On paper the $249 Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet looks a lot like the $199 Amazon Kindle Fire. They both have 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel IPS displays and 1 GHz TI OMAP 4 dual core processors. But the NOOK Tablet has twice the storage of the Kindle Fire and costs $50 more. Now […]
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Barnes & Noble doesn’t really want you sideloading apps on a NOOK Tablet
It was a bug, and Barnes & Noble fixed it. That’s how representatives from the company described the fact that when the NOOK Tablet shipped in November, users discovered they could download some Android apps from the internet (instead of from the B&N Shop) and install them on the tablet — until Barnes & Noble […]
B&N considers spinning off NOOK as a separate business
Barnes & Noble has announced that people are buying up NOOK devices and digital content faster than ever. In the months leading up to December 31st, B&N says it sold 70 percent more NOOK devices than during the same period in 2010, and digital content sales including eBooks and Android apps grew by 113 percent. […]
Snowball-mod (almost) turns the NOOK Tablet into a full Android tablet
The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet is a 7 inch tablet with a color display, a dual core processor, and a custom version of the Google Android operating system designed by Barnes & Noble. While the tablet can run hundreds of thousands of Android apps, out of the box it’s designed for reading eBooks from […]
How to update a NOOK Tablet to OS 1.4.1 and still have root access
The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet is a 7 inch tablet with a dual core processor, 16GB of storage, and an excellent display. It comes with a custom version of Google Android designed to work with the B&N book and app stores, but customers have been hacking the NOOK Tablet since it hit the streets […]
Sideload apps on a NOOK Tablet with OS 1.4.1 (no root required)
Update: It’s also now possible to upgrade from OS 1.4.0 to B&N NOOK Tablet OS 1.4.1 while rooting the tablet. The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet is designed to let you download and install third party apps from the B&N shop, but shortly after the tablet was released users noticed that they could also install […]
How to block over-the-air updates (and keep root) on the NOOK Tablet
Software updates are usually good things since they kill security flaws, improve performance, and offer new features. But if you bought a Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet running software version 1.4, proceeded to root the tablet, install the Android Market, and make other changes you’ve probably been dreading the new B&N software 1.4.1 update. The […]
B&N NOOK Tablet 1.4.1 update kills sideloading, lets you keep apps installed so far
Amazon isn’t the only company pushing out a software update that kills root access this week. Barnes & Noble has started rolling out version 1.4.1 of its software for the NOOK Tablet, and users that have rooted their $249 tablets are reporting that the update removes root access. It also removes the ability to sideload […]
NOOK Color hackers working on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
The Amazon Kindle Fire isn’t the only $200 tablet that’s already running an early version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. A team of developers has started porting ICS to run on the Barnes & Noble NOOK Color. Barnes & Noble released the NOOK Color last year, and recently dropped the price to $199 to […]
B&N NOOK Tablet is the fastest-selling NOOK to date
Barnes & Noble has been offering digital media devices under the NOOK brand for a few years. That includes NOOK eBook reader with E Ink displays and the NOOK Color and NOOK Tablet color Android tablets. But the company says the NOOK Tablet which launched in November is the fastest-selling device in the NOOK family so far. […]