Barnes & Noble released a new Nook Tablet Tuesday, shaving US$50 off the price and reducing the storage by half. The new price, $199, matches Amazon’s Kindle Fire. The new Nook emulates the Fire on a number of fronts — price and 8 GB storage. The new Nook comes with a 1 GHz dual-core processor and a slot for a microSD card that will hold up to 32 GB. B&N also dropped the price of its Nook Color e-reader $30 to $169. Amazon heated up the tablet market last fall when it introduce the Kindle Fire at a price that many consider a loss-leader.
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Can the Nook Find Its Niche?
Posted by: Rob Spiegel February 21, 2012 02:31 PMBarnes & Noble released a new Nook Tablet Tuesday, shaving US$50 off the price and reducing the storage by half. The new price, $199, matches Amazon’s Kindle Fire. The new Nook emulates the Fire on a number of fronts — price and 8 GB storage. The new Nook comes with a 1 GHz dual-core processor and a slot for a microSD card that will hold up to 32 GB. B&N also dropped the price of its Nook Color e-reader $30 to $169. Amazon heated up the tablet market last fall when it introduce the Kindle Fire at a price that many consider a loss-leader.