I got an official response from one of the lead developers on rooting: It’s not supported, and if they root the device, we can’t support any issue they’re having that can’t be reproduced on a non-rooted tablet. Supposedly there’s measures in place to prevent rooting. Also related, I asked about Google maps, and specifically it was mentioned that the entire suite of Google services are unsupported (such as maps, market) on the device, as it’s not certified to use that suite of services.