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Nook Color+

Product

Barnes & Noble Nook Color

A $249 colour reader that hackers turned into a tablet

Supported

Released in November 2010, the Nook Color was a 7-inch LCD e-reader running a locked-down Android. Because it cost $249, tinkerers immediately rooted it into a cheap Android tablet, and Barnes & Noble later added apps officially.

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Maker
Barnes & Noble
Released
19 November 2010
Launch price
$249
Platform
Android 2.1 (customised)

Specifications

Display7-inch IPS LCD, 1024 x 600
Storage8 GB plus microSD

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