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Originally Posted by Josieb1
They won't continue the tablets, they have already announced that. Its only the ereaders they will continue with. If another Nook Tablet is produced it will be an android tablet made by someone else with only the name Nook.
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The new CEO backpeddled from that. Said the salary/costs of the in-house engineering wasn't the problem, but that it was a management problem.
I'd hazard a guess what that really means is that middle management vastly over-estimated how many units they would sell at the original prices.
http://arstechnica.com/business/2013...ets-after-all/
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“The company intends to continue to design and develop cutting-edge Nook black and white and color devices," Huseby said. "We will continue to offer our award-winning line of Nook products, including Nook Simple Touch, Nook Simple Touch with Glow Light, Nook HD, and Nook HD+ at the best values in the marketplace. At least one new Nook device will be released for the coming holiday season and further products are in development. All Nook devices will continue to be backed by world-class pre- and post-sales support in Barnes & Noble stores, as well as ongoing software upgrades and improvements to the digital bookstore service.”
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