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B&N Releases Nook Tablet To Rival Amazon Fire

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-options dept.

jfruhlinger writes "It looks like there's competition in the low-cost media tablet space — and that Barnes & Noble is determined not to go the way of Borders. Barnes & Noble today announced the Nook Tablet, an Android-based tablet with better specs than the Kindle Fire (though it's also $50 pricier). The Nook Tablet will allow Hulu and Netflix streaming and sideloading of content, but won't have access to the general-purpose Android App Store."

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  1. And in other -- er, actually, the same -- news... by sootman · · Score: 4, Informative

    ... the already-exisitng, easily-hackable previous Nook Color is now $50 less--just US$199. Nice! Very tempted...

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  2. Re:Just One Question: by ickpoo · · Score: 4, Informative

    I chatted with the Barnes and Nobles sales guy via their website and asked that same question. They said it will be rootable. (Gave me the warning about voiding warranty). So, I'm guessing that it is, although the sales guy is likely ignorant and just repeating what he has heard.

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  3. Re:And in other -- er, actually, the same -- news. by Solandri · · Score: 5, Informative

    On top of that, the Nook Color is programmed to try to boot off the microSD card first. So "hacking" it is just writing a CM7 boot image to a microSD card, putting it in, and restarting the tablet. If you ever want to go back to the original Nook Color experience, just reboot it without the card.

    Any word on if the new Nook Tablet has the same feature?