Barnes & Noble plans to split into two companies by early 2015. The company has announced plans to spin off its NOOK digital book division as a standalone company while Barnes & Noble will remain as a bricks and mortar book store chain. The decision follows a rocky couple of years for B&N. While the […]
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK will be B&N’s new tablets
Barnes & Noble’s next NOOK tablet won’t be made by Barnes & Noble. Following disappointing sales for its NOOK HD tablet line the book retailer announced it would seek hardware partners for future devices… and now it looks like Samsung is the first of those partners. The next tablet to wear the NOOK name will […]
Lilbits (3-07-2014): Download music on your Tizen smartwatch?
Wondering if there will be any decent third-party apps for upcoming devices running Tizen software? Samsung’s new smartwatches run Tizen, and eventually we could see Tizen phones and watches… and you’ll be able to buy music on any of them. 7digital has announced it’s bringing its digital music store with 25 million tracks to Tizen […]
Next-gen B&N NOOK tablet on the way
Barnes & Noble is preparing to launch its first new tablet since 2012. In its latest financial report, company officials say B&N is in discussions with hardware partners to develop a new color NOOK device that’ll launch in early fiscal 2015. That doesn’t mean you’ll have to wait until next year to see a next-gen […]
People aren’t buying NOOKs like they used to
Barnes & Noble has released some holiday sales figures for the 9-week period leading up to Christmas, and the news isn’t particularly good for the maker of NOOK tablets and eReaders. B&N brought in about $125 million in revenue through its NOOK division during that period. That’s almost 61-percent less than the company made from […]
Next-gen NOOK tablet could have a Tegra 4 CPU
Barnes & Noble has been giving mixed signals regarding plans for future NOOK tablets. The latest NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ tablets are some of the cheapest decent tablets on the market, and this summer the company suggested it would discontinue its tablet line… only to later clarify that B&N would continue to design tablets, […]
B&N NOOK GlowLight eReader has more storage, but no SD card slot
Barnes & Noble’s latest NOOK is now available for $119. The NOOK GlowLight is a bit lighter than its predecessor, has a higher-resolution display, improved screen refresh technology, and more storage. If you don’t need those features you can still pick up last year’s NOOK Simple Touch GlowLight for $99 (or less). But the improvements […]
Lilbits (9-16-2013): A new Nook?
Barnes & Noble may be scaling back its hardware efforts, but the company does still want to sell eBooks and other digital content. While you can access the NOOK eBook library by installing the NOOK app on almost any phone or tablet, one of the best ways to get you to buy media is still […]
B&N plans to continue developing NOOK tablets after all
Barnes & Noble appears to be reversing a decision to stop making color NOOK tablets like the NOOK HD and NOOK HD+. The company has been offering affordable tablets with an Android-based operating system and a focus on apps for reading digital content from the B&N store for the past few years — but the […]
CyanogenMod 10.1 nightlies for the B&N NOOK HD, NOOK HD+
Barnes & Noble may be done making NOOK tablets, but that doesn’t mean the the tablets that are already on the market will turn into lumps of coal overnight. In fact, the NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ are some of the best tablets you can find in their price ranges, now that Barnes & Noble […]
NOOK HD sale expands to the UK, NOOK mobile apps gets HD magazines, comics
As Barnes & Noble prepares to pull the plug on its NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ tablets, the company is expanding its fire-sale pricing overseas. You can now pick up a NOOK HD for £99 and up in the UK, or a NOOK HD+ for as tarting price of £149. Barnes & Noble says these prices are […]
B&N is done making NOOK tablets, will keep delivering NOOK eReaders
Barnes & Noble is pulling the plug on its NOOK tablet line, and will stop manufacturing new Android tablet, although the retailer will reach out to other device makers. In other words, you may still be able to walk into a B&N store and buy a tablet with the NOOK Shop preloaded a year from […]