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Barnes & Noble Nook Color
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$159.00 - $169.00
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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.
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Type: 6- to 7-inch display e-book readers
About - Barnes & Noble Nook Color

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
info E-book store Barnes & Noble
info DRM e-book formats EPUB, PDF
info Unsecured e-book formats EPUB, PDF
info Library loaning Yes
info Other document formats CBZ, XLS, DOC, PPT, TXT, DOCM, XLSM, PPTM, PPSX, PPSM, DOCX, XLX, PPTX
info 3G carrier NA
info Wi-Fi Yes
info Internal memory (GB) 8
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User Reviews - Barnes & Noble Nook Color
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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.
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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.
How long have you owned it:
More than six months
Bottom Line
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.
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(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
 
1.0
Nook Color
9/16/2012
Pros
Small
Cons
No Customer Suport
Best Uses
Do Not Buy The Nook Color
Comment:
No costumer support, device consistently freezes, and screen does not recognize the touch of my fingers. ... It's only worked for the first 6 months I owned it ... after that, I have not been able to operate it.
How long have you owned it:
More than six months
Bottom Line
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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