Yesterday the Nook Color managed to win the People’s Choice Award at the Last Gadget Standing competition at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It was up against some strong competition. The top ten finalists included a dual-screen laptop from Acer, a new chip from Intel, a video camera that shots 3D, the popular […]
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Nook In-Store Exclusive Content for January
If you own any model of Nook ereader you can take it to a Barnes and Noble retail location to access the free exclusive content listed below. As usual, connect to B&N’s free WiFi and tap the “shop” icon to bring up the in-store promotions. Each week the “More in Store” is updated and each […]
B&N Releases Nook Kids iPad App, Adds 100+ New Nook Kids Books
One of Barnes and Noble’s newest additions to their ebookstore is called NOOK kids, a collection of interactive ebooks for children. Until now they only worked on a Nook Color, but today B&N released NOOK kids for iPad, a new application designed specifically for children and the iPad. Additionally, B&N announced that they’ve added over […]
130 Free eBooks from Kaplan: Nook, iBooks, and ePub eReaders
Kaplan Publishing is offering over 130 free ebooks from January 4th – 17th from Barnes and Noble, the iBookstore, and through the Sony eBook Store. You can use Sony’s free desktop software to download the free titles to read on any Adobe DRM supported ereader, not just Sony Readers.
Best NookBooks of 2010; Fifteen Free NookBooks
Barnes and Noble recently added lists to their website for the best NOOKbooks of 2010 for fiction, non-fiction, and best teen NOOKbooks. The three lists comprise of 56 titles from a wide range of authors and genres. The main list can be found here on B&N’s Best NookBooks of 2010 page.
Nook Color Video Player Guide – How to Setup Movies
I’ve been experimenting with the video player that comes with the Nook Color (no hack required) and have found a quick way to set up movies and videos to watch on the Nook Color without a lot of complicated steps. This method outlined below isn’t by any means the only way to set up videos […]
Android Market Plus Nook Color Equals Awesome
If you read my hacked Nook Color review before yesterday, you might want to go check it out again. I had to revise it considerably after installing the new hack for the Nook Color that installs the Android Market and provides solutions for apps that require menu and back buttons. The new hacking process is […]
Nook Color Firmware Update Causes Problems with Hack, Here’s the Fix
Barnes and Noble issued a minor firmware update for the Nook Color, version 1.0.1, that improves the web browser and WiFi connectivity. The problem, however, is that you don’t have a choice whether or not you want to install it, and once it does install automatically it does some seriously strange things if you hacked […]