Qualcomm introduced its Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 processor in December, promising an enormous 85% performance boost over the company’s previous-gen chip for Windows laptops and tablets. So far no devices with the processor have officially launched. But leaked benchmarks for an unannounced Lenovo device suggested that the chip really might deliver on that promise, at […]
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B&N NOOK GlowLight 4 eReader coming December 8 for $150
In news I was not expecting to write anytime soon, Barnes & Noble has a new eReader. The new NOOK GlowLight 4 features a 6 inch E Ink display with 300 pixels per inch, a front-lit display with adjustable color temperature, physical page turn buttons and a touchscreen display, plus a USB-C charger. It’s now available […]
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The new Nook 10 HD tablet is a Barnes & Noble tablet made by Lenovo
Barnes & Noble’s NOOK line of devices is alive and well… kind of. The last time the bookseller launched a new NOOK eReader with an E Ink display was in 2019, but today B&N and Lenovo have announced a new Nook 10 HD Tablet that will hit stores in April for $130. Made by Lenovo, the […]
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B&N launches Nook Glowlight Plus with 7.8 inch display (and $200 price tag)
Most Nook and Kindle eReaders to ship in recent years have sported 6 inch E Ink displays, which means that if you really wanted a larger (or smaller) option, you had to look elsewhere. But B&N’s new NOOK GlowLight Plus sports a 7.8 inch E Ink display, the largest to date for any NOOK device. […]
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B&N launches a new $50 NOOK 7″ tablet
Two years after launching a $50 Android tablet with a 7 inch display, Barnes & Noble is back with a new model. The 2018 NOOK 7″ Tablet is now available from B&N online and in stores for $50. For the most part the new model looks identical to its predecessor, but the 2018 model does […]
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10 inch B&N NOOK Tablet is on the way
Bookseller Barnes & Noble has a new tablet or two on the way. Right now the company is selling a handful of tablets including several Samsung models and a 7 inch NOOK tablet that first launched in 2016. This week a new 10 inch model showed up a the FCC website. And according to Tablet […]
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B&N launches NOOK GlowLight 3 for $120
Barnes & Noble’s cheapest device for reading eBooks may be the $50 NOOK tablet. But that’s a multipurpose device with a color screen and Android software. The company’s new NOOK GlowLight 3 is designed just for reading. It has an 6 inch E Ink display, physical buttons for turning pages, 8GB of storage and a […]
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B&N’s $50 NOOK Tablet 7 is back in stock after recall
Barnes & Noble launched a 7 inch Android tablet with a $50 price tag in late 2016… and then stopped selling it and issued a product recall earlier this month for a faulty charger that shipped with the Nook 7″ tablet. Now it looks like Barnes & Noble is selling the NOOK 7″ again. You […]
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Barnes & Noble stops selling NOOK Tablet 7″ while investigating hardware issue
Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Tablet 7″ is a $50 Android tablet which the bookstore chain began selling in late 2016. But the company has stopped selling the tablet for now, due to a potential hardware issue. First reported in a reddit thread, the company has also instructed stores to box up and return inventory. Despite […]
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Barnes & Noble will no longer sell apps through NOOK Store
Barnes & Noble may be first and foremost a book store. But the company does sell other goods in stores and on its website. And when B&N launched its first tablet in 2010, the company launched a NOOK app store to go along with its NOOK eBook store. But B&N started including the Google Play […]