Production of other Nook eBook readers to continue
Barnes & Noble says it’s now going to work with third-party manufacturers to produce its Nook tablets.
Its monochrome Simple Touch and Glowlight eBook readers will continue to be developed in-house.
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Sony Mobile has announced a new device that bridges the gap between smartphone and tablet.
The Xperia Z Ultra has a 6.4-inch HD display and runs Android on a 2.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. It’s 4G-capable, offers HD voice and is also waterproof and dust-resistant.
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Samsung Electronics has announced a tablet with the ability to run both Windows 8 and Android 4.2.2.
The ATIV Q can be used as a conventional tablet with the display folded over the keyboard or as a notebook with the display upright.
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The Foxconn Technology Group, which produces mobile devices for a number of companies including Apple and Amazon, has announced a partnership that’ll see it working with Mozilla on the Firefox OS open platform.
Foxconn will use Firefox on its own products.
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Samsung Electronics has announced two new Galaxy ‘Tab 3’ Android tablets. There’ll be one with an 8-inch screen and another with a 10.1-inch screen.
Both are launching worldwide this month and will be available alongside the previously announced 7-inch version.
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