Microsoft Invests $300 Million In Nook e-Readers

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 30, 2012 @02:56AM from the show-me-the-money dept.

First time accepted submitter NGTechnoRobot writes "In a turn for the books the BBC reports that Microsoft has invested $300 million in Barnes and Noble's Nook e-reader. The new Nook reader will integrate with Microsoft's yet-to-be-released Windows 8 operating system. From the article: 'The deal could make Barnes and Noble's Nook e-book reader available to millions of new customers, integrating it with the Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system. The as-yet unnamed new company will be 82.4% owned by Barnes and Noble, with Microsoft getting a 17.6% stake.' Guess the lawsuit's over, folks."

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Re:Very Clever Long-Term Business Planning by Anonymous Coward · 2012-04-30 03:00 · Score: 5, Informative

Calm down, dude, calm down. It's just another generic post-as-soon-as-the-article-comes-up, high-ID Microsoft shill. You've got to expect that sort of thing.
Re:Very Clever Long-Term Business Planning by Anonymous Coward · 2012-04-30 03:05 · Score: 5, Informative

Samsung is now the largest mobile manufacture, not Nokia.
Re:Very Clever Long-Term Business Planning by Richard_at_work · 2012-04-30 03:05 · Score: 5, Informative

iPhones and iPads as of iOS5.x now update over the air, without any PC or Mac interaction required (they can even activate OTA these days as well).