Responding to user feedback, Barnes & Noble issued a software update to its Nook HD and Nook HD+ devices, which brings Google Play directly to the tablets. As Engadget reports, the move
represents a strategy reversal for B&N. “The company line up to now has been that walling off content allows for a sort of quality control,” it writes. “With its announcement
… B&N acknowledges that, in this case, open is better.”