Barnes & Noble, in an all out attempt to unseat the Amazon Kindle as the top eReader, has recently unveiled the nook, a bold new electronic reading device that features a split screen design. The top portion of the eReader features the E-Ink reader, but the bottom portion features a 3.5″ multi-touch color display for control and navigation, as well as a unique new way to lend eBooks to friends, and much more!
Priced to sell at $259.00, the nook is a top of the line product geared to the average reader and is guaranteed to heat up the competition in the eReader market!
Some of the nook’s best features include:
- nook is powered by Android 1.5, nook enables you to stop reading on one device, and pick up where you left off on another
- nook features a 6″ reader display, with a 3.5″ multi-touch color display for control and navigation
- With 2 GB built in memory, nook can store up to 1,500 books
- nook features an expandable microSD slot enabling readers to buy an extra 16 GB memory card and store up to 17,500 ebooks
- nook features free wireless from Barnes & Noble via AT&T, the nation’s fastest 3G network, as well as 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi
- nook has a built-in MP3 player, mono speaker, and universal 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack
- Barnes & Noble currently hundreds of thousands of titles in its online store, plus users can access 500,000 public domain titles from Google
- nook enables you to loan favorite eBooks to friends, family, or book club members. Most eBooks can be lent for up to 14 days at a time. Simply select the ebook you want to share, then send it to your friend’s reader, cell phone, or computer.
- nook retains important reading rituals like bookmarking, making notes, and highlighting passages, but lets you do even more, like looking up words mid-sentence using a built-in dictionary
- nook features a 10 day battery life, with a removable/replaceable battery
- nook supports EPUB and eReader Formats , PDFs load easily and look great, PDFs, MP3s and graphics load to your nook from your computer or micro SD card. Use JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP files to create personal screensavers.
Check out the official Barnes & Noble promotional video for the nook!
This is one of the have devices of the year! Visit our Online Store or browse the selection of eReaders at Amazon.com