The Nook Tablet looks almost exactly like the now $ 199 Nook Color (though the former is slightly thinner), but Lynch was quick to point out that while Barnes & Noble
designed its tablet from scratch, Amazon started with the Research in Motion BlackBerry
PlayBook as a
reference design.
The first generation Kindle Fire bore a striking resemblance to the BlackBerry
Playbook since it was based on the same
reference design, but if this image is actually legitimate, Amazon has clearly gone in a different direction.