rico2001
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NOOK Color to be Sold at Staples | Android CommunityIn a move that should strike some as odd, Barnes & Noble has moved to partner with Staples in a sales venture thatll have their famed color touch Android tablet for reading being sold in Staples stores as well as at their Staples.com website. One of the reasons yours truly thinks its odd is that Barnes & Noble has thus far been pushing the device as one youd carry with you everywhere, but especially whilst interacting with Barnes & Nobles physical locations the ability to do such things as preview books in the store built in.....
Check out the press release below:
Staples Announces Plans to Sell NOOK Color,
Barnes & Nobles Award-Winning Readers Tablet, in Stores and On-line Starting May 1
Highly Acclaimed Product Makes its Staples Debut Just in Time for Moms, Dads and Grads Gift-Giving Season
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (April 14, 2011) Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS) and Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) today announced that Staples will be selling the NOOK Color, the first full-color touch Readers Tablet by Barnes & Noble, just in time for the Mothers Day, Graduation and Fathers Day gift-giving season. The perfect gift for people who love to read everything, NOOK Color delivers digital books, magazines, newspapers, childrens books and more in immersive, rich color, all in one beautiful, thin and highly portable device. Staples, the only office superstore to carry NOOK Color, will carry the award-winning device in all of its stores nationwide and at Staples.com for $249, beginning May 1.