Rumor: Sprint, Barnes and Noble to Release E-Reader
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File this one under rumor, although it’s been bouncing around the intertubes pretty heavily over the past 24 hours: Barnes & Noble is reportedly working with Sprint, along with an unnamed hardware manufacturer, to build an e-reader device to go after the Amazon Kindle, according to Computerworld.
The report said that discussions are also ongoing with AT&T, but have ended with Verizon Wireless, apparently without a deal for that carrier.
No one–including B&N, Sprint, AT&T, or the guy selling coffee
on the street corner–is commenting on the record so far. But it makes
sense, now that the Kindle has reinvigorated a stagnant e-book market
with its wireless, over-the-air book purchases and streamlined pricing.
(Unrelated note: I almost wrote “streamlined, iTunes-like pricing,” but I can’t anymore, now that Apple has gone and screwed that up. How depressing.)
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