From the page:

“The reference to the towel is actually a reference to Towelie, the lovable towel character from South Park.”

I don’t think these guys understand the concept of making a reference, just putting a picture of a character with no connection to your project up on your site doesn’t make a whole lot of sense…

Anyway, it is nice they have gotten it to work without physically tearing apart the device.

okay.. it has WIFI and a touchscreen. specs comparable to a Wii? you cant do much online with a wii. but for almost 300 bucks i dont see why anyone would buy a nook, if you cant hack it. surf the web. so, can you surf the web now, and does it have more RAM than a Wii, so you could watch a full 10 minute youtube video? does it have speakers? i want something with a touch screen and wifi, that doesnt require a 3g plan, because buying 3g is dumb if you just plan to use it on the couch or something, within your wiFi coverage.
i dont know anything about the nook, except that it has a 2gb sd card internal, and it reads books. +wifi. i wish i could hack my samsung impression to add wifi.

@MS3FGX

I think they just chose Towelie as a mascot because he’s a fun-loving character that many people would know about. Towelie, in turn, is the creators of South Park’s reference to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. So, it’s fitting that they would hack the nook to make a potential device that can be made be like the “Guide.”

P.S. “Don’t Panic!”