This reminds me of those cheap ‘Internet Appliances’ that Fry’s used to sell that the company sold for a loss and hoped to make up for it in subscription revenue. People figured out how to run linux on them and get a low cost PC out of the deal. This seems a far cooler though, as the device itself comes with free wireless cellular internet!! I may have to pick one of these up…
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/nook-torn-open-hacked-and-rooted/