“We are very excited and proud to partner with Samsung, a world-class technology and tablet leader, to create customized co-branded devices featuring our valuable NOOK reading experience and digital content catalog for Barnes & Noble customers nationwide,” said Michael P. and online at bn.com, one of the leading e-commerce sites. The co-branded tablets will be prominently displayed along with NOOK eReaders and sold at Barnes & Noble’s nearly 700 bookstores across the U.S. The companies are expected to introduce Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK in a 7-inch version in the U.S.
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The co-branded devices will combine popular Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 hardware with customized NOOK software to give customers powerful, full-featured tablets that are designed for reading, with easy access to Barnes & Noble’s expansive digital collection of more than three million books, leading magazines and newspapers. (NYSE:BKS), today announced a partnership to develop co-branded Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK tablets that feature the award-winning Barnes & Noble digital reading experience. NEW YORK & RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Samsung Electronics America and NOOK Media, a subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc.
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Still, the two companies intend to create multiple co-branded tablets, so look for more of these to pop up somewhere down the line. Considering the superb build-quality found in the original Nook Color and the competent versions that launched in subsequent years, the Galaxy Tab 4 NOOK is hardly the same as the bookseller offering up a new model.