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Kindle Fire and Barnes & Nobles Nook Tablets : Quick Comparison

Kindle Fire and Barnes & Nobles Nook Tablets have been launched back to back. However, the competition between these Products does not seem to be tough at all.

Kindle Fire comes at a low cost of $199, Nook is priced slightly higher at $249.

Compare the Features and Specifications of both these Products and you will realize, it is worth spending 50 Dollars extra for buying the Nook.

A quick comparison of the Features and Specifications of both the Products is given below:

Features and
Specifications
Amazon
Kindle Fire
Barnes & Nobles
Nook
Screen Size 7”. IPS
1024 x 600
7”. Vivid View IPS
1024 x 600
Processor 1GHz TI OMAP 4
Dual Core
1GHz TI OMAP 4Dual Core
RAM 512MB 1GB
Internal Memory 8GB Total
~6GB for Amazon Content
16GB Total
13GB for B&N Content2GB for System Apps
Available Memory ~2GB 1GB
Home Screen Button No Physical Button Has a Physical Button
OS Android
Gingerbread 2.3
Customized for Amazon
Android
Gingerbread 2.3
Customized for B&N
SD Card Slot No
Storage on the Cloud with Amazon EC2 Technology
YesSupports SD cards for up to 32GB Storage
Applications
Downloadable from
Amazon AppStore Nook Apps
Dimensions (Size) 7.5 x 4.7 x .45” 8.1 x 5.0 x .48”
Streaming Services and
Applications
Netflix, Hulu Plus, Pandora, Amazon Cloud, Media Player, Amazon Prime, etc. Netflix, Hulu Plus, Pandora, etc.
Document formats Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, DOC, DOCX ePub, PDF, LS, DOC, PPT, TXT, DOCM, XLSM, PPTM, PPSX, PPSM, DOCX, XLX, PPTX
Media Playback Audible (Audible Enhanced AA, AAX), JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, non-DRM AAC, MP3, MIDI, OGG, WAV, MP4, VP8 MP4, Flash, 3GP, 3G2 MKV, WEBM (Video Codecs: H.264, MPEG-4, H.263, VP8), JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3, MP4, AAC, AMR, WAV, OGG (Audio Codecs MP3, AAC, AMR, LPCM, OGG Vorbis)
Battery Backup
(With Wi-Fi Disabled)
8 Hrs.
of Reading Time
or
7.5 Hrs. of Video Playback.
11.5 Hrs.
of Reading Time
or
9 Hrs. of Video Playback.