Andre Yoskowitz
30 Nov 2010 1:01
Developer Howard Harte has offered a $1000 reward to the first person who can show him how to root a Google TV device, allowing him to install third-party apps.
The only other catch is that the hack must be available before Google officially adds third-party support.
With the ability to root, Harte will port his Better Terminal Emulator Pro Android app to the Google TV.
Reads the rules:
I will give $1000.00USD to the first person who roots/add third-party app support to Google TV subject to the following rules:
The Google TV device must be hacked before Google officially unveils third-party App development support for the Google TV.
The person must contact me via email and detail the procedure to hack either the Sony NSZ-1 Blue-Ray DVD
Player with Google TV, or the Logitech Revue. I will verify the procedure on one of my devices.
For the Google TV to be considered rooted, the procedure must result in the end-user having the ability to install third-party apps.
The procedure must be applicable to production versions of Google TV devices.
The procedure should be doable using a software-only approach. Partial consideration ($500.00USD) will be given for other methods that involve hardware hacks to the Google TV. A hardware hack is one that involves opening up the Google TV device, including, but not limited to: Reprogramming via JTAG, serial console access, reprogramming FLASH memory chips using a FLASH programmer, etc.
The successful hacker should include a YouTube video of Better Terminal Emulator Pro running on the Google TV.
Payment will be made via PayPal.