Price Of Nook Simple Touch Reduced

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Looking for a great gift for an avid reader for Christmas? How about the Nook Simple Touch? Barnes & Noble recently reduced the price of its e-ink reader by $20 and is currently being sold at $79.

The Nook Simple Touch may not be a fill-blown tablet but a number of consumers prefer its backlit display over e-readers offered by other manufacturers. The Barnes & Noble e-reader offers better readability when it is used outdoors compared to other similar devices.

In comparison to the Nook Simple Touch, the cheapest Amazon Kindle Fire is price at around $160. The e-reader is definitely a good gift choice to avid readers.

The Nook Simple Touch received positive reviews among industry watchers and it is considered an advanced model compared to previous models of the device.

If you want to save more, you can try to purchase refurbished models of the Nook Simple Touch, which is priced at around $50 over at Walmart, although it appears to have been sold out. The price of the e-reader was reduced to $60 during the Black Friday sale by Barnes & Noble.

The Nook Simple Touch is available through the retail outlets of Barnes & Noble as well as retailers like Best Buy, Target, and Walmart.

Best Black Friday Deals Offered By Barnes and Noble

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With Black Friday 2012 just around the corner, a good number of consumers are on the lookout for the best Black Friday deals that they can find.

Barnes & Noble is one manufacturer that may offer one of the best Black Friday deals for e-reader devices this year. A year ago, the company reduced the regular $99 price tag of the Nook Simple Touch device by $20. However, for Black Friday 2012, the company is reducing the price of the same device by $40, which means that the Nook Simple Touch will be offered at an in-store special price tag of only $59, making it one of the best Black Friday deals for an e-reader this year.

This may be considered among one of the best Black Friday deals and will only be available on Black Friday 2012. In addition to the price reduction of the most affordable Nook device, the company is also reducing the prices of some accessories by fifty percent, which is another. These accessories include the reading lights, charging cables, stylus, SD card, car charging kit, stand, and the screen protector kits. The reduced prices for the accessories will still be available after Black Friday 2012 or until November 26.

This is just one of the great Black Friday deals from the company, which is also offering a thirty percent reduction on another item. Consumers will just have to print out a specific code for the in-store coupon or use it at the checkout while shopping online for Black Friday 2012.

The price of some Blu-ray and DVD discs will also be reduced by fifty percent price by the company for Black Friday 2012. The price reduction on the discs will not be limited as one of the Black Friday deals for this year since it will also be available for consumers until Monday.

Price Of Nook Tablet Reduced

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It appears that the release of the Google Nexus 7 tablet has created some waves in the market as Barnes & Noble reduced the price of three of the 7-inch Nook Tablet devices recently.

This shows that the company is not in any way giving up on the tablet market even as it has to deal with the recently-released tablet offering of Google in addition to the Amazon Kindle Fire, which has experienced a good amount of success in the market.

The price tag of the 16GB Nook Tablet was reduced by around 20 percent or $50 to bring down its price to $199. The 8GB model of the Nook Tablet along with the Nook Color also had their price tags reduced to $179 and $149 respectively. The recent price reduction has brought the 16GB Nook Tablet on even terms with the Amazon Kindle Fire and the Google Nexus 7 tablet in terms of pricing.

The price reduction of the Nook Tablet may offer some short-term success for the company until the latest Amazon devices are released into the market.

Reports have emerged on the possibility that the Amazon Kindle Fire 2 will be released within the month. This upcoming device will feature two models, one with a camera while the second will not feature a camera. These devices will reportedly come with the same pixel density as the Google Nexus 7 tablet, which may become another competitor to the Nook Tablet of Barnes & Noble.

In addition to the Amazon Kindle Fire 2, reports have also hinted of another an 8.9-inch Amazon Kindle Fire, which will supposedly see the light of day by the end of the year.

These upcoming devices will likely put more pressure on the Nook Tablet of Barnes & Noble in the market even as the company tries to shore up its sales by reducing the price tag of the device.

Seven-Inch Nook Tablet Offers Better Display

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The market for smaller tablets may yet to receive another entry following the introduction of the Google Nexus 7 tablet. Reports have hinted that a new seven-inch Nook tablet may be offered by Barnes & Noble soon.

In addition to the Google Nexus 7 tablet, speculations have increased on the possible appearance of the iPad mini before the end of the year as well as another model of the Amazon Kindle Fire. The supposed new seven-inch Nook tablet will reportedly feature a new screen technology that the company has developed on collaboration with another company.

Some industry watchers have speculated that the upcoming new seven-inch Nook tablet may feature a hybrid display that has the features of an LCD and e-ink screen display.

Among the possible screen display technology that the new seven-inch Nook tablet will feature is the mirasol display of Qualcomm. These displays will utilize microscopic mirrors instead of a backlight. The mirrors will reflect any available ambient light, displaying colors and making reading outside easier. The power usage of the display technology is also comparatively lower compared to LCD display. They also have the capability of showing videos.

The technology has been under development by Qualcomm for a number of years already and it may be available for use by the middle of the year, which make it a possible candidate for use on the new seven-inch Nook tablet.

However the new seven-inch Nook tablet may not be the first device to use the mirasol technology of Qualcomm since the Kyobo e-reader is using this particular screen display technology following its release into the market. However this South Korean device did not make much impact in the market.