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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet officially introduced

In an event held today (7 / 11) in New York, Barnes & Noble has added to its product line Nook 7 inch tablet Tablet Nook, update and add new features to the existing equipment.
From today, users can order Nook Tablet for $ 249 USD to own this tablet PC next week. Then Nook Tablet will be available in retail systems such as Best Buy, Staples, Walmart, Target, Office Max, Radio Shack, Fry, PC Richards. ..
Tablet Nook use TI OMAP4 VXL speed 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB internal memory and is expandable to 32 GB, 7 inch screen VividView IPS, demand responsive reading, watching movies and more. Data of this device can also be stored on the Nook Cloud, cloud computing services from Barnes & Noble offers. Nook Tablet ranks as "ultra-light" with a weight of only 400 g.
The battery life of Nook Tablet is very high, up to 9 hours when watching video normal, or 5 hours of Full HD video standard, if only to read, time to use up to 11.5 hours.
Also the presentation, the manufacturer said the new equipment they are deeply integrated video service Netflix, besides the ability to access Pandora, Nook and Nook Newsstand Kids.
On this occasion, Barnes & Noble Nook Color carried off down to 199 USD along with promises to release more updates to more than 100 new features. Simple Touch Nook price is only 139 USD 99 USD compared to before. Also, e-ink screen of this device is also improved, increasing display speed by 25% compared to before, the battery lasts up to two months for each charge.

Comparison between the Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook Fire Tablet

After Amazon announced Kindle Fire in September, Barnes & Noble also has introduced a new Tablet PC Nook table have similar functions but Kindle Fire. So you should choose for my device?
The most notable difference is that the amount of system RAM RAM (1 GB on Nook Tablet with 512 MB on Kindle Fire), storage (16 GB on Nook Tablet compared to 8 GB on Kindle Fire) and includes an expandable memory card slot microSD on Tablet Nook.
With the specification improvements, Nook Tablet also cost more than 50 USD compared to its competitors.
The advantage of the Kindle Fire is their great support from the Amazon warehouse contents, including e-reader, applications, music, games and video. Technology infrastructure of the Amazon cloud is one of the remarkable, providing its product features as Cloud Player and Cloud Drive.
However, Barnes & Noble also seemed to bring no less an option called Prime instead. Users can purchase the contents of the B & N as well as receive technical support from the manufacturer.
In addition, B & N is also working with other content providers, including Netflix and Hulu, to narrow the gap with its rivals.
Comparison between the Kindle and Nook Fire Tablet

Amazon Kindle Fire B & N Nook Tablet
Dimensions 7.5 x 4.7 x 0.45 inch 8.1 x 5 x 0.48 inch
Weight 415 gram 400 gram
Operating System Android Android 2.3.x
Microprocessor Dual-core TI OMAP 4 1 GHz Dual-core TI OMAP 4 1 GHz
RAM 512 MB 1 GB
Memory 8 GB 16 GB
Camera No No
Pin (turn off Wi-Fi) 8 hours 11.5 hours reading, 9 hours of video playback
Type of charging Micro-USB, charging through PC Micro-USB adapter required
3G No No
Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n 802.11 b / g / n
Bluetooth Anonymous No
Screen 7 inch (IPS) 7 inch IPS VividView
Pixel density 169 dpi 169 dpi
Resolution 600 x 1024 pixel 600 x 1024 pixel
Bookstores Amazon Barnes & Noble
Warehouse applications Amazon Barnes & Noble
Book Format Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, MOBI, PRC, DOC, DOCX, Audible. EPUB, PDF, DOC, TXT, DOCM, DOCX
Not supported EPUB, LIT, LRZ / LRX (Sony) LIT, AMZ, LRZ / LRX (Sony)
Video format MP4, Adobe Flash MP4, Adobe Flash
Music formats Non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, WAV Non-DRM AAC, MP3, MP4, AMR, OGG, WAV
Image Format JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP
microSD No There are
Adobe Flash There are There are
Price 199 USD 249 USD