Alex e-reader rooted, five users overwhelmed with joy
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted April 26th 2010 10:53AM
posted April 26th 2010 10:53AM
Well, it was only a matter of time before the Alex e-reader got it's Android sportin' self hacked, right? According to e-reader enthusiast (and oddly named pirate) Bluebrain, this is exactly what he did over the weekend! You're psyched, right? Want to see pics? Get instructions? Try it out for yourself? What else are you going to do on a Monday morning -- work? Hit that source link to get started.
Update: Bluebrain sent us a brand-new direct download for the zip file, with 100 percent less irksome advertising. Check it out!
Update: Bluebrain sent us a brand-new direct download for the zip file, with 100 percent less irksome advertising. Check it out!
And it took how long for the iphone to get android?
@BubblegumBalloon
Apologist fail.
@BubblegumBalloon
Say what? This device ships with Android.
@xsacha
sorry my bad, I thought android was hacked onto this thing >.
@BubblegumBalloon hes right, it is. Gosh, you guys obviously don't keep up with engadget posts :P
LOL @ the official post-it note. :)
Who the fuck rooted me?
@Alexicov
the big hairy guy standing behind you...
@Alexicov : Would you like to grant it permission to run privileged commands? :)
5? Sales were up this month!
@admlshake
i think engadget it doing what some trolls do: I see how trolls insult a product by saying that all the 10 people who bought it are overjoyed... unless they submit proof that 5 people bought it, i say that Engadget is Trolling
"Bluebrain" is in reference to the IBM supercomputer-powered molecular brain simulator which gained recursive feedback activation (a sign of consciousness) several years ago.
I.e., the hacker's name is a misguided delusion of grandeur, considering the bluebrain is an incomplete simulation of a real brain... but it does represent the pinnacle of silicon computing power.
@James Sonne
Or, it could just be because he watches lots of porn.
@d00b
Oh crap! That is so freakin' clever! How long did it take you to think of that one?! I don't know how you manage to pull that association out of thin air like that. You must be like a freakin' genius. We should give you Rorschatz ink blot tests just to marvel at your brilliant and entirely unique free-association abilities. Bravo! I say, Bravo! *clap, clap ... clap*
@James Sonne
lighten up..?
@James Sonne
being even tempered: fail.
being bipolar: win.
Sorry, it sounded more jovial in my head. Didn't mean it to be quite that aggressive sounding.
@James Sonne Uhhhh ok
Paper again?
TIMESTAMP.
Why would I want to root an e-reader?
To put Sense UI on it, duh!