What's this? Overall score is in performance order, based on display readability, e-reader versatility, performance, page turn, navigation and file versatility. The displayed score is out of a total of 100 points.
Approximate retail price:
$159.00
Summary:A 6.8-inch e-book reader with a color LCD display with a built-in light. It comes with 8GB of memory. It uses touchscreen navigation and has Wi-Fi for buying e-books.
The Barnes & Noble Nook Color is a 6.8-inch e-book reader with a color LCD display with a built-in light. It comes with 8GB of memory. It uses touchscreen navigation. It has 802.11n Wi-Fi for buying ebooks and surfing the web. It comes with a MicroSD memory card slot.
The Nook Color measures 8.1 inches high by 5.0 inches wide by 0.5 inches thick and weighs 15.8 ounces. It comes with a 12-month warranty on parts and labor.
About This Brand
Barnes & Noble's e-book reader, the Nook, the bookseller's first electronics device, entered the market in December 2009. In mid-2012, Barnes & Noble offers only two e-ink Wi-Fi-only versions of the Nook, with and without a light, and several LCD Wi-Fi only color devices with different screen sizes (see tablets) that come with software to read books to kids, play games, read e-mail, and more.
Features & Specs - Barnes & Noble Nook Color
E-book store Lists e-book stores that the e-reader can access and directly buy e-books from.
E-book store
Barnes & Noble
DRM e-book formats Lists e-book formats with DRM (Digital Rights Management) the e-reader supports. Those formats are Adobe PDF, Amazon (AZW), EPUB, and Mobipocket (MOBI, PRC).
DRM e-book formats
EPUB, PDF
Unsecured e-book formats Lists e-book formats with no DRM (Digital Rights Management) the e-reader supports. Those formats are Adobe PDF, Audible Enhanced (AAX), Audible (AA), BBeB Book (LRF, LRS, LRX), EPUB, FictionBook (FB2), Microsoft Reader (LIT), Mobipocket unprotected books (MOBI, PRC), and Rocket e-book (rb).
Unsecured e-book formats
EPUB, PDF
Library loaning Indicates if the reader can read any of the e-book formats available from public libraries. They are typically DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected EPUB, Adobe PDF, and Mobipocket formats.
Library loaning
Yes
Other document formats Lists other e-book and document types the e-reader supports. Those formats are rich text format (RTF), text (TXT), Word 2003 and previous (DOC) and Word 2007 (DOCX).
3G carrier This is the cell phone service provider that enables the 3G capabilities of those e-readers that have it. Check in your area to see if you get 3G coverage from the e-reader's cellular service provider or you may get very slow e-book download times or no over the air download capabilities at all.
3G carrier
NA
Wi-Fi Cell-phone data networks--even those designated as "3G broadband" --are much slower than the broadband Internet connections many people have at home. Some e-readers have a built-in Wi-Fi radio that allows them faster e-book download times and Internet access via home networks and Wi-Fi hotspots. Wi-Fi- is the name for a medium-range (150 feet) wireless connectivity standard, officially known as IEEE 802.11. Wi-Fi enables secure networking of many electronic devices. 802.11b operates in the 2.4 GHz radio-frequency band, and provides data throughput of about 5 Mbps. 802.11a operates above 5 GHz, and has about five times the throughput, over a somewhat smaller radius. 802.11g combines the speed of 802.11a with the range of 802.11b, so is preferred for most users. 802.11n is the newest version of the standard, released as a draft in mid-2007 and ratified in 2010. It provides data throughput of 25-60Mbps.
Wi-Fi
Yes
Internal memory (GB) Also called onboard or built-in memory. The amount of internal memory to store e-books, music and photos that comes with the e-reader. Some e-readers have additional memory slots into which removable media such as Secure Digital and Memory Stick cards can be inserted to expand storage capacity.
I'm a Senior Citizen who thinks this is one excellent product for prodigious readers. It's simply a portable library for whatever my interest is today. Consider the newer Nooks, of course, if you're buying now. For questions, I've used the local B&N store experts, and they've always come through for me.<br />Some of the eBooks are too expensive, but I've found many interests in the 'less than $5.00' list. <br />I gave several of these Nooks as gifts just to see reactions first, but soon received my own and it has been a treasure.
How long have you owned it:
More than six months
Bottom Line
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.
By the cat whisperer
from Bellevue, WA
5.0
versatile
12/27/2012
Pros
Easy to use
Cons
none
Best Uses
Gaming
Reading
Comment:
I use this to read at night and play games. I've had no issues with the battery but sometimes I need to hold down the button longer to turn it on.
How long have you owned it:
More than six months
Bottom Line
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.
By Nook Affectionado
from Yazoo City, MS
4.0
Love it!
11/25/2012
Pros
Current Book Available
Lots Of Fellow Nook Owner
Variety of games
Vast Book Selection
Cons
Needs longer battery life
Touch screen sluggish
Best Uses
Playing Word Games
Reading books
Comment:
Circumvent battery short life by plugging in nightly.<br />Use to fill time spent in doctors waiting room, etc.<br />If you get tired of reading (or sleepy) easily switches to game mode to get you through.<br />Use stylus (smaller one than offered by B&N) to help overcome sluggish touch screen.
53 people have reviewed this model.
E-book store
