Certified Pre-Owned Barnes & Noble NOOK HD+ Tablet 16GB Slate (BNTV600-16GB-CPO)

The Nook HD+ is the best bang for your buck out there in the larger tablet format, bar none. Having purchased this for my wife for her college graduation I must say that we have gotten a ton of use out of the Nook HD+ in the past few months and I can say that I will definitely be picking one up for myself in the near future also. Here's some of pro's and con's for the Nook HD+Pros:Awesome screen quality: As good or better at the visuals than my iPad 2, and significantly less expensive!Great Storage space: 16gb of space AND expandable MicroSD slot, there's plenty of space for all your stuff. and MicroSD's are cheap and easy to findGoogle Play store: B&N has recently started allowing Nook users to download the full suite of Google Play apps, this opens the door to huge possibilities with this device.Rootable: If you'd like you can root the device and turn it into a pretty killer 9" android tablet, I haven't done so for my wife as she doesn't need the extra functionality.CONS:Proprietary connector: the USB/Charging connector is a proprietary cable that cannot be easily or readily purchased cheaply (read not full price.)Sound Quality: The speakers are marginally good, plenty fine for watching a netflix show or movie in bed, but not great when trying to play music in your office or outdoors.Overall I would definitely recommend the Nook HD+, it's worth it's cost and then some in my opinion.

If you are like me and use your tablet for internet, email, reading, movies, music, a little bit gaming, then this is a no brainer. I don't shoot photos or videos with a tablet - I think it looks a bit strange. And I have a smart phone for doing that. So when I learned that this tablet has no camera I was very happy, because I know I will not spend money on features I don't need.There are so many reviews on how well the HD+ does what it's supposed to do, so I am not going to repeat them. Its screen resolution is 256 ppi, while the Ipad Air has 264 ppi, virtually the same. Both are IPS screen so colors are similar. If you do think they are different, remember this tablet retails for only $150 and the ipad for $500. Duh! One thing I'd like to point out, the HD+ screen ratio is 3:2, wider than most 16:9 or 16:10 android tablets, making it very suitable for reading. Need more than 16 GB of memory for your movies? Plug in a 64 GB microSD and you are golden. Now try that with the ipad. :-)If you want to install non-market apps (apps other than from Google Play Store), you will have to root it. It's easy and you gain a lot more freedom beyond just being able to install non-market apps. Just look for the instruction over at the dedicated HD+ forum at XDA.I was brave enough to even flash the firmware with a custom ROM with Android 4.2.2 which is also rooted. I couldn't be happier. The 4.3 ROM is coming up soon, I am looking forward to that.And guess what, I like the HD+ so much, I bought its little brother HD for my young son. He loves it too!

I saw the Nook Color HD+ tablet in a Barned and Noble Store and I was blown away be the price and impressed by the product. THis is my first Tablet and as I have a nice HP Laptop, this is a luxury for me as I don't take it around every where.It serves my purpose ,wonderfully as it is lot easier to carry around and lot easier to operate with the fingers,It is very resposive to the finger and does this better than the stylet they send with the case.It has many nice features which I enjoy , it turns on very fast and gets me the information I seek as quick as the iphone. I don't go into banking, credit cards etc to avoid being hacked.I use my computer less and less . The batter works several hours and suits me fine,. It may not compare with other jazzier tablets , but this serves my purpose great.

I purchased the Nook HD+ in order to test its suitability for use in elementary school classrooms. As a general purpose tablet for home users, I don't have many qualms with it. The addition of the Google Play store brings many more applications to the device than the humble Nook store. The lack of a camera (front facing or back facing) precludes you from video calling, but the screen is excellent and the battery life is ample. The integrated apps for music playback and book reading were both very user-friendly. The main appeal for my use case was the ability to have a restricted mode for children, wherein they can only load certain apps. In that respect, the Nook HD+ is stellar. Upon booting, you'll be taken to a log-in screen where children can have their own accounts which can be tightly controlled. The Kindle Fire has something similar, but side-loaded applications are not treated as first-class apps and are unable to be exposed in the restricted mode. In terms of pricing, you're getting a lot of screen for not a lot of money. Unlike the Kindle Fire HD, it connects to Windows without any driver funny business and lets you drag and drop music, videos, and more.If you keep the price in mind, you can ignore most of the sluggish user interface, but it is VERY sluggish compared to both the Kindle Fire and iPad. The deal breaker for me was the unacceptable Wi-Fi performance. For basic internet browsing and even video streaming the device performs fine. The targeted app for our school is not taxing in terms of graphics or processing, but does require low latency communication over sockets. The Nook will plug along for several minutes happily, but the Wi-Fi has a tendency to sporadically seize or lose connectivity. Unfortunately, these instances are not brief, and can routinely last 20-40 seconds, during which time no communication takes place. Neither the iPad nor Kindle Fire exhibited this behavior and the Nook developer support team was completely unresponsive. According to their developer support forums, I'm not alone in experiencing this issue, but no solutions have been identified. If you're just downloading a new book or checking e-mail, this shouldn't be an issue, but I'm unable to consider this device seriously for the school, which is too bad. It has a very attractive price point and many nice things going for it, but it's not for every use case.