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Another iPhone app of note was ported to Android during the last week. Joining the recently released Android Kindle app is Barnes & Noble's NOOK app.

B&N noted that NOOK for Android is the first eReader software to feature "Barnes & Noble's new NOOK-centric branding." The company added that updated NOOK software for iPhone and iPad will be released in the coming months.

From B&N's press release, the list of features will be very familiar to those who are using e-book reader software.  It does have a lending feature absent from other e-book readers.

• Shop Barnes & Noble's vast eBookstore: Search, explore and browse through more than one million digital titles at www.bn.com/ebooks directly by touching Shop Books from the Library. There are more than a half-million free eBooks available and free samples are offered for all eBooks. Learn more about titles from thousands of editorial and customer reviews. Pick a current bestseller, a classic or anything in between and download it wirelessly in seconds.
• Access your personal B&N digital library: All eBooks purchased through the Barnes & Noble eBookstore sync in seconds and are ready to read in your Library.
• Lend to friends: NOOK for Android is the only Android eReading app that offers eBook sharing with friends.
• Read your way: Customize the eReading experience by choosing from eight font types and five sizes, read in landscape or portrait modes and lock the screen orientation.
• Enjoy the read: The fun and immersive experience offers animated or sliding page turns, a navigation scroll bar, bookmarks and more.
• Easy access to your content: Using the Library List view, see the cover art, sort and filter your eBooks by author, title or recent reads. Access rich product details for the selected eBook, including the synopsis and more books from that author.
• Read across multiple devices: Android users can now complement their eReading experiences with Barnes & Noble's other eReader experiences such as NOOK eBook Readers, previously announced eBook readers powered by the Barnes & Noble eBookstore, and a variety of other computing and mobile devices, including iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry® and HTC HD2™ smartphones, HP computers, PC and Mac®.
• Pick up where you left off: Sync the last page read of the last eBook opened on an Android device with BN eReader (soon to be renamed NOOK) software-enabled devices including PC and iPad. Coming soon, both will sync with NOOK for iPhone and more devices to follow.
• Follows the standard: Read eBooks formatted in ePub, quickly becoming the industry standard.

Certainly, it's not a game-changing announcement, but once again nice to see developers noting the surge in Android adoption. The new NOOK for Android app is available for Android versions 1.6 and higher. It can be downloaded from the Android Market.