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Barnes & Noble to ramp down the Nook 3G due to insufficient demand

Published on: 30th January, 2011

Barnes & Noble may ramp down the 3G version of the Nook because the demand is poor. Recent rumors pointed to signs related to the end of the life of the Android e-reader, which was left to remaining stock only. According to Engadget, retailers beyond Barnes & Noble were able to order individual units, but [...]

Amazon will start lending of Kindle books and porting magazines to iPad

Published on: 31st October, 2010

Amazon announced its intention of adding a Nook-like lending system to its Kindle readers and applications. The licensing is meant to give an option to lend a book once for a period of up to fourteen days to an account of someone else. A copy protection will not allow the original reader to view the [...]

Nook Wi-Fi from Barnes & Noble confirmed, lower price for Nook 3G

Published on: 25th June, 2010

Barnes & Noble has confirmed its intention of releasing an entry-level e-reader by rolling out a Wi-Fi Nook device. The new reader keeps the Wi-Fi while dropping the built-in 3G. Thanks to the Wi-Fi connection the reader can get online by using almost any access point. Free access is offered by AT&T in its public [...]

500,000 Nooks to be shipped by March 2010

Published on: 30th December, 2009

About half a million Nook readers are expected to reach the United States by March next year, according to Southeast Asian sources. Barnes & Noble has often said it has had an overwhelming demand and some sources report about 60,000 Nooks shipping in 2009 and about 500,000 in total by March next year. This number [...]

New update for the Nook from Barnes & Noble

Published on: 24th December, 2009

The electronic book reader Nook got a new software update that improves the speed and fixes some old bugs. With the new update the speed of the navigation along with the page turns has increased. Another thing that the update fixes is the page numbering, every page number being a lot clearer. The new update [...]

Hackers say Nook is running Android 1.5

Published on: 20th December, 2009

The Nook e-book from Barnes & Noble has been spied and important details have been revealed. It is already known now by NookDevs that the device is based on a stock version of Android 1.5 and also that it is customized to mask the standard interface and to optimize it for the unique design with [...]

Barnes & Noble delays Nook pre-orders again

Published on: 9th December, 2009

Barnes & Noble recently noted that pre-orders made for the Nook have been delayed a second time, to January 11th. This delay comes very quickly after a first one targeted for the beginning of 2010. The company has not given any additional explanation. It has already promised to those customers whose Nooks will ship only [...]

Nook Reader delayed – Shipment in December

Published on: 13th November, 2009

Nook buyers should be disappointed about recent news saying that the e-book reader is not available for shipping on November 30th, as initially announced but on December 7th because of orders that surpassed the expectations of Barnes & Noble, as the spokeswoman Ellen Keating claimed, without saying how many pre-orders were registered. This anticipation of [...]