Nook Tablet Limits Users to 1GB of Internal Storage
Nook Tablet Limits Users to 1GB of Internal Storage
Posted 11/16/2011 at 3:41pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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Barnes and Noble spent a long time talking up the increased storage in its Nook Tablet device, highlighting the advantage B&N feels it has over the Kindle Fire. many users were excited about having 16GB of storage on a $250 tablet, whereas the Fire has just 8GB. Now that the Nook is getting into users’ hands, the other shoe has dropped. According to early reviews, users only have access to 1GB of that internal partition.
The remaining 13 or so gigabytes in the Nook are reserved exclusively for content obtained from Barnes and Noble itself. Barnes and Noble has confirmed this odd set up, saying that in the future, some apps will work with the reserved storage. Users certainly won’t be happy that their existing content will have to squeeze into a measly 1GB of space, and we would suspect that this block will be defeated by modders.
Users interested in packing more content into the Nook will need a separate SD card. This storage won’t be managed in the same way the internal partition will be. So, there are options, but we feel the arbitrary internal storage lock-down is anti-user.
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Kitzinger1
November 16, 2011 at 11:58pm
Not that big of a deal. All of the apps use the internal memory (if it operates like the Nook Color). I haven't even came close to using the 1 GB of personnel storage. If you root the device then you can have all the memory. I don't have mine rooted though. Any questions and I'll try to answer them.
MrBlueCheese
November 16, 2011 at 8:03pm
So, what Barnes and Noble is saying, that you get 13 or so GB's worth of storage from their own online store, and only 1 GB for anything else?
If that's the case, then i can see why they did that. However, i'm not quite sure i agree. I read outdated Maximum PC magazines on the Nook Color (which is more then 1GB) so the new tablet wouldn't be for me (i also read tons of PDF's that i find online).
rabscuttle
November 16, 2011 at 6:31pm
B&N does a similar thing with their Nook Touch. Of the 2GB memory, only 1GB is availble and of that 750MB is reserved for B&N content. Lame.
But it does take microSD cards and they are integrated seamlessly with the internal memory.
Ghok
November 16, 2011 at 11:53pm
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
It's never been an issue with my Nook touch, seeing as it only stores books (which don't command a lot of space), and you can use SD cards.
Jason Hopkins
November 16, 2011 at 4:06pm
Yeah that shoots down any idea of me getting the nook tablet over the kindle fire.
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