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Originally Posted by KickYerJunk
This guy is definitely thinking 1.0.1 and not 1.1. I love the inconsistencies of what I've read and what the B&N reps have told me will be available in the 1.1 update. From the above quote I'm not really expecting much really in the way of applications for the NC. But if you ask a rep they make it sound like the Android Marketplace is going to become available (without rooting of course). Pretty sad that the code is there (as we have seen from the rooting capabilities), but we are being held back by B&N so that we can only use what they deem "useful" on our devices.
As far as the Android 2.2 update, I have heard it's another 6 months out.
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B&N isn't allowed to use the android marketplace. Licensing restrictions require stuff that are normally only on cellphones. Camera, no GPS, cellphone radio..etc...stuff the NC doesn't have. The Galaxy tab gets away with pretending to be a giant cellphone (thus the cameras/3g/GPS/etc).
Plus, considering how little of a profit margin they sell the NC on, I'm sure they don't want people buying it and just using the Kindle app.