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Old 06-25-2010, 12:18 PM   #4
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Location: Bangkok, Thailand
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Originally Posted by Sylver View Post
with v1.4 that has a basic browser and go to page number features, what specific benefits on top of that that you can get from a softroot?
Well..with the softroot, you can add some useful applications, e.g. RSS reader, FBReader, better book library management, etc.

Without softroot, I can't replace the stock fonts with Thai fonts which allow me to read Thai ebook, Thai websites. With softrooted Nook, I can set it up to use my local SIM card for internet access.

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I am curious about what exactly would enhance the reading experience after you softroot the nook
Softroot will not enhance your reading experience; however it gives me more choices to read non-US language ebook/web. You can also sideload your saved webpages into Nook and it will appear in your book list which, when selected, will automatically use softrooted Nookbrowser to view it. In other words, it make your Nook support html documents.

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, and in case it does not work out well, can I revert back to the original official v1.4 firmware?
...absolutely.


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I posted similar questions on other thread and no one seems bother to answer - or nobody seems to know the exact benefits themselves either :-)
.. I hope my reply can give you some ideas why, at least for me, I decided to root my Nook.
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