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During the final quarter of 2011, Amazon’s newly released 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet managed to be No. 2 in tablet sales, just behind Apple’s juggernaut iPad. That hasn’t gone unnoticed in the Android tablet world, with Amazon competitor Barnes & Noble announcing today a comparable Nook Tab ... Full Article »
The new Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet was officially revealed just a few days ago. The device is clearly gunning for Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet, which is expected to start shipping out to customers who put in pre-orders on November 15. Question is, will the new Barnes & Noble device be able ... Full Article »
For the first time since the Pew Internet Project began tracking e-reader use in spring 2009, ownership of the portable reading devices has reached double digits. The project found that e-reader growth has accelerated in the past six months, as tablet growth has stagnated slightly, following a steep ... Full Article »
Even without all the bells and whistles of the Nook Color, Barnes & Noble (BKS) managed to scrape by Amazon (AMZN) in Consumer Reports’ rankings of e-readers for the first time with its all new Nook Simple Touch Reader. The bookstore’s latest black-and-white e-reader, which is the first e-in ... Full Article »
Bookseller Barnes & Noble (BKS) has only been selling apps for its Android-running Nook Color e-reader tablet for about a month, but already the device’s app store has crossed the million-download threshold. That’s a whole lot of downloads for a tablet that started its life as an e-reader, ... Full Article »
Proving once again that it is better at bridge-building than Sarah Palin, Barnes & Noble has released a significant update for the Nook Color, pushing the e-reader further down the road to becoming a tablet. Without elevating the price for the device, B&N has added the Android 2.2 Froyo ope ... Full Article »
The Android tablet market has seen a lot of activity this past week, but still can’t quite catch up to the iPad. With Sony’s (SNE) announcement of the S1 and S2, and the unveiling of the LG G-Slate, we see signs of innovation with dual-screen tablets, 4G speeds and 3D capabilities. Not only are ... Full Article »
Barnes & Noble (BKS) is hot on Amazon’s heels once again with its announcement Monday that it will add Android store access for all Nook Color users, just one week after Amazon launched its own Android app store. And as the two e-reading companies compete closely in the same space, they are al ... Full Article »
Sony PSP Mobile gaming has made leaps and bounds since smartphones entered the scene, bringing powerful systems for running multiplayer, live games and titles with great graphics. So why wouldn’t a gaming company want to tap into the device even a gamer’s bound to have -- a cell phone? Sony (S ... Full Article »
Android readers get colorful eReaders are becoming big business, and Amazon (AMZN) has been taking the charge so far. Barnes & Noble (BKS) would like to stop playing catch up, and is making some big strides thanks to Android’s OS. Reports of an upcoming B&N Nook Color emerged today, noti ... Full Article »
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