Does Ubuntu and Android come preloaded? If not do you have to boot from an SD, or can it be booted onboard memory?
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I don't think it comes preloaded...mine did not have an SD Card. Different vendors offer Variations, power cords, sd cards, etc. even the different vendors on Amazon MAY be different. Don't be surprised by low prices as most only include the board. READ THE DESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY and don't assume anything. As I tell others always consider what accessories are needed for the board to operate in your project. Do you have usb cables or sd cards laying around that you can use...if not factor that in. As far as the OS itself it wil run from the sd card and there are some good tutorials on where to get and load OS. I personally like vendor linksprite...feel feel to contact vendor ahead before ordering. I don't think it comes preloaded...mine did not have an SD Card. Different vendors offer Variations, power cords, sd cards, etc. even the different vendors on Amazon MAY be different. Don't be surprised by low prices as most only include the board. READ THE DESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY and don't assume anything. As I tell others always consider what accessories are needed for the board to operate in your project. Do you have usb cables or sd cards laying around that you can use...if not factor that in. As far as the OS itself it wil run from the sd card and there are some good tutorials on where... » Read More I don't think it comes preloaded...mine did not have an SD Card. Different vendors offer Variations, power cords, sd cards, etc. even the different vendors on Amazon MAY be different. Don't be surprised by low prices as most only include the board. READ THE DESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY and don't assume anything. As I tell others always consider what accessories are needed for the board to operate in your project. Do you have usb cables or sd cards laying around that you can use...if not factor that in. As far as the OS itself it wil run from the sd card and there are some good tutorials on where to get and load OS. I personally like vendor linksprite...feel feel to contact vendor ahead before ordering. « Show Less
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It appears to me as a hack of ubuntu lxde. The the bad side: the menus are not complete or correct, chromium performs poorly, if does not appear to play video, and it is a derivation rather than a release from ubuntu. On the good side: I was able to install and run scilab and spyder. My bitscope and it's software works ok with it. It ha a SATA port so I figure I will load ubuntu or fedora on it and use it as a data logger.
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The Ubuntu come perloaded for mine. It can boot both from SD and onboard nand.
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Lubuntu came loaded on mine. I put in a microsd chip in the thought I would have to put a distro on it-but it turns out when you turn it on for the first time it sets up the system for you from some small internal nand memory (I'm not sure if it would have worked without the extra nand space, but my guess is you could try it if you need to). Good luck!
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yes...this is an excellent computer. I went so far as to replace the OS with linux and downloaded a ton of music, videos, & apps & updated as required....just looked at the previous response, suggest installing Xubuntu instead of Ubuntu due to slim resources on this unit.
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To the best of my knowledge (i.e. I looked at my tablet) that is on board memory - NOT the SD card. It's a great tablet, I really really like it and I really have had no problems so far (4 months in).
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Yes, Micro SD. I have a 32GB card, which is what I believe the stock OS can handle (I'm running a custom ROM)
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about 6gb of the total capacity is used for the OS and other apps, the rest is free space. source: I own one.
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It came with Gotham, linux base. It is fast, but still in the beta phase. Had I known this, I would not had bought it. I decided to remove the software and install Windows.
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The one I got had a version of ubuntu called Zorin which works very well in my opinion. I believe it has an SD slot but don't have the computer with me at present.
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No it`s not pre installed but can be downloaded from the Google playstore which is pre-installed.
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Yes it is a boot to android card with storage also, I believe the android part is around 4gb through a partition. I have the 16gb card and have tons of games music and videos on mine. Check out AndroidForNook. Com for all your answers and be sure and register so you can research through the forums.
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thank you!!!! also did you buy extra memory for it? was it hard to install it?
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You can check on their website, but I haven't found anything yet. It sounds like it'll be better to root the unit and add roms to improve performance. I'm still looking into that though. There's not a lot of info about this company or their products anywhere.
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I believe that info is a typo, it does not have rpm's, it's a Solid State Disk, the speed is very good, as long as what you are running is ARM compatabile. the ubuntu distro that comes with it is acceptable when run in Gnome Fallback, less so in Unity. Android runs great, but is a pain the ass to Root.
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Yes, but I am having problems with it freezing on start-up.: memory card saying it's full, but there are no images to display. There is a firmware update and it's only compatible with Windows.
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Wi-Fi is built in Usb Is on board 2.0. You need to put an android build on the Sdcard to boot from.BUT The android is lacking on this board and If your not real proficient with Linux I would stay away from this board. Very little support.I sold mine after months of frustration. I got it for the Android option but Android is only partly done and in need of much more work to be useful.
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16 GB. Internal. Storage. 12 GB to instal. Aplications and 4GB of cpu. Use..... Memory Rom RAM. Contacts etc etc
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I talked my sister through installing Linux Mint (a branch of Ubuntu) onto hers. She loves it. We used the 64 bit version and upgraded the memory to the entire 16 GB that it holds.
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It took less than 5 minutes to root (and that was mostly "burning" the bootable image to the SD card). There are NO disadvantages. If you ever have a problem, it's quite easy to return the Nook Color to factory conditions (and therefor in-warranty status). A rooted Nook Color is just as fast as any other tablet running an 800 Mhz ARM processor, faster if you overclock it (though this is a bit more technically advanced than just rooting it). It'll safely overclock to 1 Ghz, and many report successfully OCing it to 1.1 Ghz. XDA-Developers has the latest news on all the rooted versions, and the other versions of Android you can install (you can run Froyo or Honeycomb from SD card, and not even mess with your stock setup. Slight tradeoff in speed, but doesn't void your warranty). As long as you back up your system, an autoupdate won't bother you. You can also turn off autoupdating (though it's not as simple as clicking on a "don't autoupdate" box). Plain and simple, while the Nook Color is a very nice E-reader, it's a FANTASTIC Android tablet. I'm running Zeam as my launcher, I'm using an animated wallpaper, I'm playing Gameboy Advanced games on it, I've got my contacts and calendar synced with Gmail and Outlook, I've even tethered it to my phone's wifi for internet service where there's no wifi available.