Samsung Nook Tablet Keeps Barnes & Noble's Hardware Alive, Sort of - Businessweek

Not exactly a warm welcome for the new Samsung tablet-based Nook

"The line of 7-inch tablets, largely given up for dead after the book chain failed to sell its hardware division and said it was abandoning the e-reader, embarked on a feeble afterlife of sorts on Wednesday in the form of a co-branded color Android tablet produced in partnership with electronics giant Samsung (005930:KS). The two companies unveiled their device at a media event in New York, adding to a market jammed with Android tablets and dominated by Apple’s (AAPL) iPad. The new Nook’s odds of success are long, which is unfortunate. Readers, authors, and book publishers—even mighty Amazon itself—desperately need a vibrant Nook."

Samsung Nook Tablet Keeps Barnes & Noble's Hardware Alive, Sort of - Businessweek