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Originally Posted by ScotiaBurrell
There is no revolutionary tech that BN has that others don't have.
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True.
But if the tech is only available in limited quantities it might not be deployable by other, bigger players. (Like the flexible eink screens from LG; there are theoretically available to the bigger players like Amazon or B&N, but not in a quantity needed for a next-gen product.)
B&N's tablets don't need the same volume of screens as a Samsung or Apple product so a component supplier ramping up a new display (say a new generation transflective panel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfl...rystal_display) might only be able to provide a few thousand panels a week -- enough for a Nook but nowhere near enough for an iPad.
And if B&N is willing to pay a higher per unit cost...
That said, I tend to take claims of "revolutionary" products with a pound of salt until the product actually appears. Otherwise it could be a marketting ploy to freeze the market until the vendor can play catch up. So the "revolutionary" tech could simply be a hyped-up incremental improvement.
Caveat emptor applies to these kinds of rumors.