

Oddly, the 16GB version gives you 12 GB for Nook Store content and a measly 1 GB for your own use. The 8GB version offers 5 GB for personal space, and 1 GB is reserved for Nook Store content. This might come in handy - While the Nook Tablet boasts 8 or 16 GB of storage, there's limited space for personal stuff. There's also a MicroSD memory card slot, which competition like the Kindle lacks. Physical volume buttons (along with a microphone and headphone jack) let you adjust the sound level. Press the "Nook button" at the bottom of the screen to access a kind of contents page and slide a touch-screen icon to unlock the Tablet. The Tablet's layout is also very adaptable to reading.
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So, cleverly, they offer free WiFi in every Barnes & Noble location, allowing Nook users to download and read books for free (for up to one hour a day and only certain titles). However, Barnes & Noble realizes that while it's great to have a customer buy an e-book to read directly on their Nook, getting them into their stores to pick up an impulse paperback is even better. With no 3G or 4G, the tablet has a lower price point, avoiding costly carrier data plans. The Nook, like the Kindle Fire, is only WiFi-capable. What exactly does a Nook Tablet offer, and how does it compare to other tablets and e-readers on the market? Let's find out. That means it has to compete not just to be a great medium for reading "Moby Dick" but also one for playing Words with Friends, streaming Netflix and checking your e-mail. It also probably has a somewhat nervous eye on the iPad, and for good reason: In 2011, Amazon and Barnes & Noble sold a combined 7.5 million tablets, while Apple's iPad sold a whopping 40.4 million units. Unlike a traditional e-reader, the Nook Tablet wants to be more than just your digital bookshelf.

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The Tablet promises a full selection of the 2.5 million titles Barnes & Noble has in store and an easy way to get at them. This was all fine and good until the Apple iPad came along, when suddenly competition to up the tech ante became fast and furious.Įnter the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet, launched in November 2011. A year later, the Nook Color debuted, with WiFi capability and a sharp color display. launched the Nook, a standard E ink display that operated on an Android system and allowed direct download and even sharing of Barnes & Noble books.
