![]() How much extra you'll have to pay for these types of books is another matter, but 225 multimedia titles are currently available and the list is growing, according to the company. Nook Books enhanced: At launch, Barnes & Noble said that in the future some books would have embedded video, and now it has added that feature. B&N says it now plans to include this in its next software update, though it declined to give a specific date.)Įnhanced Nook Kids digital picture books: We got a demo of the new interactivity in some of the new Nook Kids books, and while it's certainly a welcome addition, we've seen plenty of creative kids' apps and digital picture books on the iPad, so it didn't seem like anything groundbreaking. (Note: Landscape book reading was originally supposed to be included in v1.2. Slide page-turn animation: Users requested a slide page-turn animation, so they get one. This is a bug and we assume Barnes & Noble will fix it soon.) (Note: We couldn't install the Angry Birds app. But it's a whole lot better than the handful of apps that initially came with the Nook Color. Again, it's not the Android Market, with its thousands of apps, or Amazon's impressive app store for Android, which already has a wide selection of apps. That's just a small sample and new apps will come onboard in the weeks and months to come. It's also got Lonely Planet Phrasebooks apps and the recipe app Epicurious. Barnes & Noble is highlighting games like Angry Birds, Uno, and More Brain Exercise, the news app Pulse, Drawing Pad, and various kids' books. But semantics aside, you can now download apps to the Nook Color. Nook Friends is an app that allows you to share what you're reading with friends (see below for more details).Ī Nook app store not called Nook App Store: Apple is suing Amazon for calling its app store for Android an app store, which is probably why Barnes & Noble isn't calling its app store an app store. All updated Nook Color devices will now include the Nook Email and Nook Friends apps preloaded, as well as Pandora Internet Radio, Crossword Puzzle, Sudoku, Chess, Contacts, and Gallery. As you might expect, the free Nook Email app works across top Web mail services including Yahoo Mail, Gmail, AOL, and Hotmail and allows you to access multiple Web mail accounts from the app. That said, you will encounter some choppiness from time to time and our Nook Color review sample completely locked up once while browsing, so it's far from a perfect experience.)įree e-mail app: Every Android device comes with a basic e-mail app, so it's high time the Nook Color got one. (Note: We've had pretty decent luck with many Flash sites and most of the Flash video we tested ran OK as long as we had a rock solid Internet connection. You also get improved global search and shortcuts to settings. You can also easily switch between larger desktop or mobile Web versions of sites, with enhanced pinch to zoom. ![]() However, it may take several days to get the update automatically delivered to your device, so manually updating is the way to go if you're impatient.Īndroid 2.2: Barnes & Noble says Android OS 2.2/Froyo offers system improvements and enhanced browser performance, including support for Adobe Flash. You can manually download the update at or wait to get it over the air via Wi-Fi. Here's a look at the highlights of Nook Color version 1.2. Nook Color Honeycomb 'beta' hack advances.HSN 'previewing' Nook Color's app store and Flash capabilities.Nook Color Android app store coming in April along with Flash support.
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