Barnes & Noble unveils its new Nook ereader no comments
As promised, Barnes & Noble has unveiled its new Nook ereader today. 
B&N is calling this latest addition to its ereader lineup the ‘All-New Nook, The Simple Touch Reader’ — which I’ll shorten here to Nook Touch, which sounds much more simple to me.
The new Nook Touch features a touchscreen, Pearl e-ink display (same as the Kindle 3) and boasts a battery life of up to 2 months. Gone is the LCD strip that gave the original Nook its unique and sexy look, but added to the cost of the device and also did not always perform as well as could be wished. The new Nook Touch looks much more basic, but also looks like it is more dedicated to reading. Priced at $139 it is also much more competitive with the Kindle 3 and Kobo’s latest ereader.
Some of the Nook Touch features:
- 6-inch Pearl display from E Ink Holdings; 16 grayscales; resolution 800 x 600.
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n); micro USB.
- Battery life up to 2 months (sans Wi-Fi); charges over USB or with included AC charger, charging takes 3 hours with AC adaptor.
- Memory: 2GB internal; microSD card slot (up to 32GB).
- Supported file types: ePub, PDF, JPG,GIF,PNG,BMP.
- 7 font sizes.
- Dimensions: 6.5 x 5 x .47 inches; weighs 7.48 ounces.
It appears that the Nook Touch will not be able to play music files, if that is important to you. There is mention of different font styles, but not of how many choices there are.
The Nook Touch is priced at $139 and is now available for pre-order. It will begin shipping on June 10.
