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Old 12-06-2011, 06:54 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Cheddartrek View Post
Sounds more like he's asking what you can do with an eInk reader if you root it -- which I'd also like to know -- and which one of them is the best.
Rooting a (Android) Reader allows you to install Android apps on it. For e-ink readers that means you can choose which App you want to read your books in, mostly. E-ink just isn't fast enough for most other things. There may be some other usefull things like a calendar, e-mail app, dropbox, ... (which apps actually work depends on the device) but you're not going to turn a reader into a tablet by rooting it.

As to which one is the best, I think the Nook Simple Touch is the e-ink reader where rooting works best right now. The other Android e-ink reader (Sony PRS-T1) is still fairly new and doesn't offer much space for apps without resizing the System partition.
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