The Nook Took. . .

Barnes and Noble’s Nook Color is a luxury model e-reader. The current model is one bug color touch screen. The Nook Color can be purchased at Barnes and Noble. It costs $249 at NookColor.com, as opposed to $139 monochrome Amazon.com Kindle. The Nook costs $100 more than last year’s model, and connects to the Web only using Wi-Fi. Despite the increase in price, the Nook Color has exceeded expectations of sales, both online and in stores, as of the second week in November.

The current model of the Nook Color is built on the Android 2.1 operating system. This is the same mobile operating system used to run on many smart phones. Currently users have access to a full web browser; early next year the Nook Color will upgrade to Android 2.2, allowing it to play Flash videos.

In order to access e-books, readers can use Barnes and Noble’s library of 2 million downloadable books and over 100 magazines and newspapers. ArticleView displays magazine articles in a clear, readable format. A LendMe feature allows readers to digitally lend books to their friends for 14 days.