The lack of built-in expandable storage or a back camera is a bummer, but it's understandable given the dirt-low $200 (for 8GB; $250 for 16GB) price.

To get to $199-down from $249 for the 16GB Nook Tablet-Barnes & Noble trimmed the onboard RAM from 1GB to 512MB (the Kindle Fire has the same amount of RAM) and internal memory from 16GB to 8GB (the Kindle Fire also has 8GB of built-in memory).

The idea was to mimic "Steve McQueen style" driving glovesThe storage limitation might be vexing to some usersPerformance on the Nexus 7 is butteryIf you were getting used to Android feeling like a complete OS, this will reinforce that feeling This isn’t just an excellent tablet for $200, It’s an excellent tablet, period Google’s Nexus 7 tablet is not exactly a surprise.

For people who want MORE than just the world's best e-reader, Amazon.com sells a $35 SD card that converts the Nook Tablet into a conventional Android tablet with full access to Google Play and its vast array of Android apps.

Bottom line: the Nook Tablet 8gb is a terrific way to read books and magazines while enjoying your favorite music (I loaded a 16gb memory card with thousands of my favorite songs...transferring the songs over to the Nook from my laptop was fast and easy).

Just take the SD card out and it reverts back instantly to the Nook Tablet you bought.

The Nook Shop has a relatively small number of apps, each of which has been tested to verify it works well with the Nook tablet's seven inch screen...most Android apps are designed for a three inch or four inch screen.

The Nexus 7 and new Nook tablets don't even have HDMI, and the new Kindle HD lists HDMI as a major selling point, but it is "half HDMI" with only 720p, not the standard 1080p HD - so the lesser picture quality is noticeable on a large screen TV and doesn't look nearly as good.

However, thanks to its low price, great battery life, sharp screen, and complete and open Android 4.2 environment, overall, the Nexus 7 is still the best small tablet you can buy.

To work, the two compatible devices have to touch back to back, and in the case of the Nexus 7 the device must touch the upper-right corner of the tablet's back to work.

I'm not going to go into all the features of the Nook Tablet-you can read the full review of the 16GB version to get the details-but what I will say is that I didn't notice all that much of a performance difference between the two Nook models.

On the Nook Tablet, which watching a video, if you tapped on the screen, you could easily option the Brightness setting bar.

I finally was able to transfer the eBook from my computer onto the Nook through the Nook Tablet's USB cable connected to my computer.

Also you cannot use any other USB even if it fits the tablet, it must be the USB specially made to fit the Nook tablet.

Not only did Google hand out its new, 7-inch, $199 Nexus 7 tablet, but it also introduced a new version of Android (4.1) called Jelly Bean, upgraded its flagship phone, and... rolled out the Nexus Q. Perhaps the most odd of all, the Q is a spherical media player / amp which functions as a wired audio and video output for all of your Google content.