barnes & noble's new nook has a touchscreen, 2-month battery life - 6 inch touch screen

Barnes & Noble announced a new Nook e-book reader on Tuesday, 6-
Inch touch screen and two
Battery life lasts up to one month.
Users call it "Simple Touch Reader", control the device, open the book, turn the page, search for the author, yes, buy the electronic product
Books, all by clicking and sliding on the device's Electronic Ink Pearl display.
The new Nook is priced at $139, with the old Wi-
It replaces the Fi Nook model and can be used for pre-order at nook.
Com and bookstore in Bano.
The company said in a statement that the touch screen Nook will be on Barnes & Noble around June 10.
The company said the screen of the new device would have a 50% advantage over the updated screen, weighing 7 lbs.
48 ounces, about as thick as No. 2 pencil. It's also 6.
It is 5 inch high and 5 inch wide and can be put into many pants or jacket pockets.
The new Nook can store about 1,000 books and has an SD card slot for expanding memory.
Barnes & Noble said the concave back makes the device "can be held for a long time even with only one hand ".
The device is connected to the Internet only via Wi-Fi --
No 3g option yet-and, if the Wi-
The Fi is on hold and the new Nook can run for two months and then need to be charged again, Barnes & Noble says it's the best battery life for any ebook reader on the market. The new Wi-
Fi only Nook is phasing out the original Blackand-
White Screen Nook eReader available in two Wi-Fi only or Wi-FI/3G models.
Barnes & Noble now calls it the old model of the Nook version 1st, and prices fell to $ Wi-119 on Tuesday
Wi-Fi and $169 onlyFi/3G.
Barnes & Noble has stopped producing old equipment, so that's it once version 1st is sold out.
Nook e-readers, including version 1st models and Nook Color tablets, account for more than 25% of the "digital book market ---
Only 18 months after the launch of the Nook 1st, "the company said.
Leader of the United StatesS.
According to market estimates, the e-book reader market is Amazon Kindle, while Sony Reader and Kobo e-book reader lag behind Nook (
Companies have not released official sales data for their equipment).
Sony launched the touchscreen version of the reader, and on Monday, Kobo announced the price of $129.
The 99 touch screen model of the EReader, which also has 6-
E-Ink Pearl display.
Amazon does not currently have a touch screen version of the Kindle or a Kindle tablet, although both are rumored to be in use.
Just like the reading life application in the studio e-reader, Bano is taking electronic reading to the new corner of social media space to add friends to social networks.
Barnes & Noble previously announced Nook Friends for its Nook Color tablet, and now both newer Nook have established social networksin.
E-reading social networks allow Nook owners to "friends" with each other, recommend books to each other, see what their friends have read, and what they think of the books, and share their favorite offers.
Nook Friends can integrate with Twitter and Facebook, so "from their current book, customers can post the title they're reading," says barnes & Noble, "post on their Facebook wall, see what their Nook Friends "like" on Facebook. ".
Booksellers also said a new site, mynook, will be launched in the coming weeks.
Com, "Here customers can get advice from Barnes & Noble expert booksellers and Nook Friends, access their Nook Library, and manage their devices.
"Related: The studio announced the new version of eReaderBarnes & Noble's announcement that the new May 24 e-book reader of Nook Color was angry with the birds, the social network of friends in the city. -
Nathan OlivaresGiles twitter.
Com/nateogPhoto: a new Nook e-book reader was put on hold at the Barnes & Noble news conference on the device announced in New York on Tuesday.