My tweets

[robotech_master]

• Sat, 12:31: Can publishers win if they dare? http://t.co/etHipTlKwB #TeleRead
• Sat, 13:30: My answer to What was the first book you ever downloaded to your Kindle, Nook, or other e-reading app or device? http://t.co/qT9R9wMOvY
• Sat, 17:01: How to upgrade the #Nook HD to Kit Kat with #Cyanogenmod http://t.co/QNftgRJrv8 #TeleRead #Android
• Sat, 20:00: Two lions having sex interrupt interview about lions having sex http://t.co/46KxQ8f5fY <- Funny. I'm not lion.
• Sun, 01:47: My answer to Is it worth buying a tablet? It seems that by the time I buy one, there is a new one that's many times… http://t.co/AzCP9cFvCb
• Sun, 01:53: My answer to What is the value of getting the Kindle with 3G wireless? http://t.co/q5DKjQ2Gcd
• Sun, 01:59: My answer to Would self-publishing a novel as an eBook affect the likelihood of it getting published in print by a p… http://t.co/9WCiGsyKwJ
• Sun, 02:20: My answer to What are fun things to do in Springfield, MO? http://t.co/xDQG4oEj8a
• Sun, 02:35: My answer to Why does Megatron never get rid of Starscream despite the obvious fact that Starscream is always trying… http://t.co/v5ZQuseDWz
• Sun, 04:30: My answer to In Vernor Vinge's Zones of Thought series, what happens to Sherkaner Underhill after the end of A Deepn… http://t.co/11NeiveIhJ

• Sun, 04:34: My answer to In Vernor Vinge's novels A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky, are Arachna and the archive pl… http://t.co/iGQ9Z6A5Rw
• Sun, 08:25: A fine self-made breakfast. If only I had some orange juice. http://t.co/FALmUkVora
• Sun, 08:57: My answer to What can I learn right now in just 10 minutes that could be useful for the rest of my life? http://t.co/hhMdkCVJVR
• Sun, 11:01: Publishers, Amazon, and competition: Three points of view http://t.co/WJaAtDHawn #TeleRead

Comments

[ninjarat.livejournal.com]

A few of points about the Nook HD and HD+:

-You can't brick them. Not permanently, anyway. You can always boot from a uSD card so no matter what you do to the OS installed on internal storage you can't completely brick one.
-Speaking of card slots, Nooks are among the few Android tablets these days that offer them. And HD/HD+ support SDXC cards; I have a 64GB card in my HD+.
-The official updates from B&N late last year added full Google Play so even if you don't replace the OS you still aren't locked into anyone's walled garden (other than Google's, anyway).
-I'm partial to iamafanof's builds. They're tuned more appropriately for Nook HD/HD+ than the CM nightly builds and they have CM's Privacy Guard enabled: http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2013/12/20/cm11-0-kitkat-android-4-4-2-for-nook-hd-xx-20dec2013/
-You can run B&N's OS from a uSD Card, too: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2330083
-B&N's build quality is much, much better than Google's.

[robotech-master.livejournal.com]

Those are some very interesting points. You should post some of that in the comments on the review itself. I'm aware of the Play Store thing, but was generally unimpressed with NookOS overall.

Just to note, the link you provided for iamafanof is for the HD+, not the HD. The most recent HD build of his I can find goes all the way back to January, well before the most recent CM 11 milestone. If he had a more recent one I'd certainly link it. (Also, given that his most recent build specifically states it is for a "bricked" HD+, I'd say you can apparently "brick" them to some extent. :) )

By "build quality" do you mean the quality of their hardware, or the way they build their OS?

[ninjarat.livejournal.com]

iamafanof's builds are updated through goo.im so even if he doesn't list the most current on his blog there should be updated builds available through the app.

Build quality is the hardware. Nexus 7 is flimsy, and is somewhat notorious for the screens cracking as a result. My 2013 Nexus 7 broke after less than a month. It broke while it was in my PADDED PACK. I wouldn't call the Nooks "tanks" but they're definitely more sturdy than Google's hardware.

[robotech-master.livejournal.com]

What app? Where on goo.im? I'm not clear on how that site works.

[ninjarat.livejournal.com]

http://goo.im/
It's an Android code hosting service.

[robotech-master.livejournal.com]

Right, so where do I find iamafanof's builds on it?

[ninjarat.livejournal.com]

His builds include the GooManager app which does all of the work. You can install GooManager from Google Play.

[robotech-master.livejournal.com]

I happened to find the developer directory (http://goo.im/devs/succulent/hummingbird/cyanogenmod) of the dev who created the Hummingbird image mentioned in his January post. It's still dated January. Yeah...no.

[ninjarat.livejournal.com]

The official ovation builds always had some glitches without his tweaks. I never understood why they weren't rolled into the build process. Maybe the hummingbird builds never did, or haven't since January. Either way, if it works then it works.