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• Android-based e-reader.
• 7.7- x 4.9- x 0.5-inches.
• It weighs 11.2 ounces.
• 6-inch e-ink display.
• 3.5-inch color touchscreen with one-touch control and swipe-to-browse books with full-color covers.
• Rechargeable battery takes 3.5 hours to go from zero to full if using a wall outlet.
• Barnes & Noble claims that it’ll last for up to ten days if you flick the wireless to off.
• Built in WiFi (802.11b/g) and AT&T 3G.
• 2GB of internal storage.
• Built-in mono speaker.
• 3.5 millimeter headphone jack .
• Micro USB port and support for EPUB, PDF and MP3.
• The nook also supports bookmarking, making notes, and highlighting passages, and the ‘LendMe’ feature allows users to lend books for up to 14 days to other e-readers, cellphones or computers.
• You will get to browse an entire ebook for free each time you visit a Barnes & Noble, which is sort of like a digital equivalent to shelf browsing.
• Available at the end of November for $259.

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• New polycarbonate unibody shell.
• LED-backlit display.
• New glass multitouch trackpad.
• Built-in 7 hour battery.
• Bottom non-slip surface.

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• One button.
• Multi-touch gestures.
• Bluetooth.
• Four-month battery life.
• Available now for $69.

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• 21.5-inch and 27-inch 16:9 displays and all-aluminum enclosures (the 21.5-inch iMac has a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution).
• The new widescreen IPS panels are LED-backlit and have 178-degree viewing angles.
• Ports are the same as the outgoing model with the addition of an SD card slot and video-in on the 27-inch (via a special cable).
• The wireless keyboard is now standard.
• SD card slot
• The top-end $1,999 27-inch model will be packing a 2.06GHz quad-core Core i5 Nehalem processor (with a 2.8GHz Core i7 available for $200 more).

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