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SensualPoet · 09-23-2011, 08:29 PM

The source has an erratic track record ... it's a sole proprietor blog where "rumours" sometimes go way off the deep-end. Just this week, the blog claimed Kindle's Android app market had been launched worldwide.

That said, the post merely confirmed that B&N already sells a $139 eink touch reader and a $249 color reader ... and added the genuine news that a $349 tablet of some sort ("Acclaim") is on the way. It's important to note the blogger even admits: "On the other hand, the Acclaim tablet could be anything. And that makes it so much more fun – I can speculate to my heart’s content." Another few breathless keystrokes later, suddenly Gamestop, Disney and B&N are collaborating on this tablet.

We might want to wait a few hours or days to see what B&N is really launching in Q4, if anything. It is certainly a leap to believe that B&N can launch a 10" gaming tablet for $349 when Samsung -- with mega resources in comparison -- is struggling to release something fitting that description for under $500.

If Amazon is really making its tablet announcement next Wed Sep 28, we won't have to wait long to hear from B&N. Oh, and Pottermore goes live a couple of days later.

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SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	The source has an erratic track record ... it's a sole proprietor blog where "rumours" sometimes go way off the deep-end. Just this week, the blog claimed Kindle's Android app market had been launched worldwide. That said, the post merely confirmed that B&N already sells a $139 eink touch reader and a $249 color reader ... and added the genuine news that a $349 tablet of some sort ("Acclaim") is on the way. It's important to note the blogger even admits: "On the other hand, the Acclaim tablet could be anything. And that makes it so much more fun – I can speculate to my heart’s content." Another few breathless keystrokes later, suddenly Gamestop, Disney and B&N are collaborating on this tablet. We might want to wait a few hours or days to see what B&N is really launching in Q4, if anything. It is certainly a leap to believe that B&N can launch a 10" gaming tablet for $349 when Samsung -- with mega resources in comparison -- is struggling to release something fitting that description for under $500. If Amazon is really making its tablet announcement next Wed Sep 28, we won't have to wait long to hear from B&N. Oh, and Pottermore goes live a couple of days later. Last edited by SensualPoet; 09-23-2011 at 08:32 PM.