NOOK Color Gets Major Update Adding Apps, Email and More

Barnes & Noble today announced a major update to NOOK Color, offering apps, email and an enhanced web experience, making it - undoubtedly - the best tablet value on the market at just $249.

In addition to popular apps like Angry Birds, Uno, and Pandora, the new (and free) NOOK Email application works across Web mail services including Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL and Hotmail.

With the update, NOOK Color also offers enhanced books featuring in-page video, new interactivity in digital children's picture books, and now has over 150 interactive magazines and newspapers, including new titles like The Economist and Food & Wine.

The v1.2 update is now available at www.nookcolor.com/update and will be available for free over the air (OTA) via Wi-Fi to customers beginning next week.

"NOOK Color offers the best reading experience of any device, and now delivers the most popular tablet features such as engaging apps so customers can play, learn and explore, free, built-in email, an Android operating system update for enhanced Web browsing and more interactive content," said William Lynch, Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble. "With our new NOOK Apps program, we've partnered with the world's best publishers and developers to offer popular brands like Angry Birds, Epicurious, Uno, Lonely Planet, Dr. Seuss, Little Critter and many more quality and entertaining applications. These and other enhancements, plus new ways for adults and children to experience exciting content, make NOOK Color a great alternative to paying double the price – or more – for an expensive tablet."

Get all the details by reading the press release.