Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet 8GB officially available for $199

Barnes & Noble has announced the 8GB version of Nook Tablet today. Targeted to compete directly with Amazon Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet 8GB has been priced at $199, the same price at which Fire is currently retailing. The 16GB version of Nook Tablet will continue to see for $249. On the other hand, Nook Color’s price has been reduced to just $169 now.

Nook Tablet in the 8GB version is immediately available and orderable on the official website Nook.com and authorized shops. The specifications are similar than the version already on the market by using the same 7-inch display, dual core processor with 1 GHz, 512MB of RAM (1GB for the 16GB version), 8 GB of memory, microSD slot and battery with a ' range of approximately 11 hours.

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WordPress for Android 2.0.5 update brings Nook Color/Tablet, Kindle Fire support

WordPress has released a new update 2.0.5 for its official Android app as well announced the launch of updated app in Amazon Appstore and Nook Apps. The major change in this update is the support for Nook Color, Nook Tablet and Amazon Kindle Fire.

WordPress for Android was already available for Android smartphones and Honeycomb tablets, but now even Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire users can also use WordPress on their tablets. Other changes in this update include Post editor improvements, Geotagging improvements and Bug fixes.

WordPress can be found here in Android Market