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The great tablet wars are nigh. While a horde of Android slabs battle the iPad for supremacy, Amazon returned to the fray in September with the Kindle Fire, hoping to reclaim stewardship of the ereader throne. Not to be outdone, Barnes & Noble thrust forth its Nook Tablet this morning in a bold gambit to split the market asunder.
See, aren't ereaders more fun when they're in a Lord of the Rings movie?
For serious, though -- if you're considering a shiny new tablet (either for yourself, or as a holiday gift), you now have more choices than ever. That might be a good or bad thing for you, depending on whether making decisions induces paralyzing anxiety.
Fortunately, we've devised this handy comparison chart. See how this new Nook stacks up against the leading tablets and ereaders below.
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Tablet
Dimensions
Data Storage
Battery Life
RAM
Processor
File Formats
Operating System
Price
Nook Tablet
8.1" (H) x 5" (W) x .48" (D)
7" multi-touch display
16GB (expandable to 32GB via MicroSD)
11.5 hours (reading)
9 hours (video)
1 GB RAM
1GHz dual-core
ePub, PDF, DOC, MP4, MP3, JPG, and more.
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
$249
iPad 2
9.5" (H) x 7.31" (W) x .34" (D)
9.7" multi-touch display
16GB, 32GB & 64GB models. Non-expandable.
10 hours on Wi-Fi
512 MB
1GHz dual-core Apple A5
PDF, DOC, JPG, MP4, MP3, MOV, and more.
iOS 5
$499, $599, $699 (depending on storage size)
Kindle Fire
7.5" (H) x 4.7" (W) x .45" (D)
7" multi-touch display
8GB (approx 6GB user content). Non-expandable.
8 hours (reading), 7.5 hours (video)
512 MB
1GHz dual-core
Kindle (AZW), PDF, unprotected MOBI, DOC, JPG, MP4,
MP3, and more.
Amazon-flavored Android UI
$199
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9
9.09" (H) x 6.21" (W) x .33" (D)
8.9" multi-touch display
(Also comes in 10.1" and 7" display models, with varying
dimensions)
16 GB
13 hours (variable)
1 GB
1GHz dual-core
PDF, DOC, MP3, MP4, and more
Android 3.1 (Honeycomb)
$449
Bonus: Up Close with the Nook Tablet