Just one day after announcing that it was delaying retail shipments one week for its Nook e-reader, Barnes & Noble has announced that anyone who ordered online after November 20th would not be receiving their devices until January 11th, a week later than currently promised.
For those hoping to get the device in-store, B&N says there will be a limited amount available beginning December 7th.
The Nook is the first e-reader that is expected to significantly compete with market leader Amazon’s Kindle, and the Nook has superior hardware including Wi-Fi, a microSD slot for added memory and a second touch screen, in color, which is used for control and navigation. The Kindle has none of those features, but does have superior battery life.
Result for: december 7th
Barnes & Noble has announced that the highly-anticipated launch of the Nook e-reader will be pushed back one week due to overly high demand, with the gadget now hitting retail shops on December 7th.
Just last week the book retailer announced that the Nook was out of stock and any consumer purchasing after the 20th would not receive their device until January 4th, or even later.
B&N also notes that there will be a “very limited number” of Nooks in stores and that most of their current supply will be shipped out to those who pre-ordered online. The device costs $259 USD.
The Nook is the first e-reader that is expected to significantly compete with market leader Amazon’s Kindle, and the Nook has superior hardware including Wi-Fi, a microSD slot for added memory and a second touch screen, in color, which is used for control and navigation. The Kindle has none of those features, but does have superior battery life.
Result for: december 7th
EMI and Apple Corp. (not to be confused with Steve Jobs’ Apple) have jointly the announced the release of a limited edition Beatles Stereo USB Apple which will be available worldwide.
The 30,000 USB flash drives will include the “critically acclaimed re-mastered audio for The Beatles’ 14 stereo titles, as well as all of the re-mastered CDs’ visual elements, including 13 mini-documentary films about the studio albums, replicated original UK album art, rare photos and expanded liner notes.”
The 16GB drives will include a full Flash user interface and the tracks will be available in FLAC 44.1 Khz 24-bit and 320 Kbps MP3s.
The Apples go on sale December 7th and will cost 200 GPB (about $330 USD).
You can check the full track listing here: Beatles USB Stereo Apples
