Chapter 9. Using NOOK Apps and Surfing the Web

The NOOK Tablet includes a web browser and several pre-installed NOOK Apps, which include games, the Music Player you learned about in Chapter 7, “Playing Music, Audiobooks, and Podcasts,” Netflix and Hulu Plus apps you learned about in Chapter 8, “Streaming Netflix and Hulu Plus Videos and Playing Videos,” and other items.

Using NOOK Apps

If you have an iPhone, iPad, or Android phone, you are familiar with these downloadable programs you can add to those devices. Well, a NOOK App is an app created specifically for the NOOK Tablet.

Note

Though it is an Android-based device, you cannot download and use apps from the Android marketplace. That is...unless you root your NOOK Tablet. Rooting means a ...

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