At 7.7 - inches x 5 - inches x.43 - inches the Nook HD is slightly wider than the Google Nexus 7 and considerably narrower that the Amazon Kindle Fire It's also
lighter than both competing devices.
We don't mind changes, but found the Iconia Tab's animations and response time to be ever - so - slightly
lower than competing devices like the Transformer Pad Infinity and Excite 7.7.
While the two Barnes & Noble Nook HD tablets are less
expensive than competing devices from Apple and Amazon, which just rolled out new HD Kindle Fires, the company did leave out a camera to manage the price points.
(AP)-- Borders Group Inc. has begun taking orders for the Kobo electronic book reader and pushing it at a lower
price than competing devices.
At $ 399 (available in either a black or a white case, price as of March 15, 2010), the Alex eReader is more
expensive than competing devices, but the $ 120 to $ 150 premium is worthwhile: The dual - screen Alex offers the best combination of an electronic paper display (EPD) and a separate LCD screen I've seen yet, and the reader impresses on almost every level.
However, the internal memory can hold up to 3,500 books, which is two or three times more
than competing devices.
Icarus has really hyped up the slim design and claims its up to 20 % lighter
than competing devices.
The company has this to say of the new upcoming device: «Running on the Android Platform, LG's tablet will deliver vastly superior performance than other similar devices currently on the market while still managing to be thinner and lighter
than competing devices.»