Last fall Barnes & Noble announced that this summer it will end support NOOK eReaders that are more than a decade old. Now the company has added older NOOK tablets to the list of devices that will reach their end of life in June, 2024. It’s not like these devices are going to turn into […]
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How to install Android 5.1 on a NOOK HD or NOOK HD+
The Barnes & Noble NOOK HD and HD+ were released in 2012, and the tablets offered high-resolution displays, dual-core processors, and microSD card slots, among other features. But they weren’t hugely successful for B&N, and the NOOK HD and HD+ were the last tablets the book store chain ever produced on its own. These days […]
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Deals of the Day (8-29-2013)
Ever since Barnes & Noble dropped the price of its NOOK HD+ tablet to $149, it’s been one of the best bargains in the Android tablet world. That’s a pretty great price for a tablet featuring a 9 inch, 1920 x 1280 pixel display, an ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor, full access to the Google Play […]
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CyanogenMod 10.1 nightlies for the B&N NOOK HD, NOOK HD+
Barnes & Noble may be done making NOOK tablets, but that doesn’t mean the the tablets that are already on the market will turn into lumps of coal overnight. In fact, the NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ are some of the best tablets you can find in their price ranges, now that Barnes & Noble […]
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B&N is done making NOOK tablets, will keep delivering NOOK eReaders
Barnes & Noble is pulling the plug on its NOOK tablet line, and will stop manufacturing new Android tablet, although the retailer will reach out to other device makers. In other words, you may still be able to walk into a B&N store and buy a tablet with the NOOK Shop preloaded a year from […]
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Barnes and Noble extend Nook HD and HD+ discount indefinitely – is this the end?
Good news, bad news time. The good news is that if you missed out on the big Nook HD and Nook HD+ sale for Father’s Day that had Barnes & Noble’s tablets discounted to $129 and $149, respectively, there is still hope. Today B&N announced that they are extending that sale and did not give […]
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B&N slashes NOOK HD, NOOK HD+ are up to $90 off through May 12th
Barnes & Noble is running a Mother’s Day sale on its 7 and 9 inch tablets, and there’s never been a better time to buy one. The company is offering the NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ by as much as $90 off the list price. The move comes just days after B&N issued a software […]
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Deals of the Day (12-17-2012)
The Barnes & Noble NOOK HD+ is a 9 inch tablet with a 1920 x 1200 pixel display, a TI OMAP dual core processor, and a custom operating system based on Android 4.0. Independent developers have also made some serious progress porting a full-blown version of Android 4.1 to run on the hardware. Normally Barnes […]
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Nook Video service comes to the UK, UltraViolet and all
Last month, Barnes & Noble launched their two newest tablets — the Nook HD and Nook HD+ — in the UK alongside the Nook Simple Touch eReaders. The Android-based tablets have high resolution displays that are perfect for watching HD video. Sadly, when the Nooks first went on sale, UK customers didn’t have access to […]
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CyanogenMod 10 transforms the NOOK HD+ into a full-fledged Android tablet
The Barnes & Noble NOOK HD+ is a tablet with a 9 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display, a 1.5 GHz TI OMAP 4470 dual core CPU, and up to 16GB of storage. It runs a custom version of Google Android 4.0 designed to work with B&N’s book and app stores. And if that isn’t […]