Tag: Nook Tablet

Microsoft offers $1 billion for Nook; Nook Media plans to discontinue Nook tablets by end of 2014

Thursday, May 9, 2013 10:30 amThursday, May 9, 201317 Comments

Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media…

Barnes & Noble report NOOK device sales down during Christmas quarter vs. previous year

Thursday, January 3, 2013 3:03 pmThursday, January 3, 20139 Comments

Barnes & Noble today reported holiday sales…

AP reviews Google Nexus 7 tablet: It’s no iPad; better than Kindle Fire, but lacks storage space

Monday, July 2, 2012 5:01 pmMonday, July 2, 201221 Comments

The Nexus 7 costs $199, the same that Amazon and Barnes & Noble charge…

Why the Google Android tablet market is even weaker than it seems

Thursday, March 8, 2012 11:58 am28 Comments

The most under-covered story in technology is the sorry state of the Google Android tablet market…

Here’s how Apple’s iPad extinguishes Amazon’s tiny screen Kindle Fire in one week

Thursday, March 1, 2012 9:18 pmFriday, March 2, 201237 Comments

The Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet should be shaking in their plastic body casings…

Apple’s next-gen iPad looms: Android tablet-makers should be shaking in their boots

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:27 pm23 Comments

There is no doubt that Apple (AAPL) is about to unleash an new iPad…

RUMOR: Foxconn lands Amazon orders for 10-inch Kindle Fire due in Q212

Monday, February 20, 2012 9:26 amMonday, February 20, 201225 Comments

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has obtained ODM orders…

Barnes & Noble discounts Nook tablets and e-readers with magazine, newspaper subscription

Monday, January 9, 2012 5:02 pmMonday, January 9, 20127 Comments

Barnes & Noble is ramping up its competitive duel with Amazon.com…

The flops pile up in the tablet market

Thursday, December 8, 2011 9:01 amThursday, December 8, 201128 Comments

It’s been a gloomy holiday season for tablet makers – unless, that is, you are Apple…

Black Friday is ‘Tablet Doomsday’ for old school phone vendors like Motorola, Samsung, HTC and RIM

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 9:29 am16 Comments

The Black Friday promotional support for tablets seems notably weak

Major PC makers plan to concede tablet market to Apple in 2012

Friday, November 18, 2011 11:30 amFriday, November 18, 201115 Comments

Traditional PC makers like Dell and HP believe they have no advantages in the tablet market…

Of course Amazon’s Kindle Fire cannibalizes Apple’s iPad

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 3:21 pmTuesday, November 15, 201150 Comments

There are many different kinds of consumers with very different needs…

Is there a market for a 6-inch iPod touch to take on Nook Tablet, Kindle Fire?

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 4:00 pmTuesday, November 8, 201130 Comments

In the wake of Amazon’s 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet launch…

Apple iPad dominates tablet market as tiny-screened devices from Amazon and B&N battle for distant 2nd place

Tuesday, November 8, 2011 8:30 amTuesday, November 8, 201110 Comments

Given Apple iPad’s dominant market position, Amazon and Barnes & Noble are playing for a distant second place…

Barnes & Noble takes aim at Amazon’s Kindle Fire with new Nook Tablet

Monday, November 7, 2011 12:55 pmMonday, November 7, 201117 Comments

Barnes & Noble Inc. lifted the wraps Monday on a new tablet device…

Barnes & Noble expected to unveil 7-inch Nook Tablet on Monday

Sunday, November 6, 2011 1:48 pmSunday, November 6, 201114 Comments

When Amazon unveiled its first tablet, the Kindle Fire, in September…