Chapter 7. Using NOOKextras and Surfing the Web
The NOOKcolor includes a markedly improved web browser experience over the original NOOK’s browser. Also, B&N added NOOKextras, which include games, the Music Player you learned about in Chapter 6, “Playing Music, Audiobooks, Podcasts, and Videos,” and other items.
Using NOOKextras
NOOKextras are, for lack of a better term, 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 NOOKextra is an app created specifically for the NOOKcolor.
Note
Though it is an Android-based device, you cannot download and use apps from the Android marketplace. Don’t fret too much about this though...the Android marketplace apps ...
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