Book retailer Barnes & Noble, US, will reportedly launch a new e-reader on May 24, 2011, according to a regulatory filing from the company. In a recent meeting with investor analysts, the company indicated that it expects to make an announcement regarding the launch of a new eReader device later this month. No further details were provided in the financial filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Industry observers, however, believe Barnes & Noble plans to introduce an e-reader based on Honeycomb - Google's Android 3.0 platform for web tablets. The speculation is based on the retailer's recent rollout of a software upgrade for the nook color that gives the e-reader tablet-like e-mail access as well as Adobe Flash playback capabilities.
Forrester Research Vice President James McQuivey is anticipating something that would be considerably less flashy but would enable Barnes & Noble to keep pace with the latest Kindle price cuts that rival Amazon.com announced last month.
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