AndroidNZ: eReader

Image courtesy of Barnes & Noble

Earlier today Barnes & Noble announced a sequel to the Nook Color, the Nook Tablet.

Obviously intended to compete with Amazon's Kindle Fire, the Nook Tablet appears to have quite a lot going for it and really only loses out to the Kindle Fire on price. The announcement included a release date of 18 November 2011; just 3 days after the Kindle Fire is released.

Unfortunately there is no word on when this is coming to New Zealand, if at all (much like the Kindle Fire in that regard).

Here's a quick run down of the specs in comparison:

Device Name	Nook Tablet	Kindle Fire
Who makes it?	Barnes & Noble	Amazon
Connectivity	Wi-Fi Only (Wireless N)	Wi-Fi Only (Wireless N)
OS	Android 2.3	Android based (2.1 or earlier)
Dimensions (HxWxD)	206 mm x 127 mm x 12 mm	190 mm x 120 mm x 11.4 mm
Weight	400g	414g
Processor	1GHz OMAP 4	1GHz OMAP4
RAM	1GB	1GB
Storage	16GB	8GB
Android Market?	No – proprietary app store	No – proprietary app store
Expandable	Yes – Micro SD	No
Screen	7” multi-touch IPS Display	7” multi-touch IPS Display
Resolution	1024x600	1024x600
Cameras?	None	None
Microphone	Yes	No
USB	Yes – probably Micro USB	USB 2.0 (micro-B connector)
Quoted Battery Life	11.5hrs reading 9hrs watching video	8hrs reading 7.5hrs watching video
File Formats Supported	Document Formats EPUB ,PDF ,XLS, DOC, PPT, TXT, DOCM, XLSM, PPTM, PPSX, PPSM, DOCX, XLX, PPTX Audio Formats MP3, MP4, AAC, AMR, WAV, OGG (Audio Codecs MP3, AAC, AMR, LPCM, OGG Vorbis) Image Formats JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP Video Formats MP4, or Adobe Flash Player format, 3GP, 3G2 MKV, WEBM (Video Codecs: H.264, MPEG-4, H.263, VP8)	Document Formats Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively,), DOC, DOCX Audio Formats non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, WAV, Audible (Audible Enhanced (AA, AAX) Image Formats JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP Video Formats MP4, VP8.
Charging Time	3hrs	4hrs
Price	$249 USD (~$313 NZD)	$199 USD (~$250 NZD)