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You can read what you want into that, but we take it as a strong indication that the upcoming Nook, which will be announcedon May 24, will be an affordable monochrome e-ink touch-screen model that operates similarly toSonys Readers(and has the E-Ink Pearl screen found in the Sony Readers and Kindle).
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Sonys latest batch of e-readers use aspecial infrared-sensing touch-screen technologyfrom a company called Neonode that works very well. In an effort to bring costs down and match the price points of the Kindle WiFi and Kindle 3G ($139 and $189 respectively), we suspect that Barnes & Noble wont include the color LCD strip thats found on the original Nook. We also expect the new Nook to be anAndroid-based device since both the original Nook and Nook Color are Android-powered. And finally, the new Nook may very well be smaller and lihandheld ebook readerghter than the Kindle.
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Its also worth noting that Barnes & Noble (under Fission LLC) alsoregistered the trademark MyNookon May 4 and already registered Nook 2 last year. In the field Goods and Services, MyNook is loosely described as:
Stay tuned. Well have more concrete information as it becomes available.
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Some of Barnes & Noble&39;s recent trademark filings.
If youre looking for clues as to what the next Nook e-reader from Barnes & Noble will be, a quick check of what trademarks the company has registered might give you a strong hint.
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