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=X= · 07-09-2011, 01:09 PM

For the first time since the nook release the B&W/COLOR nook have surpassed the kindle sales. (To Besos: Apparently people to read in color). There are also recent rumors(different articles) that amazon will be shipping 1.2M tablets for next quarter.

What even more interesting is while sales stall for tablets(iPad, Android, Playbook) the ereader sales continue to grow 105% year on year. ( To Jobs: Apparently people do still read)

My personal belive is color has attracted many folks that want to read magazines, but also folks that want a good quality yet affordable tablet. If Amazon responds correctly and delivers a tablet vs an eReader it will eat heavily into the nookCOLOR sales.

Android tablets jumped up 8% to 34% of the market share from last quarter.

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07-09-2011, 01:09 PM	#1
=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	Nook leaps past the kindle, NookCOLOR sales grow while iPad declines For the first time since the nook release the B&W/COLOR nook have surpassed the kindle sales. (To Besos: Apparently people to read in color). There are also recent rumors(different articles) that amazon will be shipping 1.2M tablets for next quarter. What even more interesting is while sales stall for tablets(iPad, Android, Playbook) the ereader sales continue to grow 105% year on year. ( To Jobs: Apparently people do still read) My personal belive is color has attracted many folks that want to read magazines, but also folks that want a good quality yet affordable tablet. If Amazon responds correctly and delivers a tablet vs an eReader it will eat heavily into the nookCOLOR sales. Android tablets jumped up 8% to 34% of the market share from last quarter. (more...) Last edited by =X=; 07-09-2011 at 03:29 PM. Reason: fixed error, thanx Graham, fixed second typo :)