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Not running perfectly, but a person named @deeper-blue has posted photos and video, put below, of Android 3.0 or Honeycomb running on a Nook Color.

According to @deeper-blue although he has enabled touch screen support; but the experience is still quite slow. He plans to enable graphics acceleration next, to speed up the interface significantly.

Check out the video:

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Android 3.0 or HoneyComb , e readers , Tablets

Nook Color running Android 3.0 or HoneyComb

Anil Singh Sunday, January 30, 2011

We are told many times that Kindle is Amazon’s best-selling product in the 15 years the online retailer has been in business. But now Barnes & Noble is making a similar proclaimation for its Nook e-Reader. Barnes & Noble says the Nook electronic reader is its best-selling item in the bookseller's nearly 40-year history.

Both devices are available for less than $150 and target mostly avid readers who prefer to carry their books and periodicals in a single, lightweight device.

For a device to get a dedicated e-reader tag, it should use use E Ink's monochromatic digital paper display (that’s an assumption held by avid book readers), which is easier on a reader's eyes because it does not use a backlight like a laptop's LCD color display. B&N introduced an LCD-based Nook in October this year to add color capabilities and to differentiate the product from Amazon's Kindle.

Additional proclaimation by B&N is that the color Nook was its best-selling gift of the holiday season. ---------

Announcements , e readers

B&N announces: Nook Top Selling Product Ever

Anil Singh Friday, December 31, 2010

As soon as Barnes & Noble released the Android-powered Nook Color, it was expected that some sharp people would surely want to see how a Nook Color looks and works when hacked to run the Kindle app.

And the moment has come. Nook color has been rooted (the act of accessing those previlges which the manufacturer reserves to itself) to run Kindle for Android App. Here are the step-by-step rooting instructions.

Benefits: one can download Kindle books on Nook color and have both eBook stores available to you on a single device. Rooting the device also enables it for the Android Market.

Caution is advised: The rooted Nook Color firmware is less than perfect, requiring a reboot now and again, but it's fairly stable (certain apps such as the Kobo Reader for Android don't always run properly). And as Nook Color is a $250 device, act on your own risk. ---------

e readers , Hacks

What a Nook Color running Kindle be called ?...Kindle

Anil Singh Thursday, December 30, 2010

Focusing on eBooks rather than E-reader seems to be paying for Amazon. According to Bloomberg, quoting anonymous sources, Amazon will probably sell more than 8 million Kindle e-readers this year, compared with about 2.4 million last year. A 233 percent growth compared to 2009. ---------

e readers , Kindle , Numbers

Number of Kindles expected to sell in 2010

Anil Singh Wednesday, December 22, 2010

According to CNET, Amazon plans to demo a Kindle Web app today, that will help it to play catch-up with Google's new e-book effort.

An Amazon spokeswoman reportedly confirmed the demonstration in an e-mail to ComputerWorld, saying that the new Kindle Web app would "enable users to read full books in the browser (Google's yesterday launched ebookstore has this feature) and enables any Website to become a bookstore offering Kindle books."

The new Kindle Web app looks similar to Amazon's "Look Inside" feature, which allows prospective buyers to read the first few pages of a book they are contemplating buying online, but the similarity only ends there.First Look was a feature to encourage sales; while Kindle Web app will allow book lovers to read the entire book bought in the browser. Obviously, while First Look maintains the formatting of the printed page, "Kindle Web" app will allow users to change the font size and format, that’s much control on the appearance of a page. ---------

Announcements , e readers

Amazon to unveil Kindle Web app Today

Anil Singh Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Google has launched its Google ebookstore, complete with an e-reader app for Android. Google has launched an iOS version of the app too (for Apple’s mobile devices).

At the launch, the store has more than three million titles – including public domain classics and brand new bestsellers.

Key features:

1) provides option to read full e-books right within the browser. Google's e-books are compatible with any Javascript-enabled browser.

2)Google eBooks can be read on the go through dedicated mobile apps for Apple's iDevices and Android phones as well as the Sony eReader and Barnes & Noble Nook.

3)An autosync feature lets people read books on one device and then pick up where they left off on another device.

Those who don’t have an Android 2.1+ or iOS device can use Google’s ebooks Web Reader for cloud-based e-reading in the browser. The Google eBookstore will initially be available in the US only. ---------

Android OS , Announcements , Apple , e readers , e-books , Google , Tech24hours US

Google eBookStore launched with new e reader apps for Android and iOS

Anil Singh Tuesday, December 7, 2010

According to latest figures from ChangeWave, a research company,

Amazon’s Kindle is losing on the e-reader market share with record 15 points lower share now; compared to last quarter (August 2010 to be precise). Most of Amazon’s share went to Apple inc’s iPad, with shares up 16 points. But Amazon’s Kindle still holds the top spot with 47 percent against iPad with 32 percent.

Other e-readers like Nook and Sony Reader claimed the succeeding slots. Nook got 4, while Sony got 5 percent market shares. ---------

e readers , Market share , Tablets

US tablet market NOW compared to Jul-Sep 2010 Quarter

Anil Singh Friday, December 3, 2010