Nook Tablet Ready to Compete With the Kindle Fire - Barnes & Noble Inc. answer the actions of their rival Amazon who launched the tablet computer first. Today, this America's largest bookstore is also jump on this market.
Nook Tablet is device that is already available via pre-order and will be shipped in Barnes & Noble stores and its retailers. It costs about $ 50 more expensive than Amazon's Kindle Fire.
Then what about its specification? Claimed by chif executive William Lynch that with the price that more expensive it offers a faster and smoother experience when reading books, playing games or watching movies.
Nook Tablet armed with a 'cabinet' of 16 GB of storage and 1 GB of RAM. For comparison, the Kindle Fire has a 'cabinet' smaller of 8 GB and 512 MB of RAM.
Nook Tablet promised longer battery life, that is 11.5 hours, is more durable than the Kindle Fire that has a power up to 8 hours.
Regarding the operating system, both device Kindle Fire and Nook use the Android Gingerbread OS and connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi without offering 3G or 4G. Both also have a cloud-based storage.
If the Kindle Fire offers abundant content, then Barnes & Noble focused on reading digital content. As for music content, TV shows and movies, they give it to service providers such as Netflix, Hulu and Pandora that are already pre-installed on a Tablet Nook.
"Kindle Fire is a selling machine for Amazon, but Nook Tablet allows users to get music and video from any source they like," said Lynch. Nook Tablet will be launched on 17 November with a price tag around USD 249.
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