Fire Fight: Barnes And Noble Set To Challenge Amazon With New Tablet

Fri, 11/04/2011 - 03:59 EDT - Seeking Alpha

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Chris Velazco

Amazon’s Kindle Fire turned its fair share of heads this past September, but rival Barnes and Noble (BKS) wasn’t just sitting around twiddling their thumbs with the Fire grabbed headlines. Barnes and Noble has already tested the tablet/reader concept with the Nook Color, and now Engadget reports that the company is ready for round 2 with the new Nook Tablet. At first glance, the Nook Tablet looks just about identical to the original Nook Color — hopefully the resemblance is close enough that older model accessories will be able to see continued use. The screen still comes in at 7 inches, but the BN swapped the original display for an improved VividView IPS touch panel. Under the hood lies a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, and a WiFi radio. Oh, and it supports enough file formats to make you go cross-eyed. It’sComplete Story »

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