Samsung and Barnes & Noble announce 10.1-inch version of the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook
Last month, Samsung and Barnes & Noble unveiled the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook with a 7-inch screen. Realizing that might not be big enough for some people, they went ahead and announced a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800) version. It’s essentially the same device as the smaller version other than the display size, and you get the same Barnes & Noble extras.
It’s available starting today in Barnes & Noble stores nationwide or on their website. The price is $299, and that includes $200 in free content from the Nook Store, which includes bestselling books, popular TV shows, top magazines and apps.
Hit the break for the full presser.
Samsung and Barnes & Noble Introduce New Large Screen Samsung Galaxy Tab® 4 NOOK
NEW YORK & RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., Oct 22, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Samsung Electronics America and NOOK Media, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc.BKS, +2.15% , today announced the introduction of the 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK, a new large-screen version of the popular tablet that combines Samsung’s leading technology and NOOK’s extraordinary content and reading experience. This new big-screen co-branded tablet offers the best of both worlds: a full-featured Android tablet that’s optimized for reading and entertainment. With tools for everyday use and an amazing collection of HD entertainment, customers can connect to the world when they need to, and escape when they want. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK 10.1-inch tablet is available starting today in more than 650 Barnes & Noble bookstores and online at www.bn.com and www.nook.com, launching at a special introductory price of $299.99 and including more than $200 in free content from the NOOK Store®,including a new assortment of bestselling books, popular TV shows, top magazines and apps.
The new 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK features the largest screen ever available on a NOOK. The new addition joins the recently launched 7-inch model to offer customers more choice for their reading and entertainment needs.
“With the launch of the new large screen Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK, we have a fantastic lineup of devices for our customers to choose from as we head into the holiday gifting season,” said Michael P. Huseby, Chief Executive Officer of Barnes & Noble, Inc. “Customers are telling us that they love the reading and entertainment experience on our new 7-inch Samsung NOOK and we’re certain that the addition of the stunning 10-inch model, alongside our popular NOOK GlowLight™ eReader, will ensure that there’s a perfect device for everyone in the family at Barnes & Noble this holiday season and beyond.”
See More of What You Love on NOOK’s Largest Ever Screen
The new device features Samsung’s sleek, ultra-light premium tablet design and all of the hardware specs of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4. The crisp, brilliant and beautiful 10.1-inch HD display makes it the perfect device to enjoy books, interactive children’s books, magazines, games, movies, TV shows and videos, with long-lasting battery life to match. Weighing just 17.28 ounces and with a width of just 9.58 inches, the large screen Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK is designed to be comfortable to hold so consumers can easily read, watch or dive into any features or content, at home or on-the-go while still enjoying the 10.1-inch HD display.
“The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK combines an award-winning reading experience with leading edge technology to offer consumers an immersive way to enjoy all types of content,” said Tim Baxter, President of Samsung Electronics America. “We are excited to offer both the 7- and 10.1-inch NOOKs by Samsung to customers through Barnes & Noble’s bookstores nationwide, just in time for the holidays.”
Tablet Tools for Everyday Life
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK is a high-performance tablet with all of the tools that customers need to stay entertained, connected and productive. For the first time ever, NOOK customers can enjoy one of their most requested tablet features on a large display: built-in 1.3-megapixel front- and 3-megapixel rear-facing cameras for photos and video chats. The Wi-Fi® enabled device has the full suite of Google applications featuring the Chrome web browser, as well as built-in GPS capabilities for location-based apps and more. With the Samsung Multi Window™ innovation, customers can use more than one app simultaneously and share content between apps at the same time, like reading an email and finding a location on Google Maps. The 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK also features 16GB of built in storage, in addition to the expandable memory that is available with both the 7- and 10.1-inch devices.
Get the Most Out of Reading and Entertainment
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK gives customers an extraordinary collection of digital content to explore from Barnes & Noble. The expansive NOOK Store’s reading and entertainment content offers:
Discovery couldn’t be easier for all types of content with a bookstore-like browsing experience, Your NOOK, and unique cross-content features based upon customer interests and relevant topics. Hundreds of NOOK Channels™ support expert content curation based on interest and sensibility. This popular discovery feature is powered by Barnes & Noble’s breakthrough recommendation system which combines its bookseller knowledge with advanced algorithmic technology.
Latest NOOK Software for an Even Better User Experience
Customers purchasing the 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK will receive new NOOK software, which will roll out as an over-the-air update from the Google Play store starting on October 22. The update will enhance a customer’s overall product experience with features including:
The updated NOOK experience will roll out to the 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK starting in November.
