Nook Reader Shipments Delayed By A Week
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The shipment of the much anticipated Nook reader has been delayed by about a week. It seems that the company has not been able to keep up with the unexpected high demand of the reader, as claimed by spokeswoman Ellen Keating , without saying how many pre-orders were registered.
This potentially unexpected sales puts Barnes & Noble in the position of being the main competitor of Amazon Kindle in the e-book readers industry. It seems that the demand for this kind of devices has shown a significant rise and other companies are preparing to enter the industry, Apple with its secret tablet and Microsoft with its Courier.
Barnes & Noble, which launched the e-reader in late October, is focused on getting the devices into the hands of its customers who ordered the $259 devices before November 20. The devices were expected to be shipped on Nov 30. However, the date has now been extended to Dec 7.
Expert predictions say that the demand for electronic readers such as the Nook will continue to surge in the near future. The Nook allows users to download digital copies of books, magazines and newspapers and will be a hot gift item this holiday season.
Nook sports both a colour touchscreen for navigation and an e-paper display. It uses a sophisticated mobile operating system, a custom version of the Android. It comes with 2GB of internal memory that can be expanded with another 16GB by using a micro SD card in the memory expansion slot. Nook is capable of providing built-in 3G wireless connection as well as limited Wi-Fi to download books.
This potentially unexpected sales puts Barnes & Noble in the position of being the main competitor of Amazon Kindle in the e-book readers industry. It seems that the demand for this kind of devices has shown a significant rise and other companies are preparing to enter the industry, Apple with its secret tablet and Microsoft with its Courier.
Barnes & Noble, which launched the e-reader in late October, is focused on getting the devices into the hands of its customers who ordered the $259 devices before November 20. The devices were expected to be shipped on Nov 30. However, the date has now been extended to Dec 7.
Expert predictions say that the demand for electronic readers such as the Nook will continue to surge in the near future. The Nook allows users to download digital copies of books, magazines and newspapers and will be a hot gift item this holiday season.
Nook sports both a colour touchscreen for navigation and an e-paper display. It uses a sophisticated mobile operating system, a custom version of the Android. It comes with 2GB of internal memory that can be expanded with another 16GB by using a micro SD card in the memory expansion slot. Nook is capable of providing built-in 3G wireless connection as well as limited Wi-Fi to download books.
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