That grainy black and white picture to the left is the first glimpse at the new Nook Tablet that Barnes and Noble is going to unveil on November 7th. It looks just like the Nook Color, but it comes with substantial upgrades. Some of the shiny new features include a dual-core processor, 16GB of onboard […]
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Nook Color Getting $199 Price, Hulu Plus, and More Streaming Music
Amid a whirlwind of leaked documents, it looks like Barnes and Noble intends to keep selling the Nook Color even though they are releasing a new Nook Tablet on November 16th. The Nook Color will be getting a $50 price drop down to $199, making it the same price as the Kobo Vox and Kindle […]
$99 Nook Touch Incoming, Plus Firmware Update to Add Multi-touch and other Features
Next week’s big Nook announcement has come early thanks to some leaked documents. Aside from the Nook Color getting Hulu Plus and the unveiling of the new Nook Tablet, the Nook Touch is getting a price drop down to $99 and a couple of new features to boot. That’s $40 less than the Nook Touch […]
Angry Birds and Other Games Do Work on the Nook Touch, Kind of
Hacking the Sony PRS-T1 and experimenting with installing various Android apps has gotten me curious about trying different things on the Nook Touch all over again since it works a lot better rooted than the Sony does at this point. A lot of it has to do with the way each device refreshes. The Sony […]
Nook Touch: Testing Animation Speed with Live Wallpapers (Video)
A few days ago I tried installing a video game on my rooted Nook Touch. The game didn’t play right but the speed of the animation was surprisingly fast. So I decided to try some different apps to see just how fast the animation can be on the Nook Touch. I figured live wallpapers were […]
Nook Color 2 Incoming? B&N Doubling Size of Nook Boutiques
Barnes and Noble is starting to send out hints that they are getting set to release a new Nook, and since they already released a new E Ink device the year, the Nook Touch, that means the time is drawing near to upgrade the Nook Color. The Wall Street Journal posted an article and video […]
How Does Amazon Sell the Nook Color for Less Than B&N?
I noticed this a while back and it continues to this day. The Nook Color typically sells for less from Amazon.com than it does from Barnes and Noble. How does that make any sense? It’s not Amazon selling them directly, it’s through partners in their marketplace, so let’s get that bit of information out of […]
Nook Touch vs Sony Reader PRS-T1 (Video)
This Nook Touch vs Sony PRS-T1 comparison review outlines the differences and similarities between two of the top ebook readers on the market. Both are a lot alike in many ways, but each one offers features the other does not. First let’s start with a video review comparing them and then move on to what […]