Your NOOK
This section explains your NOOK hardware. It also summarizes key features and explains the Home menu.
Hardware Highlights
Your NOOK has:
•Reading screen: This is where you read your eBooks, magazines, and newspapers. The reading screen is a 600 x 800, 3.57 x 4.82 inch (6-inch diagonal), reflective high-resolution E Ink electronic paper display. The reading screen displays 16 levels of gray. The reading screen is not a touchscreen; you navigate on the reading screen using the color touchscreen.
Reading Screen
Touchscreen
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•Color touchscreen: A 480 x 144 color touchscreen is used for menu navigation, D-pad navigation, a keyboard, and display of cover thumbnail graphics. The touchscreen supports gestures (for example, tapping your finger to choose a menu item and swiping your finger to scroll through eBook covers). The screen brightness is controlled by an ambient-light sensor (or you can set a fixed level). When you are reading and the touchscreen is not lit, you can turn pages by swiping your finger on the touchscreen.
•Wireless connectivity: Your NOOK or NOOK Wi-Fi can use Wi-Fi connectivity to connect to the Barnes & Noble eBookstore, to synchronize with your online digital library, and for
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