How to Turn Your Nook Color into an Android Tablet

Adding Android to your Nook Color can be as simple as inserting a micro SD card into the device.

N2A uses a modification of Android called CyanogenMod to bring Android to the Nook Color in a way that works for the device.

When you boot up, what you'll see on the Nook Color is full-fledged Android 2.3, with lots of pre-installed apps.

This screen might make you think something's wrong, but all is well; this is how you choose which operating system you want to use.

One of the advantages of the N2A Card is that it lets you install other ebook reader apps, like the Kindle app from Amazon.

ClockworkMod lets you install and restore various modifications to Android, and though it looks complicated it's a simple way to manage the nooting process.

From the beginning of the nooting processing, you'll notice that not everything is changed. Things are just improved.

Once you've nooted your Nook Color, you won't be able to undo it without a full factory reset of the device, so proceed carefully.

Nooting leaves a lot of the look and feel of the Nook Color alone, just adding some useful Android features and access to all Android apps.

The Nook Color Library, Menu, and Settings screens aren't changed at all. Nooting fixes what's missing, and leaves the rest.

Adding Honeycomb to your Nook Color is a simple process, but it's not yet a very good experience. Once Google open-sources the software, though, that should change fast.