The good: The Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet is
a full-featured tablet with a vibrant 7-inch touch screen, built-in Wi-Fi, 16GB
of built-in storage, and a microSD expansion slot. In addition to a full slate
of books and magazines, it offers more than a thousand apps through its
integrated (and growing) Nook Store and is optimized for Netflix and Hulu Plus
video playback. The built-in Web browser works well and offers Flash support.
The bottom line: With more storage and a growing app
store, the Nook Tablet is a worthy--albeit slightly more expensive--competitor
to the Kindle Fire.
Nook Tablet key specs:
In many respects, the Nook Tablet is very much the Nook Color 2.0. It's got the same chassis but weighs 14.1 ounces or 1.7 ounces less than the Nook Color, and the 7-inch screen is the same resolution as its predecessor. But--as you'd expect a year later--it gets the aforementioned faster CPU, more memory and storage, and an operating system upgrade.
In many respects, the Nook Tablet is very much the Nook Color 2.0. It's got the same chassis but weighs 14.1 ounces or 1.7 ounces less than the Nook Color, and the 7-inch screen is the same resolution as its predecessor. But--as you'd expect a year later--it gets the aforementioned faster CPU, more memory and storage, and an operating system upgrade.
Screen: 1,024x600-pixel "laminated, no-air"
7-inch IPS LCD (169 dpi, 16 million+ colors)
Weight: 14.1 ounces
Processor: 1GHz dual-core TI Omap 4
Platform: Customized version of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Internal memory: 16GB
MicroSD card expansion slot: up to 32GB cards
Integrated microphone: yes
Battery life: Up to 11.5 hours reading, 9 hours video (with wireless off and PowerSave mode on)
The screen: Though the Nook Tablet has the same 1,024x600-pixel resolution as the Nook Color (and the Kindle Fire), with the new processor and software tweaks have improved the screen-rendering performance so that everything looks a tad better.
Weight: 14.1 ounces
Processor: 1GHz dual-core TI Omap 4
Platform: Customized version of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Internal memory: 16GB
MicroSD card expansion slot: up to 32GB cards
Integrated microphone: yes
Battery life: Up to 11.5 hours reading, 9 hours video (with wireless off and PowerSave mode on)
The screen: Though the Nook Tablet has the same 1,024x600-pixel resolution as the Nook Color (and the Kindle Fire), with the new processor and software tweaks have improved the screen-rendering performance so that everything looks a tad better.
I took a look at the Nook Color and Nook Tablet side by
side, and while I didn't notice a huge difference, the letters on book covers
appeared crisper and images slightly more defined. I also compared two
identical screensavers on both screens and found the screensaver on the Nook
Tablet looked slightly richer.
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