Well, it looks like the rumors and speculation were true.
Barnes and Noble does have a lighted ereader in the works—it’s called the Nook Simple Touch with GlowLight—and they could announce it as soon as tomorrow or perhaps next week (now that the cat is out of the bag they might as well make it official). Update: B&N did make it official the very next day by announcing the new Nook Touch with GlowLight and putting it up for pre-order for $139.
The Digital Reader was lucky enough to obtain a picture (shown above) of one of the new posters advertising the lighted Nook Touch that Barnes and Noble stores are starting to get in.
There are no details beyond the photo, but it stands to reason there’s a good chance the new Nook will be announced any time now if Barnes and Noble is getting signs ready.
It’s likely the new Nook’s GlowLight will use Flex Lighting as described earlier, unless B&N has something else up their sleeve. Regardless, it will have to be a front light of some sort since current E Ink technology can’t have backlight like LCDs.
It will be interesting to see what color the light is and how it works. And I wonder if the new Nook will have any other new features or if it will basically be a copy of the last generation Nook Touch, which still stands up to the competition quite well even though it’s nearing its one year birthday, but it still could use some improvements.
The photo of the new Nook Touch with GlowLight looks about the same as the regular Nook Touch. The front of the bezel looks a little rounder but it’s hard to tell. The shape and design is the same. It looks like it has a light border on the outside edge like the mysterious white Nook Touch that B&N sold for just one day last Black Friday. It will be interesting to see how it turns out.
Yahoooo! This is exciting news! I use my Nook Touch every day and really like it. I’m a computer geek but have deliberately kept this device as what it’s billed…simply a book reader. But ever since I saw news about flexlight, I’ve thought, “now THAT would be a cool feature for the Nook Touch.” Wow. Almost can’t believe it’s happening. But I too hope they include some enhancements to the interface; I’d especially like the ability to write on the “pages” like the Sony allows.
Please, please, please let them add the web browser back in as a permanent feature! I would definitely get one then!
Nathan is right about the white border. It is the same as the Black Friday “Nook Creme” edition.
I hope this is the beginning of what should be an interesting “new e-reader model” season. Could the 300 dpi e-ink screens be next?
JK Rowling’s new novel will cost $19.99 on the B&N Nook…this is why the US government is suing eBook publishers for price gouging.
GlowLight Nook Touch Announced: http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/The-NOOK-Blog/Announcement-Introducing-NOOK-Simple-Touch-With-GlowLight/ba-p/1322745
Product page: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/nook-simple-touch-with-glowlight-barnes-noble/1108046469
May Sony follow suit.
B&N YouTube video just released for the Nook Simple Touch GlowLight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVgDnd8PXPs&feature=g-all-u&context=G27397aaFAAAAAAAAAAA
Yep. I’ve got the new post for the GlowLight Nook Touch posted here.
Doug, sorry, but I had to edit your post because it was doing crazy things to the recent comments list with the url so close to the beginning (that’s what I get for half-assed coding).