Free with Purchase: $200 in Popular NOOK Content
Barnes & Noble will welcome all customers who purchase a new 7- or 10.1-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK with a refreshed content pack featuring more than $200 of free NOOK reading and entertainment content. Customers will receive four free bestselling eBooks including And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, Two Of A Kind by Yona Zeldis McDonough and The Best American Series 2014: 12 Short Stories & Essays by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, as well as an episode each of three hit TV shows: The Newsroom and Curb Your Enthusiasm from HBO, as well as Disney’s The Octonauts.
As part of the package, magazine lovers can also choose up to four 14-day free trial subscriptions from a selection of 15 popular magazines – including Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker, Us Weekly, Peopleand more, and also receive the previous 12 issues of each title at no cost. Additionally, customers will receive a complimentary selection of top NOOK Apps including Cut the Rope: Experiments, Concise Oxford English Dictionary with Audio and Just 2 Words. A $5 credit will also help customers get started as they explore the NOOK Store. More detail on the free NOOK content offer can be found at NOOK.com.
Barnes & Noble also offers great content through its Free Friday™ program, offering a NOOK Book®, NOOK Video or NOOK App at no cost each week. VisitNOOK.com or the NOOK Store on a NOOK to learn more.
Easy-to-Use and Customizable
Intuitive and user friendly, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK enables users easy access to recent and favorite content and to discover new interests across all content types in one place. Current NOOK customers who upgrade and sign in will find their existing library of NOOK content loaded and ready to enjoy.
Right from the fully integrated home screen, users can get customized recommendations, access the NOOK Store or browse the web. With customizable NOOK Profiles, every member of the family can create their own immersive reading experience, curated and tailored to their individual interest and reading preferences.
Availability and In-Store Support
The ad-free Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK 10.1-inch model is available immediately in black and is launching at a special introductory price of $299.99 at Barnes & Noble bookstores nationwide and online at www.bn.com andwww.nook.com. The 7-inch model is also available for $169.99 after a $30 instant rebate in black or white. Customers can personalize their new devices with a number of NOOK-designed accessories including covers, sleeves, an anti-glare screen and more.
Experience the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK, alongside the popular NOOK GlowLight eReader, in a local Barnes & Noble store and learn more from one of the company’s expert booksellers. In store, NOOK customers receive complimentary, personal NOOK support with no appointment needed. While in-store, customers can also receive suggestions on what to read next, access free Wi-Fi, and enjoy the popular Read In Store program, which allows guests to read any book free for up to one hour per day, just like browsing the physical shelves. Customers can also take advantage of a full calendar of popular NOOK events, including NOOK Night workshops, family Storytimes, book discussion groups and author signings.
About Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Barnes & Noble, Inc. BKS, +2.15% is a Fortune 500 company, the nation’s largest retail bookseller and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company operates 658 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s largest e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com). Its NOOK Media LLC subsidiary is a leader in the emerging digital reading and digital education markets. The NOOK digital business offers award-winning NOOK® products and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store® (www.nook.com), while Barnes & Noble College Booksellers LLC operates 705 bookstores serving over five million students and faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States. General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained by visiting the Company’s corporate website: www.barnesandnobleinc.com.
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About NOOK Media LLC
NOOK reading and entertainment products make it easy to Read What You Love, Anywhere You Like™ with a fun, easy-to-use and immersive digital reading experience. With NOOK, customers gain access to the expansive NOOK Store® of more than 3 million digital books in the US and UK, plus periodicals, comics, apps, movies and TV shows, and the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through free NOOK Reading Apps™. Find NOOK devices in Barnes & Noble stores and online at www.nook.com, as well as leading retailers including Best Buy, Walmart, Target and many others. NOOK products are available in the United Kingdom at leading retailers; NOOK content can be purchased at www.nook.co.uk.
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About Samsung Electronics America
Headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA), is a recognized innovation leader in consumer electronics design and technology. A wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SEA delivers a broad range of digital consumer electronics, IT and home appliance products. Samsung is the market leader for HDTVs in the U.S and America’s fastest growing home appliance brand. To discover more, please visitwww.samsung.com.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in technology, opening new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of TVs, smartphones, tablets, PCs, cameras, home appliances, printers, LTE systems, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. We employ 286,000 people across 80 countries with annual sales of US$216.7 billion.
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Switching from iOS to Android: A helpful guide
When I made the switch from iOS to Android, it was pretty easy. I was already using Google services for as much as I possibly could. It was part of the reason I decided to switch. Why use Apple products to access Google services when I could use Google products to access Google services?
