BlackBerry PlayBook drops to $199 at Staples on Black Friday

Release Date ‎Nov 18, 2011‎ in Los Angeles Times

 
   

Analysis: Kindle Fire, Nook Tablet, Kobo Vox

Computerworld - ‎Nov 19, 2011‎
You've seen the specs and read the reviews -- how do you decide which e-reader/tablet to go with? By Preston Gralla Computerworld - Print books may not be dead, but it's not for want of the biggest booksellers trying to kill them. ...

Apps to Get You Started With the Kindle Fire

PCWorld - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
If you're the proud owner of a new Amazon Kindle Fire, your purchase decision might have been influenced by the tablet's superior app selection over its rival, the Nook Tablet. As any tablet owner knows, perusing an app store for good finds is half the ...

BlackBerry PlayBook drops to $199 at Staples on Black Friday

Los Angeles Times - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
One major tech trend this holiday season is the 7-inch tablet at about $200 -- namely the Amazon Kindle Fire, the Barnes & Noble Nook Color and Nook Tablet, the Kobo Vox and the T-Mobile SpringBoard. And for at least one day, the BlackBerry PlayBook ...

Read Me an E-Book Story?

Wall Street Journal - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Can kids' books on a tablet beat the real thing? A father of two takes a reading test By MICHAEL HSU All 576 pages of 'The Corrections' will be identical on the Kindle or Nook. But not so with kids' books. I'm a recent but devoted convert to the e-book ...

Barnes & Noble challenges Microsoft's infringement claims with 43-pages of ...

ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Summary: Who would have thought it would be Barnes & Noble rising up to defend the Android OS from Microsoft. It seems that Barnes & Noble isn't ready to roll over and capitulate to Microsoft's ...

Report: Will Apple, Amazon, Barnes & Noble Drive Out First Wave Of iPad ...

Forbes - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
Not exactly a wild and crazy report, but take this with a pinch of salt nontheless. Look for Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Asustek, and Dell will phase out their tablet offerings, Taiwanese trade paper Digitimes reported Thursday, citing 'sources from ...

B&N Nook tablet two-part video tour

Phones Review - 21 Nov, 2011
For all out there that may have been pondering on whether to pick up the Barnes & Noble Nook tablet over the Amazon Kindle Fire, but perhaps aren't too sure which way to go, perhaps a tour of the B&N Nook tablet just might help you make up your mind ...

Essential Nook Tablet APPS and Tools

Good E-Reader (blog) - ‎Nov 19, 2011‎
The Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet has just come out and many people are wondering how to get applications loaded on their device that are not available on the standard Nook APP Market. In order to install 3rd party applications, ...

Saturday in the Nook

Comic Book Resources - ‎Nov 19, 2011‎
Julie got me a Nook Simple Touch for my birthday. Regular readers will probably think it seems like an odd gift for someone like me, who spends so much time bookscouting in thrift stores and such. And it's true that I love a great many ...

Barnes & Noble Claims Microsoft Illegally Expanding Its Patents To Crush Android

Android Police - ‎Nov 19, 2011‎
Things are getting a bit more interesting in the ongoing fight between Microsoft and Barnes & Noble. You'll remember that earlier this year, Microsoft began suing B&N for refusing to fork over Android-related fees from the Nook Color. ...

Black Friday Confusion: Nook Tablet Or Nook Color

Techie Insider - ‎Nov 19, 2011‎
Black Friday ads are designed to get people into the stores to purchase items in order to make up sales for the year. The Nook eReaders is one of those items being promoted this year in Black Friday ads and with that comes some confusion because of ...

Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet review

Liliputing - ‎Nov 19, 2011‎
The NOOK Tablet is the second Android tablet from Barnes & Noble, but it's the first one that the company calls a tablet. That's because while the first model was positioned as an eBook reader that could also run some apps, Barnes & Noble improved the ...

Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch (Late 2011)

ComputerShopper.com - ‎Nov 19, 2011‎
Our Verdict: The Nook Simple Touch is a more-than-worthy competitor to Amazon's 2011 Kindle Touch. It's a good e-reader for those not wedded to Amazon or who want access to the wide ePub content available from public libraries and e-book sellers. ...

Nook Tablet VS Kindle Fire Comparison

Good E-Reader (blog) - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Welcome to another Good e-Reader Video! Today we evaluate the key differences between the latest devices to hit the market, the Amazon Kindle Fire and Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet. Some of the main differences between these two ...

Nook Tablet: 16 GB or 1 GB?

