The Barnes and Noble NOOK runs on an Android operating system. You used to be able to download apps from the Android Market for NOOK, but Google consolidated the ...

Barnes & Noble is adding the Google Play store to HD versions of its Nook tablet, in a bid to counter slowing sales of its devices. Nook HD and Nook HD+ customers will be able to access over 700,000 ...

If you're in the market for a tablet, your options just got a lot more interesting. Barnes & Noble shakes things up with today's software update that opens its Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets to Google's ...

Barnes & Noble’s Nook HD and Nook HD+ tablets are two of our favorite Android devices for their solid design, great displays, speedy performance. One of their biggest drawbacks? Lack of access to all ...

The Nook HD and HD+ may not be fully "open" Android tablets, but they're now much more open than they were. Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000.

Once we updated the Nook HD+ and the system rebooted, the only noticeable difference in the Home screen was the addition of the Google Play store icon and a small ‘n’ icon that appeared in the corner ...