So when it came time to transfer over my contacts, calendar, photos, music, email and other services I used Google to log into, it was just a matter of entering my log-in credentials. And because I’m a nerd who likes to plan out technology changes like this, I made a list of all the apps I couldn’t live without, found them in the Google Play store, and bookmarked them so that when I got my first Android device, it would just take a few taps to complete the switch from iOS to Android.
Sadly, not everyone is like me. Some people use other services. Some people use Apple products to access Apple services.
For you unfortunate people out there, Google has created a handy-dandy guide for switching from iOS to Android.
It will take a bit of work, but it will make the switch pretty painless, and at the end of the day, you will have the following data on your shiny new Android device,
- Photos/Video
- Contacts
- Apps
- Music
Are you planning to make the switch from iOS to Android? Let us know in the comments how helpful Google’s guide was.
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Butterscotch Shenanigans releases their Crashlands Alpha trailer showing much more juicy detail
Suffice to say that when I see some news about Butterscotch Shenanigans and their new games, I get a little giddy inside. It’s been awhile since we last reported on Crashlands, but it appears the game is alive and kicking, and kicking ass at that. Butterscotch Shenanigans have just released their Crashlands Alpha trailer and the game is looking pretty impressive with the usual Butterscotch Shenanigans flair. Check it out:
The art style of Crashlands is textbook Butterscotch Shenanigans, which is a very good thing, and the new crafting and scavenging aspect of the game appears to be well endowed at this point. I’d almost say Crashlands is a 2D, top-down version of Minecraft – that is, if I didn’t mention the awesome combat that it possesses. Crashlands has come a long way from Quadropus Rampage, and although there are clear cues from that earlier game, Crashlands appears to have built on that foundation and made something that is significantly more tactical – I mean, seriously, you can tame animals and make them fight for you! I know I can’t wait to try it, but you’ll have to wait till Spring 2015 to play the free-to-play title.
What do you think about Crashlands? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: YouTube via Pocketgamer
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RETRY looks like Rovio Mobile’s latest attempt to make you destroy your mobile device
As if Flappy Bird wasn’t enough, Rovio Mobile has decided to release a new game along the same lines as the virally famous one-button game with RETRY. Assuming a similar genre of 2D side-scroller, RETRY assigns you a plane which you must nurse through a number of obstacles. Naturally, there is only one way to control your plane: hold the screen to spin your propeller, release and your plane will do a loop-de-loop. Sound infuriating? That’s exactly how I felt after just watching the trailer – check it out below:
Much like Flappy Bird, you’re likely to continue playing RETRY if only for the infuriating achievement of finishing one level only to be confronted with another equally patience testing obstacle course. If you are a gluttony for pain, the Play Store link to RETRY can be found below where you can download the game for absolutely free. Now excuse me while I try to punch a hole through the centre of my phone playing this game.
Game: RETRY
Price: Free
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets with Top Chinese Official After iCloud Login Harvesting Claims
Apple CEO Tim Cook met with a top Chinese government official in Beijing Wednesday to discuss the security of user data, reports Reuters. The meeting comes after web censorship blog Great Fire claimed earlier this week that hackers worked with Chinese authorities to harvest Apple ID information from Chinese users visiting iCloud.com.
Yesterday, Apple issued a statement acknowledging the attacks on its servers and launched a new browser security guide on its website. The guide stressed the importance of digital certificates, asking users to check for any certificate warnings in their browser and ensure that they are connected to iCloud.com versus a malicious third-party website that resembles the service’s homepage.
China has become an increasingly important market for Apple, as the company now has eleven retail stores in the country and sells the iPhone on all three major wireless carriers. Apple also launched the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in China last Friday following a week of successful pre-orders.
Note: Due to the political nature of the discussion regarding this topic, the discussion thread is located in our Politics, Religion, Social Issues forum. All forum members and site visitors are welcome to read and follow the thread, but posting is limited to forum members with at least 100 posts.
Smart skates can help prevent figure skating injuries
A team of engineers at Brigham Young University are developing smart skates specifically for athletes who spin, jump and do crazy pirouettes on ice. Why? Well, figure skaters land with a force equal to six times their body weight when they jump (according to the team’s paper published earlier), so they’re prone to injuries like broken bones and impacted joints. These special skates can measure how hard the athletes land, enabling them to correct angles or to time their spins better to prevent accidents. Unfortunately, you can’t just put a small analyzer on skates like you would on a baseball bat or a tennis racket to measure the force of a landing.
So, the engineers attached strain gauges and circuits to a pair of ice skates’ blades, along with a device that digitizes and stores the data they collect. While they made sure the components are almost weightless and won’t affect a skater’s performance, the current design’s still pretty raw, as you can see below. The team’s hoping tweak it further — make it more accurate and refine its looks — before it comes up with a product people can actually buy.
