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Old 07-17-2012, 05:39 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by ScotiaBurrell View Post
There is no revolutionary tech that BN has that others don't have.
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.
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