Barnes & Noble officially took the wraps off its new Nook Wi-Fi, the bookstore's latest eager attempt to dethrone the current e-book reader monarchy, ruled by the Amazon Kindle.
The Nook Wi-Fi dons a 6" electronic paper display with 16 level grayscale and adjustable text size, all specifications that describe Amazon's rival reader, the Kindle 2. Barnes & Noble's Nook is very visually different from the Kindle, however, in that it includes a 3.5" TFT color touch screen underneath the primary reading screen. Using the touch screen, one navigates through his or her collection of books in full-color, a nice little touch.
Like the Kindle 2, the Nook comes packaged with 2GB of internal memory, which, according to the company, can hold up to 1,500 e-books. A microSD slot, which the Kindle 2 lacks, will allow users to expand the device's storage capacity indefinitely.
Barnes & Noble has the device listed for $149.
The older version of the Nook, which includes all of the same features as the Wi-Fi version in addition to 3G capability, is now available for $199. The Kindle 2, for comparison, sells at $259.
While Barnes & Noble makes no mistake that the Nook is competing with Amazon's Kindle 2, they neglect that their competitor offers a bigger and better e-reader for $489, the Kindle DX. That device dons a 9.7" display and 4GB of internal memory, enough for up to 3,500 books.
Does the future hold more expensive, premium Nooks and cheaper, simpler Kindles? If this is an all-out e-reader war, then we can be sure of it.
As part of its Instacart Health initiative, the company also debuted new tools for providers
Read more...
Steven Loeb
The intiative will include classes on using MyChart, as well as a Chromebook borrowing program
Read more...
Steven Loeb
Patients will be matched to a physical therapist and be able to get therapy in their home
Read more...
Steven Loeb
