[Nook Touch Android Development] B3RL1N:
Got my nook on Tuesday and rooted it last night, loving it so far!

First thing I noticed was after a few minutes, yes, minutes, of first use of my unrooted stock nook 2, I start getting artifacts on my screen. A quick restart of the device fixed this. It occurred while I was exploring the hidden browser. People have been talking about this, looks like a software bug. Has nothing to do with root. Haven't seen it again.

Second, when I tried to adb to my nook I had a huge set back, even after I successfully rooted my nook, "adb connect LocalIP#" was giving me "unable to connect." First I thought it was because I was working on a Mac, so I installed the Android SDK on my netbook, same problem. After doing a lot of Googling, I couldn't find an answer, ("adb unable to connect" pulls up a lot of misc answers) but I did find one that hinted at D-Link routers. (Which I have) - I'm also running my WiFi network under WPA2 encryption. So what I did, was wirelessly tether both my nook and my netbook to my HTC EVO over 3G and was able to adb my nook.

So "adb unable to connect" is either a D-Link or WPA2 encryption problem, or both. Anyone with a different brand router running WPA2 want to chime in if they've been able to adb their nook without a problem? Leaving a trail here so if anyone Google's something like what I faced they get my answer. My router is also a DIR-615.

Moving on, Soft Keys is the wonder-app of the nook2. Love it. May end up theming a black icon for us, if anything over the weekend.

I'm running Launcher Pro, but am thinking about switching to ADW, heard someone mention screen rotation, is it an option in ADW? I usually stick with Launcher Pro. Either way, has anyone found a preferable "Rotate Screen" app? An application that serves the single purpose of rotating the screen between Landscape and Portrait.

I'd also like to add that Launcher Pro has a few bugs.

Shortcuts do not work

Dock icons (other than internet) do not work nor can be changed - But you can still change the swipe gesture

Can't change icons either

Working applications I've tested:

Amazon Appstore: Works flawlessly. Have only tested apps that I've downloaded in my history.

Button Savior

Dropbox

Engadget

NookColor Tools

Opera Mini: My life is complete, no bugs. So far... I use Google Reader's mobile website and I LOVE it. All I've ever wanted!

Real Calc

Shredder Chess: Each move causes a screen refresh, but works.

SuperUser

SwitchPro Widget: How did you guys get Bluetooth working? So far, nothing. I heard reported that the nook2 has bluetooth capabilities, but I can't seem to find any trace.

Task Panel: App killer

What hasn't worked?

Plants vs Zombies: :( Can't plant anything. Would of been the perfect game!

Two more things.

There's a music app. Why? No idea. Almost everything else "Android" is removed, there is a gallery and browser app, but everything else is missing as expected. The only thing that's unexpectedly there is a Music app. Maybe left overs from the nook color rom?

Lastly - Battery life. Battery seems to be dropping 2-4x faster than before my nook was unrooted and only running it's default launcher app. More apps starting up in the ram = less battery life. I'm going to use autostarts to try and disable all the garbage running in the background. I'll get to that tonight or tomorrow though. The screen constantly refreshing probably doesn't help either.

Overall? I <3 my Nook!