NOOK Tablet 10.1

“Barnes and Noble's 10.1-inch Nook Tablet ($129.99) has the basic performance you need for looking at colorful content on the go, with decent battery life and unusual levels of service and support for the price. Those are all good things, though other tablets offer slightly better value if you don't need the in-store support.”

“It’s not a fantastic tablet, but it’s an affordable tablet AND it’s a great tablet, and those are its strong points. The NOOK 10 has the flexibility of a gymnast and it is cheaper than other tablets with a similar hardware configuration. It has native storage capacity, battery life, and a screen that will meet or exceeds the needs of most of those looking to use a tablet for email, video, music, and reading. If you are buying it primarily as an e-reader, the NOOK 10 is an exceptional value.”

“The new Nook is not a full-fledged e-reader — it’s a budget tablet with slightly specialized software. It lives in between these two worlds, attempting to pull the best from each, and because of this, it loses much of its identity (and its functionality).”