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Nook Color gets new update, inches closer to iPad

Today Barnes & Noble won the Press Release war against Amazon, with the announcement of a significant OS udpate to the Nook Color that along with subtle improvements brings this handful of splashy new features: a custom App Store that includes games, productivity apps, and content apps like Pandora; an IMAP/POP email client that works [...]

Refurbished Nook Wi-Fi on sale for $80

Refurbished Nook Wi-Fi on sale for $80

Barnes & Noble is offloading a trailer full of refurbished Nook Wi-Fi devices, apparently, because the price has been slashed to $80 with free shipping. By comparison, a brand-new Nook Wi-Fi costs $150, and a “certified pre-owned” version usually costs $120. The refurbished model comes with a 1-year limited warranty and a 14-day return policy [...]

American Airlines giving away 30 Nook Colors this month

American Airlines giving away 30 Nook Colors this month

American Airlines is promoting its new Android app by giving away one free Nook Color every day this month until April 28th. To enter, install the free Android app and launch it, or visit AA’s website and submit your email address and name. There’s lots o’ fine print as always, but the main rules are [...]

Expect more educational Kindle apps soon, hints developer

AppleInsider wrote today that the developer for an iOS periodic table app was invited by Amazon to port it over to the Kindle platform: [The developer] contacted AppleInsider to note that Amazon had invited him via email to bring the app to Kindle, noting that the company was especially interested in educational apps. As AppleInsider [...]

Free coffee this Saturday when you demo a Nook Color

For a single small coffee, I’m certainly not suggesting you make a special trip to your nearby Barnes & Noble tomorrow for a guided tour of the Nook Color. However, if you were planning on dropping by a B&N soon anyway, Saturday the 26th is free coffee day.

Refurbished Nook Wi-Fi on sale for $99

Barnes & Noble sells refurbished Nook Wi-Fi units for $119, but right now Buy.com is selling the same thing for $99 with free shipping. Both stores say the device comes with 90 days complimentary tech support and a 1 year warranty. By comparison, new Nooks are $149. I’m not a big fan of the Nook [...]

Groupon offering $20 Barnes & Noble gift card for $10

Update: The deal may or may not have expired already is still on, but Groupon is still having traffic problems. If you buy into the deal but can’t log in, try http://my.groupon.com/login instead to get to your account and print the PDF coupon. Original post: Remember that $20-for-$10 Amazon deal that LivingSocial offered a couple [...]

Amazon and Barnes & Noble push apps to more device platforms

Both companies have been rolling out or announcing new versions of their reading apps over the past several days. First, Amazon promised that it plans to release Kindle apps for future Android and Windows tablets that come to market (this week is the annual Consumer Electronics Show, where such devices usually first appear). Then it [...]

Kindle versus nook; which one is the better value?

As of late summer 2010, the ebook device “war” has more or less come down to four choices–Kindle, nook, Kobo and Sony Reader–and the company behind each has worked hard to differentiate its product. Nook split into two versions so it could offer a cheaper Wi-Fi only model. Kindle quickly followed suit. As for Kobo, [...]

Amazon drops price of Kindle 2 to $189

It’s been an interesting day so far for ebook devices. Barnes & Noble started it by pulling a fast one this morning, at least on Amazon, when it announced a new Wi-Fi-only version of the Nook for only $149. B&N also dropped the price on the 3G/Wi-Fi model to $199, making it $50 less than [...]

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