There are plenty of issues with the Barnes & Noble Nook 7 tablet (not the least of which being its questionable software), but B&N is also now issuing a recall of the Nook 7's charger.
The update may remove the part where your data goes back to China, but everything else is bad and unchanged.
Google Shopping Express is adding to its list of retailers to include Barnes & Noble, expanding into an important segment of the online shopping market — books. Barnes & Noble joins a handful of big Shopping Express partners, including Target, Walgreens, Costco and Staples. In contrast to other online stores, Shopping Express partners with retailers and uses couriers that simply...
After announcing a partnership to sell a co-branded Galaxy Tab 4 Nook, Samsung and Barnes & Noble have announced that they are holding an event in New York City on August 20th. The event has been confirmed to show off the previously-announced Tab 4 Nook, but also involve other announcements pertaining to the partnership between the device maker and retailer. Considering that the...
Turning to the next page Barnes & Noble is in a tough spot. Their book selling business, anchored by a nationwide chain of massive and expensive stores, isn't doing well in the face of digital competition. Their effort to jump into the digital realm themselves, first with the Nook e-reader and then Android-powered Nook tablets, did well for a while and has since floundered. In the...
Barnes & Noble is set to start including a free Nook Simple Touch e-reader with the purchase of its higher-end 9-inch Nook HD+ tablet starting March 24th. Reports in February indicated that B&N may be looking to scale down its Nook hardware efforts, and deals like this often coincide with a dumping of inventory. Since launching in 2011, the Simple Touch e-readers haven't taken...
Tablets are hot property this Christmas, and there's no shortage of choice out there. One such choice is the Barnes & Noble Nook line, and today it has become a little easier to pick one up. Starting today, the Nook HD and Nook HD+ are available in Walmart stores across the U.S. and online. Costing from $199 for the Nook HD and $269 for the Nook HD+, in price at least, they're going...
After a month on pre-order, Barnes & Noble has launched its Nook HD and Nook HD+ in the UK. The tablets are available in retail locations and from B&N directly at its online store. Announced in September, B&N's new tablets will go head-to-head with Amazon's Kindle series, as well as Apple's iPad and iPad Mini, and Google's latest round of Nexus tablets. The Nook HD features...
Following the recent launch of the new Nook HD and HD+ in the US and the UK, Barnes & Noble has dropped the prices on their existing tablet range ahead of the holiday season. The cheapest Nook, the somewhat aging Nook Color is now down to just $139, with the Nook Tablet being reduced to $159 and $179 for the 8GB and 16GB versions respectively. With the cheapest Amazon Kindle Fire...
Not to be overshadowed by all of the recent Amazon news, Barnes & Noble is following up on its latest Nook hardware announcements with an updated Nook reading app for Android (and yes, iOS). This update to version 3.2 of the app adds lots of good features, including zooming for comic books, improved fonts and margins, a full dictionary and a fix for pre-ordering with the app. Many...
Barnes & Noble today announced three more UK retailers for the Android-based Nook Simple Touch and Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight. And as the headline suggests, they'll be in Argos, Blackwell's and Foyles. Argos has some 700 locations from which to assuage your e-reading needs, and you can look for purchases in October. Blackwell's serves 55 universities and is set up on major...
We're slowing starting to get more details surrounding the long-awaited UK launch of Bares & Noble's Nook line. John Lewis will carry the Android-powered Nook Simple Touch and Simple Touch with GlowLight. There's still no word on the Nook Color and newer Nook Tablet, though BN does say the Touch devices will be the "first available." (The new nook.co.uk page still has the more...
For all you deal hunters out there who like nice things but aren't really looking to buy in when prices are high, you're holding out for a NOOK Tablet or NOOK Color may have paid off. Barnes & Noble has announced a price drop on both the NOOK Tablet or NOOK Color, just in time for back to school. NOOK Tablet 8GB for $179 NOOK Tablet 16GB for $199 NOOK Color for $149...
Although somewhat late to the party, Barnes and Noble has today joined the ranks of online e-reading solutions, by launching Nook for Web. No sign-in, software download or Nook account is required to start reading. Books in the Nook store can be instantly sampled online, right within the web browser by clicking the "read instantly" button. Nook for Web is compatible with both PC and Mac...
DC Comics fans will be able to get their fix from Barnes and Noble now, as over 100 graphic novels are to be available for download from Nook Comics. The Nook Android application is also included. To enhance the reading experience, Barnes and Noble is also introducing a new "Zoom View" feature. This allows the readers to zoom to one specific panel at a time, and then read the novel...
Barnes & Noble has now taken the covers off their latest NOOK device headed to store shelves and online just in time for Mother's day, Father's day and graduations. The NOOK Simple Touch introduces the GlowLight screen that looks to solve the many concerns of folks reading in the dark be it the fact you don't want to wake others or just simply that you find reading in the dark...
Barnes & Noble this morning officially took the wraps off of an 8-gigabyte version of the Nook Tablet. Available today for $199 -- $50 less (for half the storage -- and half the RAM, down to 512MB) than the original Nook Tablet. That brings the price (and lower storager) in line with Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet. Also, Barnes & Noble annoucned that the original Nook Color has...
The world of the E-Reader/Budget Android tablet is a battleground between Barnes and Noble and Amazon. The Nook Tablet is an excellent device with one key drawback. It costs $50 more than the Amazon Kindle Fire. The battle looks set to ignite once more though as there are apparent plans in place to launch an 8GB variant of the Nook Tablet. According to documents obtained by The Verge, ...
Barnes & Noble has announced that they will roll out a software update for the NOOK Color that includes Netflix support. The update will be software version 1.4.1 and will include: Netflix support, as mentioned above Comic and graphic novels New PagePerfect NOOK books The ability to read books in portrait or landscape mode The update will be an OTA that will roll...
Barnes & Noble have teamed up with Rovio to celebrate Angry Birds’ second birthday. Starting Dec. 11, the first-ever Birds & Noble Scavenger Hunt and various other activities will take place at over 700 Barnes & Noble locations Nationwide. Everyone is invited to come partake in the activities that include coloring or high score contests, design your own Angry Birds character...