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Barnes & Noble Enters Tablet Tussle

  • AllThingsD, Wednesday, September 26, 2012 1:30 PM

On Tuesday, when Barnes & Noble announced plans for a Nook-based video store, analysts noted that the existing Nook didn’t support video. Solving that problem, B&N on Wednesday unveiled two new, video-friendly tablets: Nook HD and Nook HD+. “If you’re getting a sense of deja vu [regarding the news], it might be because you followed the Amazon event … a few weeks ago, at which the company unveiled its own, new, HD display, seven- and nine-inch tablets,” AllThingsD notes. The Nook HD is a seven-inch tablet, and is expected to retail for $199, while the Nook HD+ is a larger, nine-inch device, and should set consumers back $299.

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