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Also reported on the BBC website here in the UK, but it doesn't make any comment about what it'll do with regards developing an international market for the Nook.
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I'm struggling to see how this makes sense for MSFT. Will the Nook migrate to Windows? Will MSFT sell its new tablets in B&N stores? Google and B&N seem a much better fit since the Nook is currently Android.
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04-30-2012, 10:53 AM | #20 |
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I see this deal having two benefits:
-helps to keep the Nook and hence epub alive -If W8 is really going to be on the Nook this gives Microsoft another and most importantly lower price point at which to sell "limited capability tablets" |
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B&N wins because a Win8 Nook can tie to the Microsoft Zune music and Video services and XNA games and *instantly* gain more and better apps than they've been able to round up on their own. Win8 already has Kindle (and Blio) incoming so adding Nook gives Win8 users a choice of ebookstores. Plus, because the college bookstores are included, MS gains a toehhold in the academic retail world for Win8. For MS this isn't about ebooks, its about the platform. The price is cheap. |
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Several of their rivals (Apple, Google, Sony) are already operating in the ebook space. It's a competitive move.
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Forbes doesn't think this will work for MSFT. But maybe...
Microsoft was an early entrant in the ebook world, so this marks a return. I think this move is the first step in MSFT taking over the Nook business. The reason? Its countering Apple's own long game in the ebook market- a long game focused on the education market. IMO, neither Apple or Microsoft care beans about the low price, low profit mass market genre ebook- they care about the education market. |
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I'm rather excited about this. I hope for more great competition! And if the new nook is hot...I'll get one.*
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This is how Microsoft becomes relevent in the tablet/content delivery space. |
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My point is that we might not see a Nook Tablet running Windows for reasons of limiting cost, unless/until Nook is further separated from Barnes and Noble financially. |
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MS entering any field usually means less competition. The video game and ebook markets have thus far been exceptions to that rule, although I find the early reviews of Win8 somewhat discouraging. Everything points toward them moving to even tighter control over computing as a whole.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57...s&tag=readMore
CNet says what about putting Windows Mobile on the Nook? |
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This deal can possibly work out better for B&N than it has for Nokia. It all depends on how Win8 works on tablets. |
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Android is freely available but selling Android-based hardware incurrs its own licensing fees. As is, Microsoft makes more money off Android than WinPhone 7. http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/new...to-wake-up.ars Part of today's deal is that B&N will pay MS royalties for their android use. With MS looking to promote WinPhone and Win8 they're offering adopters special deals, so going to Win8RT for a hypothetical MetroNook would cost less than sticking with android. There's a lot more going on than meets the eye here. Last edited by fjtorres; 04-30-2012 at 02:12 PM. |
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