Barnes & Noble has announced a Nook Tablet aimed at competing with the new Kindle Fire in the low-end tablet battle. Barnes & Noble had a bit of success with the Nook eReader, but were ultimately overshadowed by Amazon’s Kindle. In this round, B&N hope to be in the game early enough to compete and even steal would be sales from Amazon.<\/p>\n
The Nook Tablet will be $50 more than the Kindle Fire at $249 per unit. For the extra $50 buyers will receive double the storage capacity at 16GB along with a 7 inch touchscreen display, a dual-core processor, 1GB RAM and works with both Netflix and Hulu Plus streaming video services.<\/p>\n
Barnes & Noble have suffered from the significant drop in physical book sales, but has been dedicated to the development of the Nook. A dedication that has paid off so far. Books will continue to sell and digital distribution is the place to be. B&N has acknowledged that fact and appears poised to ride the Nook, in any form, as its brand identifier.<\/p>\n
Along with the news of the Nook Tablet came some price drops on other Nook devices. The Nook touch price was dropped to $99, while the Nook Color is now $199.<\/p>\n
The news couldn’t have come at a better time. Consumers are gearing up for holiday shopping and there is no doubt that inexpensive tablets will be on the list of must have gadgets. Announcing the Nook Tablet a couple weeks out of Black Friday will ensure consumers get notice about the product and have the time to seriously consider it over the Kindle Fire.<\/p>\n
The Nook Tablet will be available on November 18th<\/sup>, 2011, but shoppers can pre-order them now.<\/p>\n Pre-order Nook Tablet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n If you enjoyed or found this article useful, please show us some support by liking us on Facebook<\/a> or by sharing us on your favorite social website. Thanks!<\/p>\n
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