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A Week With the Kobo Aura HD Has Convinced Me That The Nook Glow HD Rumors Were True

May 17th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · hardware rumors, kobo, Rumors → 9 Comments

Kobo Aura HD Just under a month ago I posted a rumor that speculated that Nook Media had passed on E-ink’s new 6.8″ screen, giving Kobo a chance to be the first to the market with this incredibly high resolution screen. I had little proof at the time, but the rumor was plausible enough that I posted it.

A month has passed and I don’t have any more solid evidence than before, so I can’t yet prove this rumor true. But I have had the new Kobo Aura HD on my desk for this past week and it has convinced me that I was correct.
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Next-Gen Microsoft Surface Tablet Rumored to Cost $249, Have 8″ Screen

May 16th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · hardware rumors, Rumors → 13 Comments

microsoft-surface-tablet-windows-8-540x334[1]Rumors have been circulating for some time now that Microsoft was thinking about making a smaller Windows RT tablet, and earlier this week those rumors coalesced into a new form.

Digitimes is sharing a trio of rumors today (here, here, here) that might tell us a lot about Microsoft’s next tablet. Naturally these rumors should be taken with a grain of salt, but I feel they have a good chance of being true.
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New iPad Mini Render, Specs “Leaked” Online – They’re Fake

May 15th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · DeBunking, hardware rumors → 4 Comments

ipad mini leak fake renderA new leak today shows what is reportedly the next iPad Mini, but I would bet dollars to donuts that it’s not real.

The Dutch gadget site MobileLeaks.nl reported this morning that they had been handed a specs list and a new render of Apple’s next 8″ tablet, but as much as I would like this to be real I have to conclude that they have been taken for a ride.
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Unnamed Source at Microsoft Denies Rumor about Nook Media Purchase

May 13th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · hardware rumors, Rumors → 4 Comments

luv-1335785314[1]It looks like last week’s rumor about Microsoft buying Nook Media might not be as solid as we thought.

Insider Monkey is reporting that they have an unnamed source at Microsoft that denies the Techcrunch rumor. According to their source, that deal was never an option:
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Amazon is Working on a Smartphone With a 3D Screen, But That Doesn’t Mean It Will Ever See the Light of Day

May 9th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · Amazon, hardware rumors, Rumors → No Comments

Still not the smartphone you are looking for.

Still not the smartphone you are looking for.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting on a new rumor today that Amazon has a cutting-edge smartphone in the works:

One of the devices is a high-end smartphone featuring a screen that allows for 3-D images without glasses, these people said. Using retina-tracking technology, images on the smartphone would seem to float above the screen like a hologram and appear three-dimensional at all angles, they said. Users may be able to navigate through content using just their eyes, two of the people said.
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Nook Touch Now Going on Clearance – Is Nook Media Exiting the eReader Biz?

May 9th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · Barnes & Noble, hardware rumors → 4 Comments

nook touchWhen Techcrunch revealed last night that MS was trying to buy Nook Media, one key detail they mentioned was that Nook Media would get out of ereaders soon and eventually get out of hardware entirely.

I think we could be seeing the second (yes, second) sign of that plan coming to pass. A number of retail chains have recently either put the Nook Touch on clearance or stopped carrying it entirely, and the NooK Glow hs similarly vanished from their websites.
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Rumor: Kindle Paperwhite to Launch on Friday in China

April 24th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · hardware rumors, Rumors → 9 Comments

japankindlepaper_320x245[1]Rumors continue to circulate this week that Amazon is about to launch the Kindle Paperwhite in China.

According to the Chinese-language blog BoloPad, Amazon is going to release the Kindle Paperwhite in China on 26 April. Their source has indicated that the KPW will be priced at 989 yuan, or about $160 USD.
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Rumor: Did B&N Pass on a Chance to Make a 6.8″ Nook Glow HD?

April 18th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · hardware rumors, Rumors → 26 Comments

Meet the Nook Aura HD

Meet the Nook Aura HD

The most interesting rumor crossed my desk today. According to a source I trust, Kobo wasn’t the first ereader maker to express an interest in the 6.8″ HD E-ink screen used in the Kobo Aura HD.

I have been told that Barnes & Noble was the first company to be interested in the screens, but then they changed their minds. They passed on buying the initial production run, giving Kobo a chance to step in and buy all 300,000 screen units.
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Amazon Rumored to Start Kindle Paperwhite Pre-Orders in China Tomorrow

April 15th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · hardware rumors, Rumors → No Comments

kindle chineseWhen Amazon launched the Kindle Store in China in December 2012 they took the unusual step of launching the store without any hardware. Customers could buy ebooks, but in order to read them they had to use a Kindle iOS or Android app (or a gray market Kindle imported by 3rd parties).

It looks like that might be about to change. A rumor is circulating today that Amazon is going to finally offer their ereaders in China.
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Reuters: New Nexus 7 to Ship in July With a Qualcomm CPU

April 3rd, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · hardware rumors, Rumors → 3 Comments

nexus-7-google-tablet[1]Reuters is reporting this morning that:

Google Inc will launch a new version of its Nexus 7 tablet powered by Qualcomm Inc’s Snapdragon processor around July, two sources told Reuters, as the software giant pushes deeper into the cut-price mobile hardware market.

Funny, that’s what almost exactly Digitimes reported 3 weeks ago. Digitimes did have the ship date as May, not July, but that could reflect the launch date vs the actual ship date.
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