NVIDIA SHIELD open source materials and recovery image available for download

It was last Wednesday the NVIDIA Shield officially hit the ground running, carrying with it a $300 price tag. Our own Rob Jackson put the Shield through the paces, revealing just about everything you would ever want to know about the Android gaming handheld in our full hands-on review. In a nod to the Android modding community, Nvidia was even nice enough to pack the Shield with an open bootloader, opening up the possibility of custom ROMs in the handheld’s future.

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