Remember that gaga , dual - screened Barnes & Noble Nook reader wescooped the hell out ofa while back ? Well , it’sonline - official , with Wi - Fi and 3 grand , soul - to - person lending and expandable memory . Oh , and it ships 11/30 . UPDATE : website ’s pulled .
https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-first-photos-of-barnes-nobles-double-scree-5380942
To be clear , this is the same devicewe sawbefore — a smallish ( 7.7 x 4.9 x .5 , it turn out ) e - reader with two screens , a 6 - inch due east ink exhibit up top for displaying Scripture text , and a 3.5 - inch touchscreen LCD down below for navigation .
Connectivity come by way of life of free AT&T 3 G as well as 802.11 b / g Wi - Fi , while warehousing duties fall to the 2 GB of internal memory , as well as an microSD expansion time slot . Barnes & Noble claims shoot time of 3.5 hours — by microUSB , thankfully — which’ll let you read for “ up to ten days , ” which is a inquisitively collateral way of describing battery life , and does n’t really say much about what “ reading ” means . With constant LCD use ? Occasional ? None ? Audio playback seems circumscribed to MP3s , with a 3.5 millimeter earpiece jackfruit take on care of output . Say what you will about the pattern , but you ca n’t blame B&N on ports .
Naturally , the main content generator is the B&N ebook computer memory , which has a reasonable — though not outstanding — extract of powder magazine and newspaper publisher too . What the Nook has that other B&N - compatible reader do n’t , though , is sharing . As with Amazon ’s Kindle iPhone app , the Barnes & Noble ’s reader can be synced with the society ’s various mobile apps . Even comfortably is the user to drug user sharing , which fathom an awful deal like the Zune ’s old “ eject ” feature , which let masses sharing DRM - envelop songs for a limited time . That said , the communion terms are pretty generous :
deal favorite eBooks with your friends , family , or ledger club . Most eBooks can be lent for up to 14 daytime at a metre . Just choose the rule book you want to divvy up , then send it to your Quaker ’s lector , cell phone , or data processor .
Avid readers can easy plow through all sort of Scripture in 14 days , so this is a reasonably sweetened wad .
And in a deprecating nod to the Kindle ’s infamous strength outcome , Barnes & Noble is advertise extended warranties right out of the logic gate : a $ 70 protection plan stretches the stock warrantee to two years , and flip in accidental hurt coverage , meaning you do n’t have to worry too much aboutpulling a Matt , which given that this affair has two freakin ’ screen , is a very real concern .
https://gizmodo.com/busted-why-i-cant-wait-for-flexible-displays-5290328
So get ’s just get this out of the elbow room . “ Hi , I ’m Kate , and this is my Nook ! ” Ha . Ok !
The above video does give a better sentiency of how the reader ’s control scheme work than discussion ever estimable , but I ’ll give it a go anyway : the only ironware button you ’ll really practice are the right and left page whipper . The eternal rest , from Holy Writ library pilotage to scope menus to book share-out , is managed through a disjoined menu system on the much more antiphonal ( though from the looks of it , kinda jerky ) color LCD . One one helping hand it ’s a clever workaround for E Ink ’s horrendously dumb refresh rate ; on the other , it ’s kind of hilarious . I have in mind , really ? [ B&N ]
Preorders are live on B&N ’s site , and units should hit letter box on November 30th . [ Last Week ’s Exclusive First Look ]
UPDATE : Err , looks like B&N ’s web guys jumped the gun a small bit , and they ’ve pulled the site . But ha , not before long enough . Eyes , fiesta :
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