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NOOK HD+ Review – Light in Weight and Low in Price

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Nook HD+ Review Specification Price

Four names in the list of e-readers – Apple, Amazon, Google and NOOK have been ruling the market for quite long. Some time or the other customers really get lucky to grab the spectacular offers by the manufacturers. For example, Nook UK introduced heavy discounts on the auspicious occasion of Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day this year. With the introduction of its newest range of 9” e-readers, Nook officially entered into manufacturing big screens e-readers.

The recent from Nook UK, the NOOK HD+ seems to be something interesting. Though NOOK HD+ is much cheaper and lighter than the original pro in the trade – Apple’s iPad, does this give the NOOK HD+ any advantage over the iPad range? Let us have a look at the product.

NOOK HD + Features – A Detailed Overview

Size & Weight

  • Weight: 515 g
  • Height: 240.3 mm
  • Width: 162.8 mm
  • Depth: 11.4 mm

The size of the device is one point to focus on. With this dimension, it is really lighter than the iPad – the lightest in the 9” tablet category.

Screen Size & Resolution

9″ screen size coupled with 1920 x 1280, 256 PPI resolutions seems to make it an ideal device to produce excellent image and video output – reading books, watching films and television shows

Processor

NOOK HD+ runs on a 1.5 GHz OMAP 4470 Dual-Core Processor. OMAP that stands for Open Multimedia Applications Platform is a series of image/video processors developed by Texas Instruments (TI) generally used for smartphones and e-readers.

Memory

NOOK HD+ is available in two memory options 32 GB and 16 GB. If we separate the memory for system use and processor, then approximately 28GB and 13GB of memory is available to store user content. However, separate microSD memory card slot is also provided to add extra memory, if required.

Supported File Types

File type support seems to be very impressive with the device. It supports the following file types for images, audios, videos and readers.

  • Image: JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP
  • Audio: MP4, M4A, 3GP, AAC, MP3, FLAC, WAV, OGG, AMR
  • Video: MP4, 3GP, MKV, TS, WEBM, AVI, ASF
  • Reader: PDF, TXT, RTF, XLS, DOC, PPT, PPS, PPSX, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, EML, ZIP, ePUB, DRP, ePIB, FOLIO, OFIP, CBZ, , LOG, CSV

Battery Life

NOOK HD+ gives up to 10 hours of reading or 9 hours of video playing. If the device is played with wireless off for an average of half an hour of reading time daily, it will run for over two months on a single charge; and the same for one month with ‘GlowLight’ on at the default brightness setting.

OS, Browser & Apps

NOOK HD+ is updated with Chrome; so it is faster and quick in start up. With the best Android OS and instant access to applications such as YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, Yahoo!, Hotmail and emails through Microsoft Exchange, Nook HD+ seems to be a competitive reader in terms of features.

Pros:

  • Low Cost
  • Light Weight
  • Competitively Featured
  • Great HD Screen Display

Cons:

  • User Interface
  • Average Design

Verdict:

NOOK HD+ had upgraded from its rest of the product lines in a very significant manner. With competitive pricing and user-centric feature offering, it can make a strong place among the users.

Price:

  • 16 GB Model: £129*
  • 32 GB Model: £149*

* Check for offers time to time

How To Use Chromecast under Incognito Tabs [Quick Tip]

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Chromecast under incognito tab

Chromecast allows us to connect our Smartphone, Tablet or Laptop with our HD TV so we can watch stuff we like on a big screen and together with everyone. It is very easy to use as all you have to do is just plug it into the TV and connect it to the WiFi. Now you can stream videos on your TV directly from the browser of your device. Many times we use the “Incognito Tab” for private browsing because page we view under Incognito tab won’t appear in browser and search history and also won’t leave cookies.

But many users are facing a problem that they are unable to use Chromecast under Incognito tab. So in this article I’m explaining that “How you can use Chromecast under Incognito Tabs”.

Why you’re unable to use Chromecast under Incognito tabs?

The reason is that every browser uses a Chromecast extension to send videos to the TV. In case of Incognito browsing, all the extensions are turned off by default. So all you have to do is allow the browser to use the Chromecast extension under Incognito browsing.

Enable Chromecast Extension under Incognito browsing:

Step 1: Open “Extensions” page on your Chrome browser

Click on customize and control button on the top right corner of the browser. Then go to “Tools” and click on “Extensions”. You’ll be directed to a page showing all the extension installed in your browser. You can also visit this page by typing “chrome://extensions” in your URL bar.Google Chrome Extensions

Step 2: Enable extension

Look for “Google Cast” extension from the list and then check the “Allow in incognito” option.enable chromecast extension in incognito tab

It’s done. Now Chromecast will work properly under incognito tab and you can stream all the things you want to see on the big screen of your TV. You can check out our other quick tips like uninstall android apps which say “Uninstall not Successful” and remove unwanted Picasa Photos from the gallery of your android device.

How To Move Mails To Primary Tab In New Gmail

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Gmail has recently changed its inbox again. Now you’ll see three default tabs that categorize your emails. Problem is, it is automatic and at times you’ll find that you want some particular email to be displayed in Primary tab so that you can easily see it. In this quick tutorial I’ll show you how to move mails to Primary tab from other tabs in new Gmail.

Lets say you checked the Promotional tab. Now Promotional tab filters and keeps all the promotional emails in it. It saves your inbox to be flooded with promotional offers from , Flipkart and other shopping portals. What if you find a good deal here. You may want it in Primary tab so that you won’t forget to recheck it. But unlike labels (where you could move mails from one label to other), tabs do not behave the same way. You won’t really see an option of moving the mails to Primary Tab (or any other tab), well, not directly. Keep calm! I got the trick to do it.

Move mails to Primary Tab in new Gmail:

The trick here is to put a star to the desired mail which you want to be displayed in Primary tab. Usually, it is enabled by default but it’s better to ensure it.

Log in to your Gmail account. In the inbox, click on the plus (+) sign besides the tab headers.

Move Mails to Primary Tab in New Gmail

This creates a new tab. You don’t have to create a new tab just verify that Include starred in Primary has been checked.

Move Mails to Primary Tab in New Gmail

Now when you star any mail in any tab, it will automatically be displayed in Primary tab. Easy peasy. Wasn’t it? Hope it helps you to in getting used to of the new Gmail inbox. Comments, suggestions are welcomed. Ciao :)

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