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MuSIC, PICTureS, VIdeo, and doCuMenTS
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NOTE
Why won’t the NOOK play .wma files? It’s an Android thing. The NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color
are powered by Google’s Android operating system, and Android can’t play .wma files. Some Android
devices, such as the Droid X2, can play .wma files, but that’s not because the capability has been built
into Android. The device’s manufacturer has added its own special sauce to basic Android to grant it
the ability to play .wma files. Unfortunately, Barnes & Noble didn’t do that for the NOOK Tablet.
Using the My Media App for Viewing
Photos and Playing Video
The NOOK Tablet has an extremely good high-resolution screen, ideally suited
for viewing photos and playing video. As with music and audio files, you’ll first
have to get them on your NOOK Tablet via email (page 339), downloading from
the Web (page 273), or transferring them from your computer (page 282).
Once you’ve got them on your NOOK Tablet, you view them using the built-in My
Media app. To launch it, press the NOOK button, tap Apps, and then tap My
Media.
NOTE
You can also browse the photos and video
files on your NOOK Tablet manually, and then view any
that you choose. To do that, in the Library, tap “My
stuff”
➝
My Files and tap My NOOK or Memory Card,
depending on where you’ve stored the files. Assuming
that you’ve stored your music files in the Pictures folder,
tap My Files
➝
Picture. If you’ve stored your videos in
the Videos folder, tap My Files
➝
Videos. Then browse
to any file and tap any to play it. The My Media app
launches and starts playing the file.
The My Media app opens into the Grid view,
which shows you all your pictures and vid-
eos in a neatly spaced arrangement. Flick
through them to see them all. It displays
both photos and videos; videos have a
small rightward-facing arrow on them.