Examiner.com - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
16 Gigabytes and you can't even use all of that for your own personal use. In fact, you can't even use half of that for your own personal stuff. The tablet allows for 1 GB of “non-Barnes & Noble” content. That's right, 1 GB. You're probably thinking, ...

Nook Tablet Gives Kindle Fire a Run for Its Money [REVIEW]

Mashable - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
When I told people I was reviewing the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet, the first thing they asked me was: “Is it better than the Amazon Kindle Fire?” The second thing they asked was, “Should I buy it instead of the Apple iPad? ...

Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet Review

Good E-Reader (blog) - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
The Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet is the second iteration of the original Nook Color. The original tablet was a huge success for the company and has been their most bestselling device of all time. It spawned an entire Textbook and ...

Nook Tablet review: Elegant design, superior video"and some surprising flaws

TabTimes - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Barnes & Noble's 7-inch Android tablet delivers superior video and book-reading, but misses the mark in a few categories. (Rating: 3 out of 5) In terms of size, weight, screen, CPU, and base operating system, ...

Barnes & Noble announces first four NOOK First authors

Ubergizmo - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
The E-book business has been pretty competitive of late, and while Amazon has got dibs on some DC Comics, it looks like Barnes & Noble has got its own exclusives as well. The company announced its NOOK First ...

Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet: OS Tour, Part 2 (video)

TechnoBuffalo - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Here's Part Two of a 2-part tour around the new Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet and its custom operating system. To watch Part One, just click right here. Easy, huh? Nook Tablet is essentially the successor ...

Barnes & Noble Makes a Move: Down 2.4%

Financial News Network Online - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
One of today's notable stocks in decline is Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS), down 2.4% to $16.59. The S&P is trading fractionally higher to 1216 and the Dow is trading 0.3% higher to 11801. Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) has potential upside of 7.3% based on a ...

Business Lunch: Amazon getting into the smartphone business?

StarNewsOnline.com (blog) - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Going digital: Barnes & Noble has opened a store-within-a-store to promote its new tablet, a move that shows the growing popularity of the digital word over the written one. Time to go: Wilmington police have told Occupy Wilmington ...

Barnes & Noble Sees Bright Future in Digital

Publishers Weekly - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Barnes & Noble sees it sales of e-books rising from about $250 million in 2010 to over $2 billion in 2015, according to a presentation made by CEO William Lynch at Liberty Media's investor meeting Thursday. While e-book sales are expected to skyrocket, ...

Barnes & Noble pummels Microsoft patents with prior art

ITworld.com - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Barnes & Noble has fired another broadside against Microsoft in its defense of accusations that the retail bookseller violates Microsoft patents in its Nook eReader device. According to legal observer site Groklaw, ...

Staples Fire Sale " Blackberry PlayBook tablet for $199

PDF Devices - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Be the first at Staples chain stores whether in Canada or in the US if you want a PlayBook at the cost of Amazon's no-frills Kindle Fire tablet or Barnes & Noble new Nook tablet, or the Kobo Vox tablet, ...

HP, Acer, Asustek and Dell out of Android tablet market

Mobile Entertainment - ‎Nov 18, 2011‎
Taiwanese news site Digitimes says these four 'old-school' PC makers have recognised they can't compete with OEMs that combine a hardware build with a tightly integrated software offer " namely Apple, Amazon and Barnes & Noble. ...

Barnes & Noble Bullish, Even On Drastically Shrinking Print Market

paidContent.org - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
Speaking at Liberty Media's annual investor meeting this afternoon, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch said the company expects the size of the print book market to decrease by a third by 2015, while the e-book market grows by 700 percent"and ...

Barnes & Noble shift sign of times

StarNewsOnline.com - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
Barnes & Noble Booksellers employee Lauren Love, right, speaks with a customer at the Mayfaire Town Center location. The Barnes & Noble Booksellers located at Mayfaire Town Center recently underwent renovations that focus on its e-reader, the Nook. ...

Hands on with the Nook Tablet: a solid $249 device

GigaOm - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
I've only just opened the box and spent about a half-hour playing with the new Nook, and if you're familiar with the prior model, you'll see much of the same here. But there are some nice upgrades; ...

Barnes & Noble (BKS) Shares React as Lynch Outlines Strategy at Liberty Media ...

StreetInsider.com (subscription) - ‎Nov 17, 2011‎
Likely adding to upside in shares of Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) Thursday afternoon, comments from CEO Bill Lynch at Liberty Media's (Nasdaq: LINTA) Investor Day set an optimistic tone. The exec said Barnes & Noble is modeling for sales of $1.8 billion ...

 

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