Barnes & Noble has released the Android developers’ kit...

Barnes & Noble has released the Android developers’ kit for NOOKcolor, according to Claudia Backus, director of developer relations, who demonstrated several Android apps for us at Digital Experience Wednesday in Las Vegas. The apps will be available to NOOKcolor users exclusively through the Nook store on the Barnes & Noble website, she said. Apps won’t be available in January, she said, but she wouldn’t provide further timing details other than “early this year.” The demo unit packed about 10 apps. Backus said “there will definitely be more than 10 available” at launch.