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looks like the fire has its work cut out for it.
Yep, we had a feeling this one was coming. As expected, bookstore mega-chain Barnes & Noble has launched its answer to Amazon's Kindle Fire (and to a lesser extent, Kobo's multimedia Vox slate) -- also as expected, the thing looks an awful lot like its predecessor, the recently discounted Nook Color, right down to the metal bar on the bottom corner. Granted, B&N did already make the leap into the tablet space, when the Nook Color was upgraded earlier this year -- but the Nook Tablet brings more than just a new name, of course.
The tablet offers up a seven-inch IPS display with full lamination, videos up to 1080p and 11.5 hours of battery life. The Nook has 16GB of built-in memory, which is further expandable by way of a microSD slot. The tablet is all about multimedia content, naturally, offering up from Netflix and Hulu Plus pre-loaded on the device. It gives users access to 250 magazines and periodicals, as well as comics from publishers like Marvel. Barnes & Noble is clearly going directly after the Kindle Fire with this device. So, why pick the Nook over the Fire? Double the storage (which is further expandable), a better display, more RAM and a lighter weight body at under a pound, says Barnes and Noble.
looks like the fire has its work cut out for it.
Price?
Edit: 250. 50 bucks more for increased storage sounds fair. That being said, people will likely take the cheaper of the two.
Are these actual tablets or "lite" versions? If it's an actual tablet, then the Fire may win out. If not, then it comes down to how easy is it to root. I wouldn't mind having a tablet, but as stated before, I don't want a 10" tablet, but rather a 7" tablet.
If these are full blown tablets, or easily rooted, then I'm all in on these. I'd probably go the Nook route because it can be rooted to be a full blown Android tab.
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