Barnes & Noble making ‘special announcement’ during May 24th press event

By on May 17, 2011 at 8:17 PM
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We just received an invite from Barnes & Noble for a press event that’s being held in New York City on Tuesday, May 24th. We suspect this will be the bookstore’s third major eReader announcement, which is in line with a recent SEC filing that suggested such a launch was imminent. It’s unclear what features the new eReader will offer, although we suspect it could be powered by the Android Honeycomb operating system, which was specifically designed for use in tablets. We’ll be reporting live from the event on Tuesday morning.

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  • Anonymous

     Kindle with color e-ink please.

    • http://about.me/jaowens Jordan Owens

      Why would they announce that at a Barnes & Noble event? 

      • DaHarder

        Answer: The Wouldn’t!

        … but what they’ll probably announce it a new NOOK (eInk) version.

        We’ll See…

      • Anonymous

        Because amazon is getting ready to announce a nook tablet?

      • Anonymous

         Good point I can not read. Its funny that someone clicked like.

  • Jlawrence21

     Think this is why Samsung cancelled its  May 24th announcement?  They didn’t want to share the spotlight with B&N?  My conspiracy theory, at least…

  • Anonymous

    >> we suspect it could be powered by the Android Honeycomb operating system…

    I’ve read that it’s likely a touch-based e-ink reader with NO secondary LCD. So the version of the OS isn’t really that important.

  • http://twitter.com/clonewar2 parrotcam

    i’ve read that it’s going to be a cheaper Nook to compete with the cheaper Kindle.

  • http://twitter.com/clonewar2 parrotcam

    there will no way be another Honeycomb tablet, because B&N can’t skin Honeycomb with their custom UI for another Nook Color. And B&N just released the nook color a few months ago, there wont be another one so soon.

  • Carl

    My guess is that it’s a new eInk device.  The original Nook is desperately in need of a refresh.

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