Almost exactly two years after Barnes & Noble first released the NOOK Color, a team of independent developers have released an unofficial build of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for the 7 inch tablet. Update: This is now an official build. You can download the latest builds directly from the CyanogenMod download page. The NOOK Color […]
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B&N to phase out NOOK Color, keep selling the NOOK Tablet
Barnes & Noble may be launching new tablets in November. But the company isn’t ready to discontinue last year’s model yet. You’ll be able to pick up the NOOK Tablet even after the NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ hit the streets in a little over a month. The company is finally getting ready to retire […]
Deals of the Day (9-06-2012)
Sure, next-gen tablets and eReaders are all the rage these days. But that means you can get a pretty great deal on older models. Refurbished Barnes & Noble NOOK Color tablets are going for just $120. That’s not a bad price for a device with a 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display, an 800 […]
B&N drops NOOK Color, NOOK Tablet prices ($149 to $199)
Barnes & Noble is knocking $20 to $50 off the prices of its NOOK tablets running Google Android software. You can now pick up a NOOK Color for $149, an 8GB NOOK Tablet for $179, or a 16GB model for $199. The price cuts come the better part of a year after B&N introduced the […]
ForeverMap 2 brings maps and navigation to the Nook Tablet and Nook Color
When Barnes & Noble introduced the Nook Color then the Nook Tablet, they each cost far less than most slates on the market. The bookseller partially achieved this by leaving out some hardware, such as cameras, Bluetooth, and GPS radios. Despite this lack, it’s now possible to use both Nook tabs as GPS navigation devices. […]
Fireworks retailer uses 300 NOOK Colors with CyanogenMod for product demos
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words… and a video is worth a few thousand more. If you’re trying to sell fireworks, you’re selling a box of sticks with the promise that they’ll blow up in interesting ways. A picture on the box sort of shows what you’re really buying, but a video does […]
Deals of the Day (5-03-2012)
The Barnes & Noble NOOK Color may not have a dual core processor or a microphone, but that’s about all that’s separating this 7 inch Android tablet aimed at readers from the newer NOOK Tablet. Barnes & Noble normally sells the NOOK Color for $169, but the retailer has just dropped the price to $149, […]
B&N to spin off NOOK business, Microsoft to invest $300 million
Barnes & Noble has announced it’s creating a new subsidiary which will house the company’s digital and college businesses. That means that the NOOK eReaders and tablets and digital book divisions won’t be under the same roof as B&N’s nearly 700 book stores in the US — but NOOK eReaders will still be tied to […]
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 […]
Barnes & Noble offering free (or cheap) NOOKs to periodical subscribers
Barnes & Noble is now offering discounted NOOK Simple Touch, NOOK Color, and NOOK Tablets to customers that sign up for subscriptions to the New York Times or People Magazine. Here’s how it works: Get a NOOK Simple Touch eReader for free with a 1-year NOOK subscription to the New York Times (at $19.99 per […]