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NOOK Tablet available for pre-order now, demo videos released

Chris Burns, Nov 7th 2011 Discuss [6]

This week we've gotten our first glimpse of the Barnes and Noble next-generation e-reader and multimedia device, the NOOK Tablet, and now on the day of announcement it's been revealed that the tablet is already up for pre-order. Below what we've got also is a couple of Barnes & Noble created presentation videos for the NOOK Tablet, both a 360 degree view of the device and a tour of the device by everyone's favorite B&N spokesperson, Kate! Have a peek! Read The Full Story

NOOK Color cut to $199

Chris Davies, Nov 7th 2011 Discuss [1]

Barnes & Noble has slashed the price of the NOOK Color, bringing the touchscreen Android-based tablet to directly compete with the Amazon Kindle Fire at $199.99. Slotting into the middle-ground between the new NOOK Tablet and the reduced NOOK Simple Touch, the NOOK Color will also get a firmware update in December that B&N calls its “largest ever.” Read on for all the change details.

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NOOK Simple Touch updated: Faster, Longer, Cheaper

Chris Davies, Nov 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

Barnes & Noble hasn't just got a new NOOK Tablet for us: the bookseller also has an updated version of the NOOK Simple Touch, now priced at just $99. A faster E Ink display takes pride of place, something B&N reckons takes just 450ms for each page-turn versus the Kindle's 600ms. You'll be reading for longer periods, too, thanks to battery improvements. Read The Full Story

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NOOK Tablet announced officially

Chris Burns, Nov 7th 2011 Discuss [12]

This week Barnes & Noble has released details on it’s next generation NOOK device, the NOOK Tablet, an e-reader with twice the power of its predecessor with many of the same same specifications besides. Outside you’ll find the same 7-inch VividView IPS LCD display found on the original NOOK Color and the overall shape of the device is quite similar as well. Inside you’ll find a dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP4 processor at 1GHz, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and a microSD card slot capable of holding 32GB of additional space for all your Barnes & Noble distributed multimedia.

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Barnes and Noble NOOK Tablet details leaked

Chris Burns, Nov 3rd 2011 Discuss [23]

This week the folks at Barnes & Noble have had leaked the newest addition to their NOOK family, a device by the name of NOOK Tablet, one that looks rather similar to the NOOK Color of the past but with a dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP4 processor instead. Inside you’ll also find 16GB of internal storage as well as a microSD card slot which can take 32GB, battery life of something around 4 hours of video playback (with wi-fi on) or 8 hours off. This device will connect over Wi-fi only and has the same 7-inch VividView IPS display as the NOOK Color.

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B&N NOOK event November 7: new NOOK Color expected

Chris Davies, Oct 31st 2011 Discuss [8]

Barnes & Noble has scheduled an event seemingly to launch the company's new NOOK ereader, with the New York City press conference taking place on Monday, November 7. While the invite itself makes no mention of the ereader, the NOOK logo features prominently; leaks last week suggested that B&N would indeed launch the NOOK Color 2 on the 7th, in an attempt to take on the new Kindle Fire. Read The Full Story

B&N NOOK Color 2 tipped for Nov 7 in Kindle Fire challenge

Chris Davies, Oct 28th 2011 Discuss [10]

Barnes & Noble is tipped to be readying a new NOOK Color model for launch on November 7, with company employees suggesting the retailer is preparing eye-catching "NOOK boutiques" in its stores to push the new ereader. Multiple sources speaking to The Digital Reader have supposedly confirmed the early November launch, a timeframe which would see the new NOOK Color make its debut shortly before shipments of the Amazon Kindle Fire begin. Read The Full Story

Borders customer data transfers to Barnes & Noble, privacy concerns arise

Chris Burns, Oct 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

If you were sad that Borders closed this July, and with it all of the data on which books you purchased when, you may be in luck, because Barnes & Noble owns that data now. During the bankruptcy court which saw the sales of Borders assets across the board, personal data (preferences in reading material, DVDs, music, etc) of some 45 million Borders customers included, Barnes & Noble saw the opportunity and grabbed for it, and just this last week, that court approved such a sale. What does that mean, exactly? Will they now know everything about my LIFE? Not exactly. Read The Full Story

NOOK Color expands to Target Superstore nationwide

Chris Burns, Oct 3rd 2011 Discuss [2]

Today Barnes & Noble have announced their newest sales partner for the NOOK Color and what's now called the NOOK Simple Touch Reader. It is Target, the superstore based right here in my home city of Minneapolis, with both versions of the NOOK now available at Target stores nationwide. This makes the NOOK one of the most widely in-store available ereaders on the circuit, currently sitting in stores at Best Buy, Books-A-Million, Fred Meyer, Office Max, P.C. Richard & Sons, Radio Shack, Staples, Target, Walmart, and of course Barnes & Noble. This addition began on October 2nd and you should start to see the tablets in stores across the USA soon. Read The Full Story

Barnes & Noble may launch Nook Color 2 in September

Rue Liu, Sep 2nd 2011 Discuss [3]

Barnes & Noble's may be launching a second-generation Nook Color sometime in September, according to sources from the supply side. The Nook Color is one of the only e-readers to offer a simple lightweight e-reader experience as well as some tablet functionality with its color touchscreen LCD display and Android-powered interface capable of web-browsing, email, and apps. Read The Full Story

NOOK Color 1.3 OTA update brings more than 200 optimized magazines

Rue Liu, Aug 23rd 2011 Discuss [5]

NOOK Color owners are about to get a whole lot more reading material. Barnes & Nobles announced today that its 1.3 update, which will be arriving over-the-air, will bring more than 200 magazines and newspapers to the NOOK Newsstand. These new titles include the top 11 magazines such as Fortune, People, Sports Illustrated, and Time. Read The Full Story

NOOK Back-To-School Sale Offers $100 Worth Of Free Books, Study Guides

Rue Liu, Aug 9th 2011 Discuss [2]

Barnes & Noble has begun a back-to-school promotion for its NOOK e-reader that offers customers $100 worth of free books and study guides. The offer is available only to new purchases of the All-New NOOK, the NOOK Color, or the 1st Edition NOOK between now and September 12. Customers must register before October 31 to qualify. Read The Full Story