Barnes & Noble stopped developing its own NOOK tablets a while back, and instead partnered with Samsung to sell Android tablets pre-loaded with NOOK software. The first model was last year’s Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK, which was basically a special edition of an existing $179 tablet. This year the companies are trying something a bit […]
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B&N has two new NOOK devices on the way
It’s been a few years since Barnes & Noble launched a new eReader, but according to the Digital Reader, it looks like a new model is on the way. Nate Hoffelder found an FCC listing for an unannounced device that appears to be a 6 inch eReader with the model number BNRV510-A. He’s also found evidence […]
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B&N launches NOOK Audiobooks app for Android, offers 2 free audiobooks
Barnes & Noble wants you to give its new audiobook app for Android a try… and it’s giving away some free books to get you hooked. The new NOOK Audiobooks app is available as a free download from the Google Play Store, and for a limited time when you install the app and sign in […]
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B&N Sync Up lets paperback buyers get cheap eBook versions
Barnes & Noble and NOOK Media have launched a new program called Sync Up that lets you get a big discount on select eBooks when you purchase a paperback copy of the same title. It’s kind of the B&N version of the Amazon Kindle MatchBook program that launched last year… but there are a few key […]
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B&N launches Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK 10.1 for $300
Barnes & Noble and Samsung are now selling their second co-branded tablet. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK 10.1 is now available for $300. That’s about the same price you’d pay for an ordinary 10 inch Galaxy Tab 4, but this model comes with the B&N NOOK app pre-loaded, plus $200 worth of free content […]
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Lilbits (10-15-2014): Android 5.0 SDK arrives Friday
The first phones and tablets with Google Android 5.0 Lollipop software should begin shipping in early November. But ahead of that launch, Google will release the final Android 5.0 software developer kit. It’s coming on Friday, October 17th. That’s when developers will be able to download the latest tools to help polish their apps for […]
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OverDrive and NOOK bring digital newspaper, magazine lending to libraries
OverDrive is the company that provides the platform most public libraries in the United States use to lend eBooks to patrons. Now the company is expanding into periodicals thanks to a partnership with Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Media subsidiary. The deal means that you may soon be able to check out issues of newspapers or […]
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Hands-On: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook
When Samsung and Nook finally unveiled the tablet they were launching together, the only real mystery about the $179 Galaxy Tab 4 Nook was to what extent the Nook software would run the show. I don’t think many people expected to see Samsung hardware and the same Nook version of Android used on older tablets like […]
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B&N’s Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK now available for $179
Barnes & Noble is now selling the first Android tablet with NOOK software that the company didn’t design itself. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK is now available at B&N book stores and on the company’s website for $179 after a $20 rebate and it’s basically what it sounds like… a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 […]
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B&N’s new tablet promo video looks oddly familiar
Barnes & Noble is holding an event in New York August 20th to launch its next tablet. It’ll be the first tablet to wear the NOOK name that wasn’t designed and produced by the bookseller though. It’s a new version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4. We already know that… which is what makes the […]