NOOK Color gets an Ice Cream Sandwich CM9 ROM

As to be expected we are seeing loads and loads of CM9 or Ice Cream Sandwich ROM’s for all types of Android devices. The popular NOOK Color that was highly hackable and enjoyed Honeycomb before many others is taking the same route with Ice Cream Sandwich. Thanks to a few hard working developers over at XDA the NOOK Color is starting to see new life and 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is coming along quite nicely.

Currently this is still very much in the development stages and is a work in progress. Although after seeing some of the screenshots over at the XDA thread it appears to be coming along quite nicely. With many key components all working great and even pulling some features from CM9 this looks to be right on track.

Obviously being a work in progress things are broken and its not perfect but it’s working pretty well for many and has tons of support. Some audio and hardware acceleration problems are a few of the main issues at the moment but looks like most the main functions are working fine. Still being highly in development mode this isn’t probably something users should run for their daily ROM on the Nook but if you’d like a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich this should be loads of fun.

Do take notice that this is not for the casual modder and needs some serious hacking to get up and running so proceed with caution. If you know what you are doing or would like to read all the available information and give this a try yourself head down to the XDA thread below and get started.

XDA NOOK Color ICS link

Device Specifications and Information

Device Info

Device Name : NOOK Color

Manufactuer : Barnes and Noble

Carrier :

Announced Date : October 26, 2010

Release Date : November 19, 2010

Also Known As :

Display

• Screen Size : 7.00 Inch
• Resolution : 1024×600
• Screen Type : VividView Color Touchscreen

Dimension & Weight

• Height : 8.1 Inch
• Width : 5.0 Inch
• Depth : 0.48 Inch
• Weight : 447.9 Grams

Battery & Power

Battery Type:
• Lithium Ion

• Battery Capacity : 4000 mAh
• Talk Time : NA
• Stand By Time : NA

Software

Android OS:
• 2.2.x

Audio Playback:
• AAC
• MP3

Video Playback:
• MPEG-4 (MP4)

Hardware

CPU : Cortex A8

CPU Clock Speed : 800 Mhz

Core : 1

Ram : 512 MB

Internal Storage : 5 GB

Front Facing Camera :

Camera Resolution : MP

External Storage:
• MicroSD

QWERTY :

Cellular Network

Device Connectivity

Wi-Fi:
• 802.11b
• 802.11g
• 802.11n

Location Features:
• Wi-Fi location

FM Radio :

NFC :

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