NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble on Monday added an apps store and an e-mail program to its Nook Color e-reader, bringing the $249 device closer to working like a tablet computer in the vein of the iPad. Also, it has a color touchscreen, which gives it capabilities beyond those of Amazon’s Kindle.
The Nook Color runs Google’s Android software but not standard Android applications. Barnes & Noble is encouraging developers to submit specially written applications to its Nook Apps store. Among the more than 125 applications available are the game Angry Birds and cooking recipe vault Epicurious. Barnes & Noble is adding the ability to play Flash content on the Nook’s Web browser. Barnes & Noble said the Nook isn’t intended to compete directly with the iPad: “The target for this is still people who love reading.” The Associated Press
