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Nook HD+ ?
Hi all.
I wondered if anyone had any experience with this tablet? Is it any good?I'd be using it manly for Internet browsing. Or is there another tablet at around the £100 mark that would be better? Thanks.
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Not got it but its a reasonable fast dual core design, the same one as the non Amazon Fire HD, and also has two Coretex M3 co-processors to lower battery use.
The 1920 x 1280 screen may end up working brilliantly in 1280 x 1920 portrait mode on heavy load type sites such as the Mail. Maybe owners can comment on that aspect I'm curious about? (web browser set to desktop mode) |
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I've got one and find it excellent and would certainly recommend them.
Great screen and pretty responsive as well. @alanwarwic - no idea about that as I've install Cyanogenmod |
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@alanwarwic - no idea about that as I've install Cyanogenmod It just sounds like 1200 width and 1920 depth, on the face of it, sounds perfect for full web browsing. |
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No difference at all there.
It just sounds like 1200 width and 1920 depth, on the face of it, sounds perfect for full web browsing. Browsing is very good on the Nook. |
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http://www.theguardian.com/technology?view=mobile
http://www.theguardian.com/technology?view=desktop Essentially they are two different websites. With 'desktop' you are more likely to get some text firsthand without always needing to click onwards for further info/description. I have no idea what the default is initially set to on Chrome on the HD+. Probably 'mobile'. |
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http://www.theguardian.com/technology?view=mobile
http://www.theguardian.com/technology?view=desktop Essentially they are two different websites. With 'desktop' you are more likely to get some text firsthand without always needing to click onwards for further info/description. I have no idea what the default is initially set to on Chrome on the HD+. Probably 'mobile'. It struck me that it doesn't really tell you much unless you compare it to a smaller/lower res screen, so here's the same thing from a 900x1440 Hudl tablet - http://i41.tinypic.com/rays0w.png (I suppose if you compare both pics at their native resolution i.e. zoomed to 100% you can see the difference in text size). Here's this forum for another comparison: Nook HD+ - http://i39.tinypic.com/16bzq79.png Hudl - http://i44.tinypic.com/120mdr6.png Basically the Nook HD+ is a nice size and has a good quality screen for web browsing and as an ereader/viewing PDFs etc. Also, it plays videos extremely well and handles most games without any problems too (but probably not the most graphically intensive games). Oh and it doesn't feel that heavy for a 9" tablet either. For the price it's excellent if you don't care about the few features it's missing (gps and camera). I would say though that it's definitely worth putting a custom ROM on this tablet. It's very easy and painless and does improve the speed and responsiveness and gives you more settings/features in Android. I went with a 'stable' version of CyanogenMod and not experienced any problems at all really. Only thing I'd say is to also put on Nova Launcher as it's better than the launcher that comes with the ROM. |
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^ I should say that those pics are only useful for comparing the differences in size of text/pictures of (non-zoomed) web pages at native resolution. You can't compare sharpness because most image hosting sites like to (annoyingly) compress the pictures you upload. Both tablets display pages sharp and clear as they've got good screens with good resolutions for their screen size. The benefit of the Nook HD+ is that you'll probably not be needing to zoom in as often or as much when web browsing/reading etc.
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I would say though that it's definitely worth putting a custom ROM on this tablet. It's very easy and painless and does improve the speed and responsiveness and gives you more settings/features in Android. I went with a 'stable' version of CyanogenMod and not experienced any problems at all really. Only thing I'd say is to also put on Nova Launcher as it's better than the launcher that comes with the ROM. |
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Agree with this - makes the tablet much better to use - especially the Nova Launcher
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I would say though that it's definitely worth putting a custom ROM on this tablet.
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I read that it didn't even play the BBC iPlayer out of the box. When will these manufacturers learn that computers don't really take off if you can't obtain the software solutions for them.
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I read that it didn't even play the BBC iPlayer out of the box. When will these manufacturers learn that computers don't really take off if you can't obtain the software solutions for them.
But thats okay, don't let a lack of knowledge get in the way of a good rant
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