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VividView Color Touchscreen
Use your NOOK Tablet for more than a few moments, and you’ll notice that the
7-inch screen is nice and bright, with high-resolution. Barnes & Noble’s market-
ing department calls it a VividView touchscreen. It’s also fully laminated to help
reduce glare. If you’re a techie, you’ll like to know that it’s got a resolution of
1024-600. That’s a lot of pixels packed into a small space.
TIP
Your NOOK’s touchscreen will end up with fingerprints and dirt on it, because you’re going to
be touching it a lot. It’s best to use a microfiber cloth to clean it, like the ones for cleaning eyeglasses.
Find them in eyeglass stores and in many pharmacies.
Unlike other eReaders, the NOOK Tablet comes with a slot where you can add
plenty of extra storage—up to a whopping 32 GB. All you need to do is buy a
microSD card, available in pretty much any electronics store as well as online.
Prices vary, of course, but if you shop around you should be able to find one for
under $50. As you’ll see on page 277, it’s easy to install.
Turn over your NOOK Tablet, and look down at the bottom, just behind the
funny little notch. Lift up the small plastic rubber flap with the NOOK logo and
insert the card right there. You’re ready to go.