Live: Nook tablet launch event

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Today Barnes and Noble will announce the successor to their ebook reader, the Nook Color. The Nook tablet leaked last week, so there might not be too many surprises today, but at the very least we’ll get confirmation of the rumors and some hands-on time with what looks to be a very competitive Android tablet. The announce is made even more interesting because it comes from a player with some experience in the market and a solid selection of content, plus it’s happening just eight days before Amazon’s Kindle Fire is released.

Nook has a 27% share of the ebook reader market.

Nook Simple Touch was a big hit but the company wanted something that worked with magazines and children’s books, enter the Nook Color. In addition to being an ebook reader is has large magazine selection, plays Flash video, and runs apps. It’s the second most popular tablet on the market, behind the iPad.

The spec of the Nook Tablet is as follows:

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