Barnes & Noble and Fuhu to Launch Innovative NOOK App for Kids Preloaded on nabi Tablets – Jun 24, 2013– Detroit, USA (Techreleased) – NOOK Media LLC, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc., the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, and Fuhu, Inc., the leader in tablets made just for kids, announced today the launch of an innovative NOOK app for children that will come installed on Fuhu’s nabi tablets, including the nabi Jr., nabi 2 and nabi XD, beginning late Summer.
Fuhu Nabi 2 Tablet
The new NOOK App for Kids to be installed on nabi tablets is fully compliant with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and provides a curated reading experience for children, with access to thousands of new and classic children’s titles. The nabi tablets will also come preloaded with the full NOOK for Android™ app for use in parent mode, providing adult users with access to more than 3 million books, magazines, newspapers, comics and graphic novels in the NOOK Store™, including more than a million free titles.
The new NOOK App for Kids will be preloaded on the entire line of nabi products including: nabi Jr. (5-inch, $99), nabi 2 (7-inch, $179) and nabi XD (10.1-inch, $249). The nabi tablet is the #1 selling tablet for children, built with the most comprehensive set of parental controls, its exclusive nabi Coins and Treasure Box, Spinlets Plus TV and music stores, and Fooz Kids University and Wings Learning System. nabi is the only choice for high-quality tablets made just for kids.
Through this entirely new application designed specifically for children, NOOK offers various features exclusive to the NOOK Kids™ reading experience. Kids can easily find a favorite story and engage with the books and their favorite characters by digitally turning pages, interacting with the text, and zooming in and around graphics – all on the nabi tablets. The app also helps parents select books that are appropriate for their children by giving them complete control over the browsing and shopping experience. The new app adheres to the Federal Trade Commission’s regulations on children’s online privacy under COPPA.
“This new partnership with Fuhu continues our commitment to making NOOK content available to our new and existing customers across a broad range of platforms and devices,” said Mike Saturnia, Vice President and General Manager of NOOK Sales & Business Development. “By installing our innovative kids app alongside our NOOK for Android app on Fuhu’s exciting nabi tablets, we are opening up NOOK’s expansive content offering to even more families and children.”
“Fuhu is committed to ensuring that our nabi tablets come preloaded with the best and most entertaining, educational and enriching features, which is why this partnership with NOOK is such a great fit,” said Jim Mitchell, CEO of Fuhu, Inc. “By making NOOK the pre-installed reading app on our market-leading nabi tablets, we are reinforcing and extending our commitment to join with companies that share our commitment to providing the richest content to customers.”
Through the full NOOK for Android app in parent mode on nabi tablets, existing NOOK customers will be able to access all the books in their personal NOOK Library™ by signing in using a valid NOOK account. New adult customers will seamlessly be able to set up an account, purchase books and start reading while in parent mode on their nabi devices.
Like all Free NOOK Reading Apps™, purchased content is safely stored through the NOOK Cloud™, making it easy for customers to access digital books, magazines and more wherever they go. Using NOOK Sync™ technology, NOOK Reading Apps automatically synchronize a customer’s last page read across all of their devices. Customers can learn more about the full suite of Free NOOK Reading Apps at www.nook.com/apps.