The Verge

The Nook Color from Barnes & Noble occupies a middle ground between e-reader and Android tablet. Sure, it does books, but it also does some Android apps and can be rooted into a full-featured Android tablet if you have the know-how.

Description

Thinner, faster, more powerful, and packing dual cameras and a dual-core A5 chip, the iPad 2 is the second generation of Apple's popular tablet. After the announcement of the new iPad, the price of the iPad 2 was dropped down to $399 for a 16GB model.

• Height: 8.1 inches
• Width: 5 inches
• Thickness: 0.48 inches
• Weight: 0.99 pounds
• Color: Black
• Speakers: Mono

Hardware

• Height: 9.5 inches
• Width: 7.31 inches
• Thickness: 0.34 inches
• Weight: 1.33 pounds
• Color: Silver / White, Silver / Black
• Speakers: Mono

• Operating system: Android
• Skin: Nook Color
• Launch OS version: 2.1
• Notable apps: Pandora, Nook

Software

• Operating system: iOS
• Launch OS version: 4.3
• Media streaming: AirPlay

• Brand: PowerVR
• Model: SGX530

GPU

• Brand: Imagination Technologies
• Model: PowerVR SGX543MP2

• Internal size: 8 GB
• External storage: Yes
• External storage support: microSD
• Max external size: 32 GB

Storage

• Internal size: 32 GB, 64 GB, 16 GB

Front Camera

• Effective pixels: 0.3 megapixels
• Video resolution: VGA
• Video framerate: 30

• Headphone: 3.5mm
• Data connections: Micro USB

Ports

• Video out: Yes
• Headphone: 3.5mm
• Data connections: iPod

• Capacity: 4010 mAh
• Removable: No
• Quoted use time: 8 hr

Battery

• Capacity: 25 Wh
• Removable: No
• Quoted use time: 10 hr

Power Adapter, Quick Start Guide, USB cable

Bundled Accessories