With Amazon wooing the world late last week with their new Fire and PaperWhite tablets (and eReader), many have been left wondering what Barnes & Noble’s response would be. The online book retailer has slashed prices recently on their NOOK tablets, paving the way for a new holiday refresh and release.
Now, sources to the site Digital Trends have confirmed with them that in late September in Union Square, New York, the company will unveil a new Nook tablet rumored to be powered by Windows 8.
Fast forward to today, the Surface has been unveiled and there are lots of Windows-powered tablets already on the horizon, not to mention last week’s Amazon tablet announcement. Latest rumors on the interwebs talk about a new Nook to arrive late this month, running Microsoft’s Windows 8. Recently B&N dropped prices for the 8- and 16GB Nook tablets and, while many thought that this was a reaction to the (back then) upcoming Amazon products and the Nexus 7, it might serve as an indication of a new product in the future.
Anonymous sources indicated that September is the month for a press conference unveiling the new Windows-powered Nook in Union Square, NYC. Furthermore, if the current Nook was perceived as an e-reader, the upcoming device will attempt to shift this label towards a full-fledget tablet experience. File all the above under the “R” category but we’re always happy to see new products on the market, especially if they compete with already excellent hardware out there.
Source: DigitalTrends
Via: WPCentral
0 comments