NOOK Color Barnes & Noble Wi-Fi ® eReader 

Features & Content

World's Most Advanced VividView™ Touchscreen

Ultra-responsive 7-inch multi-touch screen displays 16 million colors ultra-bright. Specially designed for remarkable clarity and minimal glare so you can enjoy the ultimate reading and entertainment experience.

World's Largest Bookstore

Over 2.5 million titles-new releases to bestsellers. Sample FREE. Most $9.99 or less. Get them instantly via Wi-Fi®- usually in under 10 seconds. NOOK Daily Find™ brings you a great book at a great price, plus a weekly Free Fridays™ title.

Popular Magazines & Newspapers

The largest digital collection of bestselling magazines and favorite newspapers- delivered the moment they're released. Special interactive editions w/video & other fun extras. Try any title FREE for 14 days!

Read Your Way

Make the text bigger, choose the font you like, even read in portrait or landscape. Enjoy your favorite reading in your favorite way.

Thousands of Must-Have Apps

Enjoy the best apps. Games like Angry Birds & SCRABBLE©. Essentials like Taptu & MyCast Weather. Favorites including Epicurious & Drawing Pad. Plus pre-loaded Sudoku, Crosswords, Chess & Pandora®.

 

Built-in Wi-Fi® for Email and Web

Fast Web browsing for shopping, Facebook & videos with Adobe® Flash® Player. Look up information on Wikipedia or Google® right from the page of your book. Plus all your personal email in one inbox.

Kids' Stories Come to Life

Nothing compares to NOOK Kids™. Choose from the largest collection of interactive children's books that come to life with enchanting Read to Me™ narrations & fun Read and Play™ activities built right into the pages.

Millions of Songs

Listen to millions of songs from the hottest music services. Free trials of Rhapsody, MOG and Grooveshark. Pandora comes pre-loaded plus listen to your own tunes with the built-in music player.

  

NEW! Watch Popular Movies & TV Shows

Now you can stream your favorite movies & TV shows right on your NOOK Color with Netflix. A FREE 30-day trial included. NOTE: You must have software version 1.4.1 on your NOOK Color to use Netflix.  Click here to update.

NEW! NOOK Comics™

Popular comics, including the largest collection of Marvel graphic novels. With vivid colors & rich images, the action nearly jumps off the page. Your issues always in perfect condition to enjoy again & again.

NEW! PagePerfect™ NOOK Books

A whole new category of NOOK Books carefully crafted to keep the precision and beauty of their stunning print versions. Zoom in on pictures, and fluidly scroll through pages of beautiful cookbooks, art books & more.

 

Powerful Battery

Reading a book you just can't put down? With NOOK's long battery life, you can read for 8 hours¹ without having to recharge.

  

Share with NOOK Friends™

Connect with friends and share recommendations about the books you love on Facebook and Twitter, or swap books with LendMe®. Check out your friends' ratings and reviews and let them inspire you.

Expert Recommendations

Get expert recommendations from our 40,000 booksellers, plus personalized recommendations based on books you love. And any time you're reading, just tap the Discover icon for ideas on similar books to read next.

 

Personalize Your NOOK

Customize your homepage with favorite photos or make personal bookshelves. NOOK lets you create a reading experience that is as unique as you are.

NOOK Keeps Your Place

Our FREE NOOK Reading App™ syncs the last page you've read across your NOOK, smartphone or computer— so you can read what you love, anywhere you like.

Always Free NOOK Support

Get FREE NOOK support from our 40,000 booksellers. Plus enjoy FREE Wi-Fi®, special offers on books and café treats and read entire NOOK Books FREE for up to one hour per day in-store!  For additional warranty information Click Here

Get the NOOK Look

Our wide selection of accessories is exclusively designed for fashion, fit and function. Keep your NOOK Color safe and stylish with designer cases and totes, plus must-haves like screen protectors, car adapters & more.

Specs

Slim, Light & Portable

Take your entire library wherever you go.

Height: 8.1 inches
Width: 5.0 inches
Depth: 0.48 inches
Weight: 15.8 ounces²

World's Most Advanced VividView™ Color Touchscreen

Remarkable clarity and minimal glare

• 7-inch VividView™ Color Touchscreen
• 16 million+ colors on IPS³ display
• High resolution display -- 1024 X 600, 169 pixels per inch (PPI)
• Full lamination process reduces glare and optimizes brightness -- read indoors or outside

Adjustable Fonts

Customize your reading experience

• 8 text sizes, 6 font styles, change background colors, line and margin spacing
• Look-up words in the built-in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition

Web and Email

Surf your favorite sites and check & send email

• Enhanced Web browsing with video via Adobe® Flash® Player⁴
• Parental controls to easily disable the Web browser
• Check & send email all from one inbox (i.e. POP and IMAP webmail, including Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, AOL and others)

Built-in Wi-Fi®

Connect wirelessly in seconds

• Wireless connectivity via Wi-Fi® (802.11b/g/n)
• FREE Wi-Fi® in all Barnes & Noble stores

Supported File Types⁵

Borrow library books, listen to music & more

• Load EPUB (including Non or Adobe DRM) or PDF file types from your computer or microSD™ card⁷
• Other documents supported: CBZ, XLS, DOC, PPT, TXT, DOCM, XLSM, PPTM, PPSX, PPSM, DOCX, XLX, PPTX
• Watch videos in MP4, or Adobe Flash Player format
• Load photos and create personal wallpaper: JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP
• Play audio on built-in mono speaker: MP3, MP4, AAC

Fast Processor

 

• 800 MHz TI processor with 512 MB RAM

Powerful Battery Life

Stay unplugged

• Read for up to 8 hours¹ without recharging with wireless off
• Installed rechargeable battery 
• Charge from a wall outlet using the in-box Power Adapter and USB Cable (charging time: approximately 3 hours from wall outlet)

Memory

Hold thousands of books, songs, photos, & more

• 8GB⁶ (up to 5,000 books) built-in memory (6GB for content; 5GB reserved for B&N content)
• Expandable storage up to 32GB with microSD memory card⁷

Pre-Loaded NOOK Apps™

 

Pandora internet radio, Chess, Crossword, Sudoku, Media Gallery, NOOK Friends, Email

In the Box

 

• NOOK Color
• USB Cable
• Quick Start Guide
• Power Adapter
• Rechargeable Battery (installed)

Connectors

Universal 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack

• Charging port
• Expandable microSD⁷ slot

¹ Battery life depends on device settings, usage, and many other factors. Battery tests conducted using specific units; actual results may vary.
² Actual Size and weight vary by configuration and manufacturing process.
³ In Plane Switching.
4 Adobe and Flash are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.
5 Contains Reader® Mobile technology by Adobe Systems Incorporated.
⁶ 1GB = 1 billion bytes. Actual formatted capacity may be less.
⁷ microSD™ or microSDHC™ memory cards sold separately. microSD and microSDHC are trademarks of SD-3C, LLC.
Scrabble© 2011 Hasbro, All rights reserved
Netflix unlimited streaming membership required. Other third-party applications may require membership. Actual available content may vary
Facebook is a trademark of Facebook, Inc.
Sports Illustrated and People are a trademark of Time Inc., registered in the U.S. and in other countries.
Hulu Plus is a trademark of Hulu,LLC.
NOOK, NOOK Color, VividView, NOOK Comics, NOOK Daily Find, Free Fridays, NOOK Kids, Read to Me, Read and Play, NOOK Comics, NOOK Friends, LendMe and Free NOOK Reading App are a trademark of Barnes & Noble. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.