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Barnes & Noble Nook is “the e-reader you want,” reviewers say

Barnes & Noble Nook is “the e-reader you want,” reviewers say

by ben patterson | Jun 1, 2011 | news, tablets

Several of the big tech blogs just posted reviews of the new touchscreen Nook e-reader from Barnes & Noble, and the notices are strong, a few bugs and miscellaneous nitpicks aside. Heads up, Amazon. From Engadget: The reader is a little buggier than we’d...
Amazon returns fire on touchscreen Nook with cheaper, ad-supported Kindle 3G

Amazon returns fire on touchscreen Nook with cheaper, ad-supported Kindle 3G

by ben patterson | May 25, 2011 | news

Barnes & Noble managed to make the Kindle look old hat Tuesday morning with its new, drool-worthy touchscreen Nook e-reader. By Tuesday night, however, Amazon had an answer: an ad-supported “with Special Offers” version of its 3G-enabled Kindle for...
Barnes & Noble Nook is “the e-reader you want,” reviewers say

New Barnes & Noble Nook one-ups Kindle with touch-sensitive e-ink display

by ben patterson | May 24, 2011 | news

Calling it the “simple touch reader,” Barnes & Noble showed off the latest version of its Nook e-reader in New York on Monday—a smaller, lighter, and touchscreen-packing competitor to Amazon’s ever-popular Kindle. Slated to ship next month for...

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