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Barnes & Noble Cuts Prices on Nook Color, Tablet

Posted by timothy on from the but-they're-both-color-tablets dept.

In perhaps one answer to the question of how tablet makers will react to a more crowded market for small screen tablets, the L.A. Times reports that Barnes and Noble is dropping the price on its Nook tablet by 10 percent, undercutting the Amazon Kindle Fire by $20. The company's Nook Color is also shedding $20, and will now cost $149. I'm glad to hear it; I've been using a Nexus 7 lately, and finding the size (like a trade paperback, including a protective case) far handier and more often used than any of the 10" tablets I've tried.

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  1. Really? by Mitreya · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I have a pretty high tolerance for irrelevant articles, but really?
    An article about a 10% discount on a product? How low can /. go?

    1. Re:Really? by Tough+Love · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Eh, it's a story about a snowballing price war, or don't you quite see that?

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      When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
    2. Re:Really? by CowTipperGore · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Absolutely! Right up until they caved to a Microsoft "investment" of over $600 million. Ask Nokia how their Microsoft partnership is working out.

  2. e-ink model didn't drop by MSRedfox · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The e-ink models didn't drop any. And the regular nook tablets are just outdated tech that are really showing their age next to the Nexus 7; making it just standard price drops to clear out junk. Get back to me when they release a color e-ink reader.