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It's just another version of the Galaxy tab. The Galaxy tab is a pretty good tablet, all told.
If you're an enthusiast of any sort, however, you're obviously not the target. |
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Some co-branding. The only company name printed on this tablet is Samsung (front & back). Where is the word Nook printed?
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Not really impressed, no comparison for the HD+ at all, and the new tablet compares unfavorably to the HD at a higher price point.
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I don't see the HD or the HD+ available on the B&N website.
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The customization is just grafting the Nook front end.
All the Samsung apps are there and there is no branding on the device itself. From CNET: Quote:
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Quote:
(You may have been referring to the specific application App2SD, but I wanted to clarify as the comment could be misleading.) Until recently, the dedicated Nook applications were the best software available for reading. They[*] are still among the best, but the Play Books applications is really good now (and allows for both full screen and synchronizing personal content). I'm really curious how well the new experience compares. If nothing else, I hope the new tablets are faster (I love the HD/+ line, but they are quite slow). [*] I use the plural because B&N now have 7(?) completely different Nook applications running on Android. It's like they throw the Adobe RMSDK at a contracting house for every release and completely ignore what they've done before. It's so frustrating to watch so much wasted effort. Ideally, the new reading application is good and B&N simply release it to the public on the Play store. The existing "public" application is fairly awful and I'd love to see it disappear. Quote:
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Sadly, the $200 bundle is of less value to me than Samsung's standard Perks package for the SGT4 line. Both Samsung and Best Buy are offering the SGT4 7.0 for ~$179. Bad timing for B&N.
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I bought a nexus 7 last year on sale for 179. It has 1920#1200 screen, 16gb storage, and crapware free kit kat. This does have SD slot, which you're going to need with only 5gb free. Still pretty lame. Are Samsung products as good as the premium they charge? I have a Samsung HDTV and a capacitor blew after a year.
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I can't believe that any major tablet maker is still making tablets with only 8gb storage. The SD card slot doesn't matter, when you can't put/run apps off the card. I would never buy another 8gb tablet. Shame on Samsung!
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Agreed. The lack of on board storage is a complete deal breaker for me.
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I think this new tablet does not bode well for nook.
Perhaps they should focus on improving their apps and e-ink devices and forego tablets. |
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That's arguably what they've done. They seem to be more-or-less acting as Samsung resellers. Low-risk for both parties, I assume. Hopefully, they'll add the most compelling features to the Android app on the GoPS.
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