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Nook Tablet and kindle Fire

Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 by Arman Zulhajar


The Nook Tablet is a better-looking device and has a few notable features the Fire lacks, such as a microphone and physical buttons, but it's not worth the $50 premium you'd pay over the $200 Fire.
Nook Tablet and kindle Fire
The Tablet looks a lot like its predecessor, the Nook Color. I liked that it was more than an e-reader; because it ran a version of Android and could run applications, it was essentially a low-cost tablet. Behind the scenes, though, lurks tablet titleholder Apple, which has to take notice of this week's activities.
The Tablet and the Fire have a lot in common. the Tablet has a seven-inch screen. Like the Fire, it runs a heavily customized version of Google's (GOOG) Android operating system.
The Tablet has text links that direct you to particular types of content, including books, periodicals, movies and music.
The Tablet also has rounded edges and a thinner case than the Fire, giving it a better feel in the hand than the blocky Fire.

In the other is Barnes & Noble, which despite its own online presence and lineup of e-readers is best known for its physical bookstores. Users see thumbnails of recently accessed books along with a link to Barnes & Noble's store, where they can purchase more

There may be no bigger slugfest than what is taking place this week in 7-inch touch-screen tablets as the Kindle Fire from Amazon goes toe-to-toe with the Nook Tablet from Barnes & Noble. That shortcoming wouldn't be as big a deal if Barnes & Noble offered an extensive selection of applications from other vendors. But it doesn't.

That's too bad, because the Tablet severely limits the amount of space you have available to store your own music or other digital content, should you want to transfer some over from your PC.

The Tablet's not a bad device. It's a well-built, relatively low-cost device that's much more user-friendly than many other similarly priced Android tablets.


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