Barnes & Noble Reader Gets Official, Dubbed "The Nook"

By Corinne Iozzio Posted 10.20.2009 at 3:44 pm 3 Comments

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Well, everything we thought we knew about the Barnes & Noble e-reader is true, but there's more, too: Dubbed The Nook, B&N just announced full details about its long-awaited Kindle contender.

Available November 30 for $260, the Nook runs on Google Android and will have Wi-Fi and AT&T-backed 3G wireless connectivity and some really handy peer-to-peer sharing capabilities. You can loan a book to anyone with an e-book reader or B&N's e-book app (on a computer or cell phone) for 2 weeks right from the device.

And now the specs: the e-ink surface is 6 inches (diagonally) and the lower LCD touch screen is 3. Its internal memory tops out at 2GB, but you can expand it via microUSB. B&N claims the battery will hold a charge for about 10 days.

Nook.com has all the deets.

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i_rakov

10/20/09 at 9:13 pm

Is it just me or does this look like a crappy version of iPhone?

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KyleVT

10/21/09 at 4:10 am

Ok iv been waiting for this one to come out since i heard about it, would like to see some reviews of it.
Just one thing... If your going to showcase your brand new product with its own link and all, could they have atleast chosen a fragment without such an obvious typo?

See Nook.com - Read Clearly tab

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riod121

10/21/09 at 4:44 am

Well this price should drop to about 50 dollars soon with the Microsoft "courier" and the "Apple Tablet", but like most of our companies they may catch on to late and be left with a ton of these and no buyers.