Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet specs and pricing revealed

By Cory Gunther
on 3 Nov, 2011

Well folks, it looks like the full specs and details regarding the new NOOK tablet have been leaked a bit early. The NOOK 2 announcement event is set for November 7th but apparently it will be called the NOOK Tablet and will be available come November 16th, just in time to compete with the Kindle Fire.

The new NOOK Tablet will complete with the Kindle Fire across all areas and that means price, size, weight, and availability. The new NOOK will feature a 1.2 GHz dual-core OMAP processor, 1GB of RAM, comes with 16GB of internal storage (and micro-SD support) all while being a little thinner and lighter than the original NOOKcolor. The new NOOK Tablet will be under a half inch thick at just 0.48″ and weigh only 14 oz. This device will connect over Wi-fi only and has the same 7-inch VividView IPS display as the NOOK Color.

According to our sources it will look very similar to the original only it will be thinner, lighter, and much faster. So when can you get your own and for how much? The new NOOK Tablet event is November 7th but we already know the details. You can get your own starting November 16th for just $249 and pre-orders will probably start on November 7th. So now the question is — will you get the NOOK Tablet or the Kindle Fire?

[via SlashGear]

http://twitter.com/Aleksey_US Aleksey

If I didn’t have my 150$ 32GB TouchPad I’d get the Fire for sure…
- Cristian
  
  The device in the picture above is not the Nook Tablet. It’s the original Nook, far from what the new Nook will look like. It will most likely look similar to the Nook Color (not pictured) which I think is a very good looking device.
- Ulebsorry
  
  Aleksey, iwill buy your touchpad so you can buy a fire.
  - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5YA7G33ZLJOHAFMJ2YKLBDC7NQ Kenneth
    
    check your local craigslist. There’s lots of Touchpads where I live in Southern New England.
Anonymous

Nook Tablet for sure. 250$ for a 1.2 ghz dual core 7 inch tablet? Oh yeah. It’ll be rooted within the first few days and I’ll have either honeycomb or ICS on it the day after. So pumped. I agree about the color though. Hopefully they offer it in a black or something. If not, I’ll just get a cover for it.