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Originally Posted by gardenstate
If the new Sony reader could be "rooted" for the Android OS,
-could it allow access to all or just specific apps that are available?
-it's advantage over the current crop of tablets would be long battery life through the use of grayscale eink and wi-fi?
Any other advantages/disadvantages?
thanks.
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Basically the main benefit is that you can install a bunch of other ereading apps like Kindle, Nook, Aldiko, etc. Plus any other apps that don't require a lot animations or screen refreshes like note apps, news apps like Google Reader, web browsers, some games. I've gotten a bunch different
apps to work on my rooted Nook Touch. But it doesn't have multi-touch or audio support. I'm hoping that the new Sony runs Android 2.1 or higher like the Nook so it would be even better. For one, Aldiko needs pinch-to-zoom to work for PDFs. Plus the new Sony has the extra hardware buttons that will come in handy too.