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.
People are asking two questions about the Nook Tablet: Is it
better than the Kindle
Fire? And is it worth $50 more? They're tough questions to answer, if only
because it depends on how much of an Amazon or Barnes & Noble person you
are and whether you prefer a simple black slate to the more refined, stylized
look of the Nook Tablet (some people don't like the little loop in the bottom
left corner that covers the memory card slot, for instance, whereas others
think it's a nice distinguishing factor).
Personally, I give the nod to the Nook Tablet in both the
design and specs department. But I must say that I like the Fire's interface
and, as an Amazon Prime member and frequent Amazon shopper, when I got my Fire
review sample I was able to log into my Amazon account and jump right into the
services integrated into that device, including the instant video streaming. (A
Prime membership costs $79 per year.) I'd also previously downloaded a number
of apps from Amazon's Appstore for Android, and they were sitting there waiting
to be re-installed as soon as I turned the Fire on and logged into my Amazon
account.
Like the Fire, the Nook Tablet is running a highly
"skinned" version of Android, but the device on a whole feels a
little more open. True, unless you "root" the Tablet, you're still
dealing with Barnes & Noble's customized, walled-garden interface, but
having the expansion memory slot (and more internal memory--16GB vs. the Fire's
8GB) to add and store content instead of moving it on and off the cloud, is
appealing--at least to me. And though the Tablet measures slightly bigger than
the Fire (they weigh about the same), the Nook Tablet does feel a little better
in your hand, largely because the border around the screen has a textured
finish whereas the Fire has a glossy, translucent plastic border.
source: http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/barnes-noble-nook-tablet/4505-3126_7-35059751.htmlhttp://www.buyetail.com
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