Amazon is hosting a press conference in New York City today, where we expect them to announce a new tablet device. To find out about the Amazon tablet as the news breaks, follow our live coverage on eBookNewser at 10 am ET.
Both Barnes & Noble and Kobo are rumored to have new tablets coming out in time for the holiday season. The Kobo Vox, which showed up on the FCC site this month, is described as an eReader tablet.
eBookNewser has more about the new Nook tablet: “According to a confidential Barnes & Noble business plan slide that we have seen, the retailer has will have three eReaders available for sale in the fourth quarter. The Smart Touch for $139, which is already available, as well as two Nook Colors — the Encore and the Acclaim, which will cost $249 and $349 respectively. The Encore is the name of the Nook Color which is already available for $249, but the Acclaim is a new product not currently available.”
