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Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet 7 inch

Based on 13 reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

4
Average:

5
Bad:

3

Pros

Stylish design.
Colorful screen with wide viewing angles.
Social reading features.
Read and Record feature.
Great selection of interactive children's books.
Affordably priced, full-featured tablet.
MicroSD expansion slot.
Built-in Web browser works well and has Flash support.
More than a thousand apps on the Nook Store.
Affordably priced full-featured tablet with a vibrant 7-inch touch scre.
Built-in Wi-Fi.
8GB of built-in storage.
MicroSD expansion slot.
In addition to a full slate of books and magazines.
Stunning LCD touchscreen.
Fast CPU.
Adobe Flash Player support for online video.
A terrific value at $249.
16GB of internal storage.

Cons

Weak speaker.
Small selection of apps.
No offline music or video options yet.
Doesn't support app side-loading.
No access to Android Market.
No Bluetooth.
No GPS.
No camera.
No access to the full Android Market.
Only 1GB of the embedded memory is really at our disposal.
Limited movie and music options.
Several features require a credit card.
Over a week of frequent use.
The extremely proficient dual-core processor revealed itself to be quite nimble.
Navigation is locked into portrait mode only.
Gray bezel is distracting.

By LaptopMag on March 14, 2012

The 8GB Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet has half the storage of the original, but still offers a great eReading experience, high-quality display, and smooth performance for less than...

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By CNET Asia on March 05, 2012

The 8GB Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire have the same onboard storage and RAM, but the Nook Tablet has an expandable microSD card slot and a slightly better screen. The Kindle Fire, however, currently has better cloud-based music, a more expansive app...

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By cnet on February 22, 2012

The $199 Nook Tablet (8GB) matches up well to the Kindle Fire on specs and price--and has the added advantage of offering an expansion slot for additional...

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By Big Picture Big Sound on December 23, 2011

The present day for the NOOK Tablet is bright indeed, with speed, elegance, beauty and a deep well from which to draw a wide range of paid content. But if we compare the music and video service options here to those of the Kindle Fire, a disparity...

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By Computerworld on December 12, 2011

With the holiday season in full force, a lot of gift-givers are going to be considering one of the new color e-readers that have been introduced recently: Amazon's Kindle Fire, the Kobo Vox and Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet. Many people are still...

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By Macworld on December 07, 2011

Nook Tablet The $250 Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet provides solid competition for Amazon's Kindle Fire () and it even outdoes the Kindle Fire on many counts. This is Barnes & Noble's second-generation device, a follow-up to last year's Nook...

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By G4tv.com on November 30, 2011

Video Review: The Nook Tablet from Barnes & Noble has arrived with access to over 2 million books, magazines, comics and more. Add a 7" VividView touch screen, 16 GB of storage and a 11.5 hour battery life, this $249 tablet could be the buy of the...

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By TopTenREVIEWS on November 29, 2011

This is a good tablet for those who are searching for something that is lightweight and...

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By Ars Technica on November 29, 2011

The Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet are both vying for that special place in consumers' hearts reserved for inexpensive consumption devices. But neither is perfect, and in many aspects of the tablet experience, one succeeds while the other fails. Since...

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By MobileTechReview on November 26, 2011

The Nook Tablet is a solid evolution of the very successful Nook Color. It's faster, and that's perfect if you want to watch video or run more apps concurrently. The software is mature and more advanced than the new Kindle Fire--it's simply...

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