A look at some of the hardware specs for Barnes & Noble’s new Nook HD and HD+ tablets, compared with Amazon.com’s new Kindle Fire and Apple’s iPad3.
_Nook HD
Maker: Barnes & Noble Inc.
Price: $199 for 8 gigabytes of storage; $229 for 16 gigabytes
Screen size: 7-inches at the diagonal
Display resolution: 1440 x 900 pixel resolution
Software: Android 4.0 OS
Storage: 8 to 16 gigabytes, and expandable memory with a microSD card
Thickness: .43 inches
Weight: 11.1 oz
Processor: Dual-Core 1.3 GHz OMAP4470
Battery life: Up to 10.5 hours of reading and up to 9 hours of video
Connectivity: Wi-Fi
Camera: No camera
_Nook HD+
Maker: Barnes & Noble Inc.
Price: $269 for 16 gigabytes of storage; $299 for 32 gigabytes
Screen size: 9 inches at the diagonal
Display resolution: 1920 x 1280 pixel resolution
Software: Android 4.0 OS
Storage: 16 to 32 gigabytes, and expandable memory with a microSD card
Thickness: .45 inches
Weight: 18.2 oz
Processor: Dual-Core 1.5 GHz OMAP4470
Battery life: Up to 10 hours of reading and up to 9 hours of video
Connectivity: Wi-Fi
Camera: No camera
_ Kindle Fire HD
Maker: Amazon.com Inc.
Price: $199 for 16 gigabytes, $249 for 32 gigabytes
Screen size: 7 inches at the diagonal
Display resolution: 1280 x 800 pixel resolution
Software: Android 4.0
Storage: 16 or 32 gigabytes.
Thickness: .4 inches
Weight: 13.9 oz
Processor: Dual-core 1.2GHz OMAP4460
Battery life: 11 hours continuous use
Connectivity: Wi-Fi
Camera: Front facing camera
_Kindle Fire HD 8.9 inches
Maker: Amazon.com Inc.
Price: $299 for 16 gigabytes, $369 for 32 gigabytes, $499 for 4G LTE service
Screen size: 8.9 inches at the diagonal
Display resolution: 1920 x 1200 pixel resolution
Software: Android 4.0
Storage: 16 or 32 gigabytes, or 32 or 64 gigabytes on 4G device
Thickness: .35 inches
Weight: 20 oz
Processor: Dual-core, 1.5GHz OMAP4470
Battery life: N/A
Connectivity: Wi-Fi, or 4G LTE data service
Camera: Front facing camera
_iPad
Maker: Apple Inc.
Price: $499 to $829
Screen size: 9.7 inches at the diagonal
Display resolution: 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution
Software: Apple
Storage: 16, 32 or 64 gigabytes
Thickness: .37 inches
Weight: 1.44 lbs
Processor: Dual-core Apple A5X
Battery life: Up to 10 hours of web use on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music
Connectivity: Wi-Fi or 3G data service
Camera: Front and back facing camera
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