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Barnes & Noble Nook ereader available in-stores and online this week

The general theme of CES 2010 was that the only company not making an ereader is IKEA. Barnes & Noble’s Nook ereader could lose some of its luster thanks to several new competing products, but the company is hoping that finally getting more Nooks in-store will provide a jolt in sales. The Nook will be available [...]

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Barnes & Noble pushing update to Nook ereaders starting now

Nook owners should see an update to their ereader in the coming days (if not moments). According to Gizmodo and reports from a few users, Barnes & Noble is pushing a firmware update with several new enhancements fixes. Among the changes include a new way of loading pages that fades rather than turns on and [...]

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Developers claim to have root access to Barnes & Noble Nook reader #android

The Barnes & Noble “Nook” ereader has been rooted. On Sunday night, the team of modders at NookDevs.com announced that they had discovered a DNS hack, followed by a teardown of the physical device to gain more information about how the Nook operates. After discovering that the Nook OS is run from the SD card, [...]

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Barnes & Noble’s “Nook” ereader review roundup

It’s several days later than I originally planned, but I finally got my hands on a Nook. Sadly, it was an in-store demo unit because I was late to pre-order the device and fell victim to unchecked, rampant misinformation provided to me by several employees at my local Barnes & Noble retailers. I’m very disappointed, [...]

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Barnes & Noble in-store purchases for Nook in short supply…if available at all

Barnes & Noble will hold-on to its “Nook” Android ereader just a tad bit longer. Though the first wave of people who pre-ordered the Nook can expect to have their product shipped this December, the already limited number of in-store Nook ereaders expected to go on sale in stores has been delayed until December 7th. Barnes [...]

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Lawsuit threatens the holiday release of Barnes & Noble “Nook” ereader

On Monday it was announced that Spring Design had filed suit against Barnes & Noble over the similarities of their Android-based e-readers. According to the lawsuit, those similarities are no coincidence – it’s theft. Spring alleges that Barnes & Noble requested previews of its Alex ereader and hinted at possible partnerships, never revealing that their company [...]

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Barnes & Noble debuts its Android eBook reader “Nook”

Amazon’s Kindle is the undisputed King of Ereaders…for now. Today, Barnes & Noble unveiled Nook, an Android-based ereader likely to challenge Kindle for its crown. Nook is a dual-screen reader, something that’s become a bit of trend recently. The reader features a 6-inch e-ink display, a 3.5-inch color screen for Touch Control & Navigation, 2GB storage [...]

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Rumor: Upcoming Barnes & Noble ebook reader to be running Android

We are starting to see more and more talk about Android becoming available on devices other than smartphones, most of which up until this point has revolved around the MID (mobile Internet device) or netbook market. Well this latest rumor is changing that a little bit, and is suggesting that the upcoming ebook reader from [...]

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eReader app; coming to Android this Summer

Despite having and really enjoying the ability to read on my Amazon Kindle I have gotten really accustom to reader on a slightly more mobile device — my phone. Granted, so far most of the phone reading has been done on my iPhone as opposed to my G1, however that is not due to lack [...]

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