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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: February 21, 2012

, Feb 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Today was the day that many of us had to go back to work from a well-deserved holiday weekend, and we're here to give you the rundown of everything that happened while you were busy catching up. For starters, we've got a preview of Huawei's MediaPad 10, and also a look at Ubuntu's debut on Android, making the Google OS a "full desktop experience." Read on for even more big news of the day. Read The Full Story

Barnes & Noble NOOK $199 tablet a godsend

, Feb 21st 2012 Discuss [12]

Though Barnes & Noble’s earnings call appears to have turned up sour for the most part, the NOOK lineup may have saved the book company from going Borders way. Having tested the original NOOK Color out back at the start of 2011 when it was released, giving a run down through and through, I can comfortably say the following: $199 for an upgraded version in the NOOK Tablet is quite the deal. You’ve got a high quality tablet that interacts with the Barnes & Noble store like no other, it costs the same as its biggest competitor, and it’s not the same shape as the BlackBerry PlayBook.

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B&N NOOK only bright spot in drooping earnings

, Feb 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Barnes & Noble's cheaper NOOK Tablet can't come too soon: the book retailer's overall sales increased in the most recent financial quarter, but that wasn't enough to avoid a drop in net income. B&N's NOOK business - including digital ebook sales, other downloads, and accessories - rose 38-percent in Q3, pushing sales to $542m, with hardware growth up 64-percent year-on-year. Nonetheless, pre-deduction earnings dipped year-on-year, from $170 million to $150 million. Read The Full Story

NOOK Tablet 8GB official for $199

, Feb 21st 2012 Discuss [2]

Barnes & Noble has officially confirmed the new NOOK Tablet 8GB, a $199 version of the existing NOOK Tablet that brings the 7-inch ereader-slate down to compete with Amazon's Kindle Fire. Meanwhile, the ebook retailer has also slashed the price of the NOOK Color, bringing it down to $169. The new NOOK Tablet 8GB has the same 1GHz dual-core processor of the original, together with a battery rated for 11.5hrs of ebook reading. Read The Full Story

Cheaper NOOK Tablet 8GB tipped for Wednesday

, Feb 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Barnes & Noble is reportedly readying a cheaper version of its NOOK Tablet for launch this week, with the 7-inch ereader/slate dropping onboard storage so as to shave away at its price. The new 8GB variant will be officially unveiled on Wednesday, February 22, according to internal Walmart documentation shared with The Verge, though there's no indication of quite how much cheaper than the existing $249 NOOK Tablet the new entry-level version will be. Read The Full Story

The CES 2012 Crap Tablet Gush Begins

, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [20]

Tablets have been a growing mainstay of the CES scene for the past couple of years, with Apple – never in attendance, but always looming large – driving rivals big and small to put out touchscreen slates. 2012′s show promises more of the same: a few potential contenders from the serious names, and then a whole lot of swarf around them. Stand by for the great crap tablet gush of 2012.

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B&N confirms NOOK business split being explored

, Jan 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Barnes & Noble has confirmed it is exploring splitting off its NOOK ereader/tablet business, investigating whether it could "unlock the value" of the ereader platform by running it as a separate endeavor. Rumored yesterday, such a move would see B&N's publishing business separated from its traditional retail arm. However, the company also admits it "over-estimated" how many monochrome NOOK Simple Touch models it would sell over the holiday period. Read The Full Story

7-inch Tablet demand surges as iPad 3 specter looms

, Dec 22nd 2011 Discuss [69]

Strong sales of 7-inch slates like Barnes & Noble's NOOK Tablet, along with waning Apple orders of 9.7-inch iPad displays, has seen the smaller form-factor pull into the lead in Q4 2011 according to supply chain sources. Volumes of 7-inch panel orders in November have already exceed those of 9.7-inch screens, DigiTimes' insiders tell them, though Apple is already believed to be reducing its supply of 1024 x 768 displays ahead of a higher resolution panel in the iPad 3. Read The Full Story

B&N NOOK Tablet firmware update blocks app sideloading

, Dec 20th 2011 Discuss [13]

Barnes & Noble has slammed shut the loophole allowing NOOK Tablet owners to install third-party apps, pushing out a new firmware update - v1.4.1 - that closes the door on all but the retailer's own, approved software. Described as making "minor system enhancements" to the Android-based ereader by B&N itself, the software significantly limits the general usefulness of the NOOK Tablet for those wanting to do more than basic reading and browsing. Read The Full Story

Barnes & Noble Q2 earnings reveal Nook Tablet as its fastest selling device

, Dec 1st 2011 Discuss [0]

Barnes & Noble issued its fiscal Q2 2012 earnings report today, revealing its Nook line of products to be a $220 million business, while its latest Nook Tablet has become the company's fastest selling device to date. However, even with the success of its Nook sales, the company overall faced a net loss of $6.6 million this past quarter. Read The Full Story

Nook Tablet teardown reveals insides just as clean as the out

, Nov 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

This past month or so we've seen heavy coverage of several smaller-sized tablets bent on providing users with no less than a full cloud-based media experience, the most recognizable of which is the brand new Nook Tablet - and today we get to see right down deep into its guts! The fine bust-up team at ifixit have done it again with the next-generation Barnes & Noble reader device, this one the direct decedent of the NOOK Color, a device we spent a full week reviewing piece by piece when it was revealed last year at around this time. Now with the Nook Tablet popping up in stores just in time for the holiday season 2011, what better way to celebrate than chopping it to pieces? Read The Full Story

NOOK Tablet gets unofficial Android Market

, Nov 21st 2011 Discuss [3]

Barnes & Noble's NOOK Tablet has been rooted, allowing the 7-inch $249 slate to run the Android Market among other improvements. Although sideloading Android apps has been left straightforward on the NOOK Tablet, the device ships without full Android Market access; Liliputing has pulled together various guides and methods from the clever modders at Xda-developers that help correct that. Read The Full Story
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