[Nook Color General] EugeneKay:
Disclaimer:

I have spoken with Cyanogen, and he has said that he will give the Nook Color a go. However, there is NO GUARANTEE OR TIMETABLE for a CM release on the Nook Color.

The Concept of Donating

It is my opinion that the best way to get CM onto the nook(and tablets in general) is to get Nook Colors sent out to the CM crew members who are interested in the device. So far, a total of 5 of these great devices have been put into the hands of devs, and I would like to continue the trend.

Please note that there are MANY problems with making CM into a tablet OS - the biggest of these(per cyanogen) is that the Android UI was designed for much smaller screens. Getting Nooks into the hands of people doing Android development work is great incentive for them to make it better. So, please just have faith in the CM crew. Anybody who has a CM-supported phone should be able to tell you how good their take on Android is, and I feel that CM is our best bet for a truly awesome Android experience.

Contribute with your Wallet

If you're interested in donating towards buying the CM crew some Nook Colors, there are to options to contribute. The easiest, and the one I would prefer, is for you to PayPal your donations(marked as a Gift) directly to eugene@kashpureff.org. If you are unable or unwilling to use PayPal, using a money order(made out in US $) is also possible. Please PM me and I will send you my mailing address, etc.

I will ultimately be handling the purchasing, decision-making on recipients, and shipping of these devices. Please remember, any donations are just that - donations. There are NO guarantees or strings attached. You're gonna have to have good faith.

If you have any concerns about donating via me, please know that I am not out to screw you, I will have absolute accounting transparency with your donations, and I will speak personally with anybody who asks. rhcp has done this shtick before with the G2(here), and he can vouch for me 100% on this. If you have any doubts, please feel free to email(eugene@kashpureff.org) or twitter(@eugenekay) me and I will contact you as soon as I am able.

Spread the Word:

Do you want this to happen? I do! We have 5 Nooks sent out, but the more. the merrier! So, if you know somebody who has a Nook Color, and wants it to be better, show them this thread, tweet the shortlink( http://s.eugenekay.com/tkbxt ), or just give 'em a stern talking-to!

Donation Total: $1541.70

Donations made without a note are listed by "First Name". Names beginning with @ are via Twitter. If you've donated but are not listed, shoot me a PM with your email and I'll change it to your XDA nick.

msid: $75

KryptoNyte39: $75

EugeneKay: $50(at a minimum...)

Bhorocks: $50

bluespire: $50

rogerdugans: $50

nemith: $50

"Daniel": $50

@spinningfrog: $35

sethml: $33

"Marck": €25 = $31.70

slatonyam: $30

deitiphobia: $30

maz57: $30

coolhand1977: $30

"Daniel": $30

sin7: $25

Norkoastal: $25

Mark-7: $25

Ophbalance: $25

BertoJG: $25

winslow: $25

rboatright: $25

m0sim: $25

Tom S: $25

"Nelson": $25

"Jeff": $25

"Pete": $25

rhcp0112345: $20

MiloCP: $20

califrag: $20

Pokey9000: $20

ThePettyTyrant: $20

sapienta: $20

bighead21: $20

xwint3rxmut3x: $20

Bimboy: $20

kevkranker: $20

Geezer Squid: $20

iamfortran: $20

Devis: $20

ChaOConnor: $20

Parf2700: $20

RunHopSkipJump: $20

"Malcolm": $20

"Steven": $20

"Bryan": $20

feisty_noodle: $15

nrune: $15

@ka6sox: $15

dhoshman: $12

Candre23: $10

gripworks: $10

tech_head: $10

Xhorder: $10

donballz: $10

momohammed20: $10

"Angus" $10

"Patrick": $10

"Robert": $10

Toranova: $5

datterboy: $5

"Joe": $5

Devices Purchased: 5

NuroSlam: $273.24

koush: $272.66

TheDudesAndroid: $274.36

cvpcs: $275.00

kmobs: $269.54

Funds level: $176.90

Update: Please mark your donations as a Gift - I will not be accepting anything sent as a Payment. There are two major reasons behind this: 1) PayPal takes a non-refundable 30c fee(even if I use the Refund button) on every transaction plus 2.9% of the total, and 2) I am not comfortable being "on the hook" for the amount of these donations if somebody were to file a dispute on them(it has happened to me in the past).

Update: The first Nook has been purchased! The lucky recipient is @NuroSlam(via Twitter). He is not a member of the CM team per se, but he has a lot of experience in working with Android, CyanogenMod, and integrated linux systems.

Update: The second Nook has been purchased! This one goes to koush, in the interests of getting Clockwork Recovery ported, which will make flashing .zips to replace the whole system in one go easy.

Update: The third Nook is ordered! Benji, aka TheDudesAndroid, will be picking it up tomorrow. Koush and BertoJG have been making good progress on Recovery, so he may be able to jump right into CM6(or 7?) and get us a Recovery-flashable build relatively quickly. Here's to hoping!

Update: Two more CyanogenMod team members, kmobs and cvpcs, have elected to help with the ongoing Nook Color efforts. They picked up their respective nooks over the weekend. I leave status updates to them, but the standard Cyanogenmod ETA still applies: "when it's ready".