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The Nook HD and Nook HD+ are the third generation of Nook's line of color tablet e-reader/media players by Barnes & Noble for using their copy restricted (DRM)〔http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/nook-books-frequently-asked-questions-faq/379003486/〕 proprietary files,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/nook-hd-barnes-noble/1110060426 )〕 or other files. They are the successors to the Nook Tablet and both were released on November 8, 2012. The 7-inch version, the Nook HD (also styled NOOK HD), is available in two internal memory sizes - 8 GB (US$129) with approximately 5 GB available for user content, and 16 GB (US$149) with about 13 GB available for user content. Memory is expandable via a microSD card (up to 64 GB).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://nookdeveloper.zendesk.com/entries/22006856-NOOK-Developer-Reference-Guide#RemMem )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/26/3409362/barnes-noble-fires-back-at-amazon-with-new-nook-hd-and-hd-tablets )〕 The Nook HD is available in two colors: Snow (white) and Smoke (black-grey).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/nook-hd-barnes-noble/1110060426 )〕 A 9-inch version, the Nook HD+ (also styled NOOK HD+), is available with 32 GB ($179) of internal memory. Its memory is also expandable via a microSD card (up to 64 GB). The Nook HD+ is only available in one color, Slate (black-grey).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/nook-hd-plus-barnes-noble/1110060512 )〕 When the devices were first introduced, purchasers of the Nook HD or Nook HD+ received an incentive of a $30 gift card to the Barnes & Noble shop. This expired in February 2013. In May 2013, B&N updated the Nook HD and HD+ to provide full access to the Google Play Store, which allowed users to install apps that were more expensively priced or were unavailable in the Nook Store. In June 2013, B&N announced they would stop making Nook tablets in-house. Later, B&N changed its mind and said a new Nook tablets would be released. In June 2014, Barnes & Noble announced it would be would be teaming up with Samsung to develop co-branded color tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook featuring Samsung's hardware with 7-inch and 10.1-inch displays and customized Nook software from Barnes & Noble. The Galaxy Tab 4 Nook began to be sold in the US in August 2014. ==History== On June 25, 2013, Barnes & Noble announced it: "is abandoning its Nook tablet hardware business and will instead rely on a 'partnership model for manufacturing in the competitive color tablet market' that will seek third-party manufacturers to build eReaders that run Nook software." "The company plans to significantly reduce losses in the NOOK segment by limiting risks associated with manufacturing,” Barnes & Noble said in a press release. “Going forward, the company intends to continue to design eReading devices and reading platforms, while creating a partnership model for manufacturing in the competitive color tablet market. Thus, the widely popular lines of Simple Touch and Glowlight products will continue to be developed in house, and the company’s tablet line will be co-branded with yet to be announced third party manufacturers of consumer electronics products. At the same time, the company intends to continue to build its digital catalog, adding thousands of eBooks every week, and launching new NOOK Apps." On August 20, 2013 CNET reports B&N reversing the decision to eliminate the Color Nook devices:〔 "The bookseller will continue to design and make Nook color devices, with at least one new Nook set for the holiday season, as its chairman shelves a bid to buy the retail side." In reporting on Barnes & Noble's June 5, 2014 announcement that the bookseller would be would be teaming up with Samsung to develop a co-branded tablet, Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook, which was released in August 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nook HD」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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