To not be outdone by Kobo which just unleashed it’s latest E Ink reader yesterday the folk at Barnes & Noble are back with the newest update to their line of Nook devices. The “all new” Nook is touch enabled and lasts as much as two months on a single charge. The Pearl E Ink screen boasts “80-percent less flashing” during page turns, something that many fans of the devices have resigned themselves to having their eyes assaulted by. And B&N is rather happy with its streamlined interface which it brags has 37 less buttons than the Kindle 3. Across the back is a soft-touch rubber surface that needs to feel great within the hand while reading, though, we’ll must wait to manhandle one ourselves to make certain.
The recent Nook has a redesigned home screen along with your current reading list and suggested titles and adds about a features like FastPage Zoom forward, which helps you to jump to any page in a title, and (finally) displays the choice of pages left to move.
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