Both has recently
released a tablet e-book reader as well on which Amazon's version is called the Kindle Fire while B&N has a model called Nook Tablet.
Not exact matches
One of the reasons why Nook
e-book sales are down is because the only new hardware that the company has consistently
released are
tablets.
Samsung is one company that really wants to make
tablets viable and consistently
releases devices to appeal to people who play games, but also
e-books, magazines and newspapers.
Barnes & Noble Inc. is
releasing a new Nook
e-book reader for the holidays, while it evaluates the future of
tablet computers.
Kobo has just
released a new version of their
E-Book reader for Slate PCS,
Tablets and Smartphones such as the Nexus One and Droid.
Tablets and e-books were a hot gift item over the holidays, as the number of Americans owning tablets nearly doubled from 10 % in mid-December to 19 % in mid-January, according to a survey released by Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life P
Tablets and
e-books were a hot gift item over the holidays, as the number of Americans owning
tablets nearly doubled from 10 % in mid-December to 19 % in mid-January, according to a survey released by Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life P
tablets nearly doubled from 10 % in mid-December to 19 % in mid-January, according to a survey
released by Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.
The Wall Street Journal reports that in addition to the
tablet, Amazon also plans on
releasing two updated version of their popular
e-book reader, Kindle.
As for Kobo's new
tablet, the company will
release the Kobo Arc nearer Christmas, most likely in November, with a seven - inch screen with a HD display which customers can use to access apps, play films and videogames, look at photos as well as read
e-books.
Aside from preparing the
release of a bunch of new
tablets, set to take the Fire's popularity to new heights, Amazon is reportedly prepping the launch of at least one color
e-book reader as well.
According to the same Digitimes Research report quoted earlier, the introduction of Amazon's Kindle Fire
tablet (
released November 15, 2011) caused sales of the Kindle
e-book reader to drop, so Amazon has now reduced the number of Kindle
e-books they've ordered from their hardware suppliers.
It's not clear whether Amazon would also be
releasing a Japanese - language Kindle e-reader; Jiji Press says, «Amazon will establish an online
e-book store from which content can be downloaded to smartphones and
tablet computers.»