Seeing as Nook Simple Touches go for about $20 on ebay and can be rooted to be a pretty basic Android 2.0 tablet, would this be a significantly cheaper and easi

Seeing as Nook Simple Touches go for about $20 on ebay and can be rooted to be a pretty basic Android 2.0 tablet, would this be a significantly cheaper and easier way of achieving the same results or is developing even the most rudimentary of apps for Android 2.0 an absolute nightmare in the modern day.