The Fate of the Nook Color, Post Fire [ICS]

Ahead of the release of the Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet (NT), we had the Nook Color, it was the go to tablet for developers who were on a budget.   Why had it received such consideration from so numerous in the advancement neighborhood? Properly the reasons are basic. For the price, it had a excellent display and also had sound construct quality. Numerous other tablets at that price tag could not hold a candle to the Nook Color on these terms.

Fast forward to nowadays, and we ask what does this suggest to the present owners of the Nook Color? While it could nonetheless be receiving attention from Barnes and Nobles in regards of updates, is the advancement community even now displaying the very same interest in the Nook Colour nowadays? From the investigation I have completed the answer is yes. It looks a lot of have held on to their Nook Colors in hopes of obtaining ICS on their gadget sometime in the future.

It looks a few main contributors in XDA’s development forum are operating difficult at finding ICS on the Colour. Some of the folks challenging at perform to get ICS up and running contain fattire and dalingrin, they have covered some major ground but considerably even now has to be performed. From my time browsing the forums it appears like it still is going to be a uphill battle to get the Nook Colour running smooth with ICS. So in which are we standing right now with the Nook Color?

Here’s what’s functioning:

• bluetooth (pairing/file transfer only confirmed)
• WiFi (complete it would seem but it is brand-new to the kernel so who understands how stable anything at all is)
• backlight
• accelerometer
• enhanced stability (but not best)
• gapps
• setcpu/overclock
• true data usage data (not stubbed out)
• battery ranges/charging
• physical menu button
• touchscreen
• 3d video games
• usb gadget in kernel (ie, mounting your sdcard to your computer)
• screenshots
• build method (to auto-generate update.zips)

For confident not operating nevertheless:

• sound
• video
• total 2d acceleration (esp on complex internet pages)
• and significantly considerably far more

It looks like the ICS construct on the Nook Color is giving some renewed hope to some owners who may have lost interest or hope with their or Nook Color. But with 99 pages and 275k views so far on this current project, it shows no signs of slowing down.

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