 1.6 or higher . Much like the official NOOK eReader, the Android version... 

One of the great things about Android is the extent to which users can customize the user interface to their taste. With just a couple of readily available apps, you set up your phone to relive the days of doodling in notebooks and passing notes. Install ADW.Launcher , the Paperless System theme for ADW.Launcher and Beautiful Widgets on your trusty Android device. Set ADW.Launcher as your default home app, and in the settings, turn off the status... 

Barnes & Noble have released its NOOK for Android , an ereader application designed for Android devices running Android 1.6 or higher. Barnes & Noble was among the first companies to offer an Android-based ereader device, but NOOK for Android will be available on phones like the Motorola DROID X, HTC EVO, or myTouch Slide. NOOK allows customers to browse through the Barnes & Noble ebook store and purchase titles directly from... 

Last year was definitely the year of the Kindle – we’ve seen a whole new generation of eBook readers come out, finally making this gadget category popular. To help you navigate the eBook reader waters, we spent the last few days compiling a table comparing some of the biggest eReader devices: Spring Design Alex Barnes & Noble Nook Amazon Kindle 2 Amazon Kindle DX If a category has a winner, it is highlighted in bold (in some cases there... 

If you haven’t done much gaming on your Android phone, here are a few titles to get you started (yeah, I’m not much for introductions apparently)… Replica Island (Free) Replica Island is a great, retro game that will keep you entertained for hours. Not only is it available for every device running Android 1.5 and above, but it’s also free. Guiding your Android through all 40 levels, you must find a mysterious object called The Source... 

It appears Gigabyte wants in on some of that hot e-reader action that seems to be all the rage these days.  Check out a demo unit of the EB10 which runs Android 1.5 with a 667MHz processor developed by Samsung.  This isn’t some hidden Android like the Barnes & Noble nook either, it’s front and center.  The plan is to allow users to install apps like RSS readers, browsers, and message apps on their own. [Video after the jump]... 

I got my nook last Friday and now I had some time to root it Thanx to the people at there was not much to do. They have a very good howto in their wiki at http://nookdevs.com/Softroot that I used. I hope I can return something to the community with a cool app for the nook but I need an idea… Please comment to this post if you have an app idea that could be useful for the nook. Download mirrors I mirrored the two update files on uploaded.to... 

Nook owners should see an update to their ereader in the coming days (if not moments). According to Gizmodo and reports from a few users, Barnes & Noble is pushing a firmware update with several new enhancements fixes. Among the changes include a new way of loading pages that fades rather than turns on and  Read More →

Google has just recently rolled out a new YouTube video showing off the concept and design behind the Nexus One. The video, which is titled Nexus One: The Story: Concept & Design is noted as being episode 1, so that looks like we have a few more to look forward to seeing. The video is  Read More →

New softroot allows users to hack their Nook in minutes.  Read More →

Now that the nook softroot is out, I’d like to take a moment to explain the structure of the updates, the nook bootup process in general, and how the softroot came about. The “softroot” that was released is simply an unsigned update file that copies a custom init.rc to the device that enables adb (only over  Read More →

It's Christmas time and that means one thing… buying stuff. Alright, alright, we also like the family and the friends and the food and all the good stuff too, but that's coming at the end of the…  Read More →

New Post UI in Blogaway Having recently started a blog over at Blogger and being a new Android owner, I wondered if maintaining it from my mobile was possible. After a few searches I found an application that seemed to fit my needs. Blogaway met and has so far exceeded the ability to interact with my Blogger sites. Sure you have the ability to email posts and pictures to your blog and you can interact with it using the onboard browser but what... 

The Barnes & Noble “Nook” ereader has been rooted. On Sunday night, the team of modders at NookDevs.com announced that they had discovered a DNS hack, followed by a teardown of the physical device to gain more information about how the Nook operates. After discovering that the Nook OS is run from the SD card,  Read More →

Live streaming on your Android is now a little nicer thanks to the team behind the Qik app. The app, which was originally released a few weeks back as a private beta is now available in the Market for anyone who wants to share what they are doing with the world. The most recent update  Read More →