US bookseller Barnes & Noble has today, November 22 started sales of its NOOK HD large- and small-screen tablets in the UK, Digital Spy said.
Consumers can now purchase the NOOK HD 7-inch tablet and the NOOK HD+ 9-inch device from a range of retailers and online. Barnes & Noble said that pre-orders for the two tablets "exceeded our expectations" ahead of the release.
The NOOK HD features a 7-inch LED-backlit multi-touch screen, with a resolution of 1440×900, boasting 243 pixels per inch (PPI). This is technically superior to rival devices, including Google's Nexus 7, Apple's iPad mini and Amazon's Kindle Fire.
It weighs 315 grams, is 5 inches (127mm) wide and features a design similar to that of Barnes & Noble's NOOK e-readers.
Powered by a dual-core 1.3GHz processor and running a forked version of Google Android, NOOK HD is available in 'Snow' and 'Smoke' colours. The product costs £159 for the 8GB model or £189 for a 16GB version – both feature expandable microSD memory for additional storage.
Competing with Apple's main iPad, the NOOK HD+ is a full HD 9-inch screen slate supporting movies, magazines and other content in 1080p.
It weighs 515g – claimed to be the lightest in its class – and has a 1.5GHz dual-core processor under the hood.
