[Q] Possible enhancements(hacking) of NT vs. KF

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Hi All,
I know, there are many threads about KF vs NT, sorry for another one, I just haven't found my answer yet about following.

I'm visiting US and plan to buy a souvenir - either Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet. I lean towards NT slightly - because of the SD slot and RAM. I'm worried about locked bootloader however.
I would like to use the tablet for video playback, surfing the web, playing some games.

I'd like to have there ICS/CM9 one day. And that's the question. We have seen big progress in NT hacking recently, but it's definitely behind the state of KF development (of course thanks to B&N obstacles).

Is it only a matter of time and effort till NT gets working ICS (capable of reasonably smooth performance including video playback, etc.), or is it still a mystery, whether we ever get there? How big is the risk of ending with devs giving up due to some B&N obstacle?

Thanks for your opinions/knowledge, I'm scratching my head for 1,5 months already :)

Aleq

Based on what we're seeing with CM7 I don't see any impossible hurdles for CM9. It's just a lot more work and a much less mature project. I'd say NT is a no brainer over KF.

Cool, Nook Tablet with only 8GB of storage was introduces for $50 less, $199 total. It keeps the SD slot so I'd say that's a great deal.

I just hope no new bootloader (with new hacking countermeasures) comes with it or it gets cracked soon.

UPDATE: Too bad, the RAM has been cut from 1GB to 512MB :(

I am a amazon prime member/amazon fanboy try to buy everything there and was really excited in the summer when I heard amazon was making their own line of tablets.

Then it was finally announced and I was like wtf seriously... 8gb or storage and no sd card slot plus the dreaded power button and no volume control buttons. I was massively disappointed and planned to wait till they updated the kindle but since the NT was on sale for 200 I bought it and couldn't be happier for my needs. Before I was using a coby tablet with lower res screen and no development since no firmware is public.


KF seems useless until updated with sd card/moved power button

Originally Posted by Aleq

Hi All,

I'd like to have there ICS/CM9 one day. And that's the question. We have seen big progress in NT hacking recently, but it's definitely behind the state of KF development (of course thanks to B&N obstacles).

Aleq

I am really interesting in this problem too, NT hardware is much better but software development it’s far behind than KF.

What B&N obstacles are you taking about?

Judging by the youtube videos I have seen, CM9 is coming along nicely. I think once a 3.0+ working kernel is working, it will only be a matter of time.

The obstacles with the NT are B&N's bootloader being locked down and continuously changing. That keeps holding up development as new fixes are constantly being needed to progress further. Now, it seems, with the introduction of the 8GB version, it seems to be stalling a bit again while current progress is ported over to that build as well. I may be wrong on that, but that's the way it seems to me.

So I bought Nook Tablet and I'm loving it. Best souvenir from vacation ever :)

Running so far only rooted stock 1.4.2 + Android Market. Looking at CM7, looking forward to CM9.

Originally Posted by nexuslm

What B&N obstacles are you taking about?

Locked bootloader, new firmwares removing root and preventing old rooting methods.


Sent from my BNTV250 using XDA

The only thing I disliked about my Nook is the fact that the B&N store is useless outside the States.

So using CM7 is pretty much obligatory for me.

That's true, but partly the same applies to Amazon Store - foreigners are not allowed to make purchases there.

Hacking - root + Market (Play, eh.) or CM7 / CM9 (it's coming!) was always the main reason for me to get one. I wouldn't be buying either of two, if it would be locked to stock forever