Barnes & Noble has reduced the cost of the tablet Nook Tablet $ 200

Tablet PC manufacturers have tightened the competition with one another, only this time in the segment of low-end models. Apple with its overly expensive iPad agrees there is not, and because in this region reigns company Amazon. Late last year she released tablet Kindle Fire cost $ 200, instantly become popular worldwide. Firm Barnes & Noble, one of the main rivals Amazon, it does not like it - it was the beginning of retaliatory attack on Reduced Sales release tablet Nook Tablet.

New price Nook Tablet is exactly 200 U.S. dollars, so that Kindle Fire is now in serious danger. It should be noted that Barnes & Noble has reduced the cost of the tablet is not at a loss - a change in price impact reducing the amount of memory capacity and integrated flash drive. The budget version of the Nook Tablet is 512 MB of RAM and NAND-flash for 8 gigabytes to 1 GB and 16 GB respectively in the original Nook Tablet. The latter, according to MobileDevice.ru, in civilized countries is $ 250, that is only 50 dollars more.

Barnes & Noble, by the way, does not deny that the sole purpose of cheapening the tablet - it's insatiable desire to put another stick in the wheel Amazon. In addition to the amount of RAM and Flash, a new modification Nook Tablet has not changed anything. After paying $ 200, the buyer will receive a tablet with a 7-inch touchscreen, 1-gigahertz processor with two cores, slot microSD, module Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, and a screen resolution of 1024x600 pixels. According to the manufacturer, the handheld can withstand up to 11 hours on one battery charge. The software platform Nook Tablet - Google Android operating system with additional applications from Barnes & Noble.