Barnes & Noble updates Nook Color with multi-media features
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The Nook Color, with its single-core 800MHz TI processor and 512 MB of RAM was originally shipped as a color E-reader, but now seems to be positioned as a value proposition. The Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet is intended to be the “high-end” offering, and comes packing a dual-core CPU and 1 GB of Ram. The Nook Tablet is available for $249, which probably allows Barnes & Noble to avoid selling it for a loss, as Amazon does with their $199 dual-core Kindle Fire.
If you aren’t tied to either retailers ecosystem, the Kindle Fire is still the best deal in terms of what hardware you get for the price, but with this update Barnes & Noble is making a strong case that they will be supporting these products long after the initial marketing luster has worn off. Amazon may show long-term support too, but they simply haven't been in the tablet game long enough to have a track-record, although we reported earlier today that Amazon is prepping a large patch for the Fire that’s expected in the next couple of weeks.
Source: Barnes & Noble via Engadget
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4 Comments
1. kemjus posted on 12 Dec 2011, 14:54 1 0
Nook Tablet is much better then Kindle Fire in my opinion... IPS screen, expandable Memory, longer battery life, double the amount of internal memory, smoother navigation (apparently though Fire just got an update to fix that), and more appealing user interface (given that is just my opinion).
2. kemjus posted on 12 Dec 2011, 14:56 1 0
And the nook tablet has physical volume buttons... So when you are running games that didn't build in volume controls you can still adjust the volume.
3. Treavie posted on 12 Dec 2011, 16:58 0 0
Guys, like your comments, but the article is about the update to the nook color and not the tablet. Personally, I am very excited, as I have been waiting for this update for ages. Love the Nook color and this should make it even better.
Yes, had the nook table been available at the time, I would have purchased it rather then the nook color, due to the better processor, but this is still a great ereader with a lot of functionally and even more so after this update.
4. KingKurogiii posted on 12 Dec 2011, 21:51 0 0
got it this morning on my mom's Nook Color. it's gotten Netflix but not Hulu Plus. o:
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