Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet (8GB) review: Barnes & Noble...
Barnes & Noble produced and marketed the NOOK Tablet, an e-reader and media player.It was supposed to compete with both e-book readers and tablets.[3]
On November 7, Barnes & Noble announced the Nook Tablet 16 GB version, and it became available on November 17 for US$249.On February 21, 2012 Barnes & Noble released the Nook Tablet.Both versions have a 7-inch (18 cm) screen, a microSDHC slot compatible with cards up to 32 gigabytes in size, 8 or 16 gigabytes of internal storage, and a 1 GHz dual-core processor.The 16 and 8 gigabytes models have 512 MB of RAM and the 16 gigabytes model has 11 gigabytes of storage capacity.The Nook tablets were discontinued after the Nook HD and NookHD+ were released.[6]
According to estimates by Forrester Research, 5 million units of the Nook Tablet were sold by the end of October, making it the third best selling tablet after the iPad and Amazon's Fire.[2]
The Nook Color is a design by Yves Béhar.The lower corner of the frame is meant to evoke a turned page.The device has a textured back.[7]
The 16 GB version became available on November 17 for US $249.The internal storage for Barnes & Noble is only 13 gigabytes, with only 1 gigabytes available for non-Barnes and Noble content.Barnes & Noble announced in March of 2012 that users could bring their Nook Tablets into stores for repartitioning to increase the internal storage for side loaded content.Barnes & Noble lowered the price to US$199 to compete with the Amazon Fire.The price was further reduced on November 4, 2012There is a citation needed.
The Nook Tablet was released by Barnes & Noble at a lower price than the Amazon Fire.Barnes & Noble lowered the price to $179 on August 12, 2012 because of the differences between the 16 GB model and the 512 MB RAM and 8 MB internal storage model.The price was reduced to US$159.There is a citation needed.