Excellent video quality ; Expandable memory ; Fast performance for a budget tablet

Upgrades from the Color are relatively minor ; Limited built-in storage for side-loaded content ; 7-inch screen is a bit small for magazines and comics

Barnes & Noble's budget tablet manages to give the Kindle Fire a run for its money, even though it costs $50 more.

Design is still striking ; Lighter than the Nook Color ; Bright IPS screen with great viewing angles ; Faster performance

Weak music / video content ecosystem ; No tabbed browsing ; Cannot easily sideload apps ; Can only be charged with its “proprietary” MicroUSB cable

The Kindle Fire is $50 cheaper and provides a better ecosystem of multimedia content and applications

Top-notch e-reading experience. Interactive childrens' books and magazines. Streaming video apps

No way to download music or video. Few apps

The Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet is the best small tablet for reading books and magazines, but falls short with multimedia.

While B&N clearly missed a few opportunities to forge ahead of the pack, these omissions were trade-offs that were likely made in the name of achieving the Nook Tablet's attractive price. And attractive it is: at $249, Nook Tablet is a veritable...

If you're looking for the e-reader with the best hardware and performance, the most expandability, the best screen and e-reading experience, you'll want the Nook Tablet. At $249, it costs $50 more than the Kindle Fire or Vox, so you'll pay a small...

So, in the end, which tablet is the winner? Again, that really depends on the user in question. If you are looking for a tablet with better storage, a slightly better display, and a solid tablet interface, the Nook Tablet is right up your alley. If...

The Nook Tablet is the realization of the vision those techies had for the original Color. It?s a real tablet, so much so that B&N even put it in the name. With a new dual-core processor, 16 GB of memory, improved app store, and a few more multimedia...