Week 4 (#2): Nook vs Kindle Fire...Gloves are Off

This post serves as a follow-up to my earlier post regarding the Amazon Kindle Fire doing stellar in the tablet marketplace. The newly introduced 8GB Barnes & Noble Nook is selling for $199 (about $50 cheaper than the flagship model), which puts it in direct competition with the Kindle Fire. Although this Nook has reduced memory capacity and half the RAM of the original version, Barnes & Noble is trying to capture some of the market share that the less-expensive Kindle Fire had claimed. While Amazon and Barnes & Noble are fighting for the low-cost tablet crown, they need to be aware of stealthy competition that may be heading their way, which may offer better performance for a similar price. We'll have to see how this battle wages.


Source:
http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/21/8gb-nook-tablet-officia/