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Originally Posted by chas0039
You know, as I look at all the features they removed from the new Nook ( 3G, Web browser, MP3 player, landscape mode, text size adjustment) and I look at their perilous financial situation, I think I have this model figured out. They needed to make a cheaper stripped down model in order to look better to a perspective buyer (company buyer not Nook customer). The articles in the WSJ would support this and their discontinuance of the current 3G model makes sense if they are not profitable, especially if their ebook sales are not profitable enough to offset the loss of profits for the hardware. The thousands of "refurb" units they dumped on the market at cut rate prices also fits.
Just conjecture.
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The Nook has never had landscape mode. The web browser was never really useful on an E-Ink screen (Kindle included). If you want web browsing B&N has the Nook Color and it has a very good web browser. If you want an MP3 player the Nook Color has it as well. The New Nook is going to be for readers only...and they cut the other features so they could include the E-ink touch screen and keep the cost low.
I wish Amazon sold there 'refurb' units at a low cost...instead they reship them to unsuspecting customers. Which is why I know people who have received 'new' kindles already registered in other peoples names with books already installed and the worst part is they had access to these accounts.