[Image credit: Shutterstock / Sergey Nivens]
Via: Motherboard
Source: IOP Science
CeX begins trading in Bitcoin at stores across the UK
Technology swap shop CeX has today become the first UK retailer with a far-flung high street presence to widely support Bitcoin. Earlier in the year, CeX briefly experimented with the cryptocurrency at one of its Glasgow locations, which also became home to Scotland’s first Bitcoin ATM, shortly before it started supporting the virtual tender on its website. And from today, 32 CeX stores across the country will now happily accept payment in Bitcoin, as well as credit you in the cryptocurrency for anything you’d like to trade in. All being well, CeX plans to roll out support to more branches in due course, as well as install additional in-store Bitcoin ATMs at select locations — because petty thieves can’t live on Bitcoin alone now, can they?
[Image credit: Kake Pugh/Flickr]
Filed under: Internet
Via: The Telegraph
Source: CeX
Bowers & Wilkins’ first Bluetooth speaker oozes Brit style
Bowers & Wilkins wants you to keep up appearances with the T7, its first portable Bluetooth speaker. The bespoke UK audio company has certainly nailed the design, with an elegant honeycomb “micro matrix” cabinet designed to reduce vibration and distortion. It’s also got twin bass radiators, high-quality Bluetooth aptX and audiophile electronics and drive units. Bowers & Wilkins has promised intuitive light cues and minimal buttons, plus a whopping 18-hour battery life. The only thing that might give you pause is the $350 price tag, a premium over the beloved, but still-not-exactly-cheap $300 Big Jambox, for example. Still, considering its objet d’art looks, if the sound quality measures up to all of Bowers & Wilkins fancy adjectives, it might be worth the extra 50 bucks.
Filed under: Home Entertainment
Source: Bowers & Wilkins
Activehours: A new way to get paid faster
For years and years, we as people have kept to the tradition of how we get paid; work, work some more, work again, and keep working until payday rolls around and we can actually enjoy the rewards of putting in our time. It can be hard to wait so long until you actually receive the money you deserve every day.
This is where Activehours comes in, a very neat and innovative way to get paid way before our payday comes along. Does this sound crazy? Sure, but it’s true.
Activehours connects with your bank account and where you work, and you take a snapshot of your time sheet for the day or the week, send it in to Activehours and then money is automatically transferred to your bank account whenever you want. You can cash in all your hours worked, or only a few if you wish. The app does not charge you at all or put interest on your transfers, but gives you the option to leave a tip. It’s up to you.
The app itself is very sleek and professional looking. Navigation is simple, and it was very easy to understand all the areas of the app (there really aren’t that many). Establishing connections is very secure (they use 256-bit encryption to protect confidentiality of information) and the app will send a couple test transfers to your bank account to see if everything is working. Of course, the test transfers are empty and contain zero money.
The app is available to workers as well as Uber and Lyft drivers that have direct deposit set up with their employer. The maximum amount you can cash in per day is $100 but can increase the more you use the service and tip the app.
Activehours announced a new feature today called Lightning Pay, where cash-ins can transfer to your bank account in seconds including nights and weekends and marks a new era for the paycheck- On-demand pay.The service is now offered in beta to select users on the Activehours mobile app and is only available for certain banks that support it, so I haven’t gotten to test it out yet.
This app is a really convenient way to get paid when you want to rather than waiting awhile for payday. As a college student, two weeks can seem like forever as I wait for my paycheck, so this app has been helpful for grabbing twenty bucks in time for the weekend. I urge you to try the app out like I have and let us know how it’s treated you so far!
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Apple Maps now lets small business owners add their own info
When Tim Cook apologized for Apple Maps in 2012, he promised to do everything to make the app better. The company’s latest push to improve its navigation app involves putting all the small businesses it can on Apple Maps — that is, with a little help from the owners themselves through a new portal called Maps Connect. The service lets owners add or edit their establishments’ locations and gives them the opportunity to beef up their their profiles with their businesses’ website, Yelp , Facebook and/or Twitter pages. They can even sign up for iBeacon (the company’s indoor tracking tech) installation on the page, though at the moment, Apple’s prioritizing businesses with more than a million visitors every year and offer WiFi throughout their premises.
If this initial crowdsourcing effort makes Apple Maps a lot better (Google, for one, thinks crowdsourcing’s a solid idea to improve its own app, hence the Waze acquisition), we wouldn’t be surprised if Apple launches other, similar projects. According to SearchEngineLand, Maps Connect is only open to folks in the US for now, but the company promises to add more countries in the future.
Filed under: Misc, Mobile, Apple
Via: iMore
Source: Apple Maps Connect
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