Microsoft and Barnes & Noble are joining hands to form a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary that'll be dubbed "Newco" (get it?) until someone comes up with a better name. The "strategic" venture, into which Microsoft says it will pour $300 million, is designed to "accelerate the transition to e-reading," as well as symbolically lay to rest a patent dispute that's been ongoing since March 2011.
Well-done, built-in illumination makes this the E Ink reader to get if you want to read in bed.
The bookselling giant’s new Nook adds a front-lit screen that makes it legible when light is a scarce commodity.
Until now, the general sentiment has been that Barnes & Noble’s 7-inch Nook Tablet is a great option for a low-price Android tablet… if only it didn’t cost $50 more than Amazon’s 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet. Starting today, there’s a new version of the Nook Tablet available for $199, putting it directly in line with the Kindle Fire’s $199 price tag.
Barnes & Noble’s $250 Nook Tablet and Amazon’s $200 Kindle Fire have been duking it out since the holidays, each clamoring for a nice slice of the low-price 7-inch tablet market. The Kindle Fire’s $200 price tag has certainly helped its cause, but Barnes & Noble is hoping that a time-limited price match might entice some people into picking up the Nook Tablet.
Well here’s an interesting tidbit from the New York Times‘ latest feature on Barnes & Noble: A new Nook is in development, and should be released this spring.
The 7-inch tablet market just got a whole lot more interesting, with the newly-released $199 Kindle Fire and the $249 Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet. So which one is best?
Microsoft has declared a quiet war against Android, using patents to try and drive competitors out of business – or at least, out of competition. That’s the claim being made by Barnes & Noble, which is asking U.S. regulators to investigate Microsoft’s business practices as they relate to mobile device patents.
If it’s a cheap tablet you’re after, Barnes & Noble and Amazon want your business. Amazon’s $199 Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble’s $249 Nook Tablet both look promising on paper—the former with its suite of Amazon services, and latter with its superior specs and more diverse streaming video offerings—but chances are, you’ve only got room for one tablet on your wish list.
Bookseller Barnes and Noble has revamped its popular 7-inch color e-book reader today. Simply called the Nook Tablet, the new version will sell for $249 starting next week, and features a 1GHz dual-core processor to power playback of HD movies, videos and TV shows. There will be a host of apps and games available at [...]
We knew Barnes & Noble would have a new Nook Color to strike back at Amazon’s Kindle Fire eventually, and according to a few unnamed sources, the revamped e-reader and tablet is set to launch on November 7.
