Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet Leaked Ahead of Launch
Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet Leaked Ahead of Launch
Posted 11/03/2011 at 3:03pm
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According to Engadget, Barnes and Noble will indeed be announcing a Nook Color successor at its event on November 16th. The leaked documents obtained by Engadget refer to the device as the Nook Tablet, but that could be a placeholder. The specs of the Nook Tablet are strikingly similar to those of the soon to be released Kindle Fire, but just a bit better in some ways. The new Tablet is expected to look very similar to the original Nook Color, and is expected to sell for $250 at launch.
The new device will have a 7-inch IPS LCD at 1024x600, just like the Fire. There will be a dual-core OMAP4 processor inside, which is also what we will see in the Fire. Things diverge a bit from there. The Nook will pack 16GB of storage on board; twice as much as Amazon put in the Fire. There is also 1GB of RAM in the Nook. The fire has just 512MB.
Barnes and Noble hopes that these difference will persuade consumers to pass on the Fire, and spend a bit more for the Nook Tablet. While the Fire will leverage the Amazon cloud, the Nook will offer more storage and support for a variety of file formats including ePUB, PDF, XLS, DOC, PPT, TXT, DOCM, Flash, JPG, MP3, MP4 and AAC. Do you think the Nook tablet has a shot?
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CaitlynOrange
November 09, 2011 at 12:58am
Barnes & Noble introduced its now Nook Tablet Monday. The nation's top retail book-seller makes a bid for the tablet computer market with the brand new device. The Nook Tablet seeks to compete specifically with Apple's iPad and Amazon's Amazon Kindle Fire. It retails for $249. I read this here: Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet competes with Kindle Fire and iPad
MrGeek
November 04, 2011 at 9:16am
I Have one! I love it! Perhaps they will allow us to upgrade to the new Nook (cheaper)?!
That would be great!
ilfipian
November 03, 2011 at 4:41pm
a rooted nook is already the best buy in tablets, bang for buck. So yes, I think this is much more useful than the Fire.
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