Phambi kukaNovemba kunyaka ophelileyo, iBarnes kunye neNoble's Nook line, enye yeetafile zokuqala ze-Android ezikhutshwe ngo-2010, bekucingelwa ukuba ngaphezulu okanye kancinci kufile. Ivenkile yeencwadi ibithengisa uphawu lwayo lweNook kwiipilisi zeSamsung kamva njengenketho yexabiso kwinkampani yaseKorea.
Namhlanje siyazi ukuba kubonakala ngathi kukho into enengxaki nge-Barnes kunye ne-Noble ereader tablet kwaye ngenxa yoku kuye kwafuneka susa zonke iipilisi zeNook 7 ″ ukusuka ezivenkileni ukubuyela kumthengisi. Oku kubandakanya iidemo zeedemo kunye nezinye izinto ezinxulumene nentengiso yeetafile.
YiBarnes kunye neNoble ngokwayo iqinisekisile le nyaninjengoko kwabonakala njengokuvuza kwiintsuku ezidlulileyo. Ukuvuza okuqulethe ifoto eyalela abanini venkile ukuba babuyise zonke izixhobo zekhompyutha.
Kuthiwa inxulumene ne-Adups spyware scandal, eyenze ukuba umenzi weefowuni iBlu abe neengxaki ezinzima kunyaka ophelileyo. Umthengisi waseTshayina ongachazwanga ngagama weThebhulethi yeNook ubonakala ngathi usebenzise ezinye zezo spyware. I-Barnes & Noble ngaphambili wathembisa ukukhupha uhlaziyo isoftware eya kususa i-sypware eyakhelwe-ngaphakathi, njengeBlu.
Ngenxa yokuthandabuza, uBarnes noNoble batsibela phambili ukukhankanya ukuba ingxaki ebonakala kumacwecwe ayinanto yakwenza ne-spyware, kwaye inxulumene neadaptha yokutshaja efunyenwe inesiphene kwiNook Tablet 7 ″.
Kukho amatyala amathathu aphandwa yi-B & N kwaye inento yokwenza neadaptha leyo ikhefu xa lidityanisiwe kwisokethi. Ayichaphazeli ithebhulethi yeNook ngokwayo kwaye akukho ngxelo zomonakalo kubasebenzisi, nangona kuyacetyiswa ukuba abasebenzisi bayeke ukusebenzisa iadaptha ide ibuyiselwe enye. Okwangoku, le thebhulethi inokuhlawulwa ngekhompyuter.