Barnes & Noble is reportedly readying a successor to its 7-inch Nook Tablet. Competing against the Amazon Kindle Fire 2, the second generation Nook Tablet, according to Engadget's reliable source, is "super light", will have an "incredible display" with a 243 ppi resolution, and will be launched simultaneously with a brand new video store from B&N. The new device will be released this fall.
What Else You Need To Know
- The industrial design will be handled by Ammunition's Robert Brunner, who designed the Nook Simple Touch.
- The 243 ppi pixel density puts the Nook Tablet's display in the same range as the iPad 3, which has a 264 ppi for its highly touted Retina display, and bests the Kindle Fire (169 ppi) and the iPad 2 (132 ppi).
- Tech Radar, citing its "sources", claims that the next Nook Tablet would be ditching Android and will instead run on Windows 8.
Other sources
We know that a screen’s performance is not all about the pixels, but that might be a good start for Barnes & Noble to get into this 7-inch tablet life-and-death war.- Adrian Diaconescu, Android Authority
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Source: Barnes & Noble prepping Nook Tablet followup with 'incredible display' for fall release
This week may belong to Amazon and whatever information the mega-retailer decides to drop on our heads tomorrow at its press conference in Santa Monica, but Barnes & Noble's apparently won't be letting the Kindle maker hog the spotlight for too long.
- IntoMobile
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Barnes and Noble working on a new Nook Tablet with 243 ppi display?
If the revamped Nook Tablet with fall release is to be believed, we should be learning more from Barnes and Noble soon.
- Good E-Reader
- Barnes and Noble to Announce a High Resolution Tablet
- Tech Radar
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Rumor: Barnes & Noble readying Nook Tablet 2
This doesn’t necessarily mean that the rumored Nook Tablet 2 will be going on any sort of design-changing diet. The current Nook Tablet weighs just 14.1 oz right now, lighter than the Kindle Fire, which comes it at 14.6 oz.
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Rumor mill: Nook Tablet 2 coming soon with ‘incredible display’ and Kindle Fire 2 based on ICS
Hopefully, the display and thinness won’t be the only selling points of this upcoming tab, said to be released “this fall” without any other details revealed just yet.
- Tech Radar
- Updated: Amazon Kindle Fire 2, Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Paperwhite release date, news and features
- With new Kindle Fires coming today, Barnes & Noble preps new Nook Tablet for September launch
- Tech Radar
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Sources claim Nook 2 tablet with Windows 8 coming in September
Earlier this year we heard rumblings that Microsoft and Barnes & Noble were teaming for a new tablet.
- Tech Radar
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Sources claim Nook Tablet 2 with Windows 8 coming in September
Now we've learned this successor to the Nook Tablet may be a Windows 8 device, and that Barnes & Noble may unveil this Nook Tablet 2 formally later this month.
- Gizmodo
- Rumor: Windows 8 Nook Coming Later This Month
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