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The successor to the Barnes & Noble <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2011/04/25/barnes-noble-nook-color-updated-with-android-2-2-nook-apps/">Nook Color</a> will launch this month, <em>DigiTimes</em> reported on Friday. There is no mention if the Nook Color 2 will run Android, as the original did, although we hope Barnes & Noble considers using the more tablet-friendly Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) operating system this time around instead of a the Froyo build, which was designed for use on smartphones. Inventec and Pegatron will assemble the eReaders and supply as many as 2-3 million devices by the end of this year, the report says. TPK Holding will provide the 7-inch color touchscreen panels. <em>DigiTimes</em> also said that the Nook Color 2 E Ink will supply “e-paper backplanes,” which suggests there will be a new E Ink component to the Nook Color 2, although it is unclear what its role will be at this point. Barnes & Noble most recently released its “<a href="http://www.bgr.com/2011/06/17/barnes-noble-all-new-nook-review/">All New Nook</a>,” a gray-scale device that we favored among all other eReaders. The Nook Color 2 could face stiff competition from <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/26/upcoming-amazon-tablet-to-undercut-apples-ipad/">Amazon’s new Android-powered tablet</a>, which is also expected to launch this fall.<span id="more-102575"></span>
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The successor to the Barnes & Noble <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2011/04/25/barnes-noble-nook-color-updated-with-android-2-2-nook-apps/">Nook Color</a> will launch this month, <em>DigiTimes</em> reported on Friday. There is no mention if the Nook Color 2 will run Android, as the original did, although we hope Barnes & Noble considers using the more tablet-friendly Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) operating system this time around instead of a the Froyo build, which was designed for use on smartphones. Inventec and Pegatron will assemble the eReaders and supply as many as 2-3 million devices by the end of this year, the report says. TPK Holding will provide the 7-inch color touchscreen panels. <em>DigiTimes</em> also said that the Nook Color 2 E Ink will supply “e-paper backplanes,” which suggests there will be a new E Ink component to the Nook Color 2, although it is unclear what its role will be at this point. Barnes & Noble most recently released its “<a href="http://www.bgr.com/2011/06/17/barnes-noble-all-new-nook-review/">All New Nook</a>,” a gray-scale device that we favored among all other eReaders. The Nook Color 2 could face stiff competition from <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/26/upcoming-amazon-tablet-to-undercut-apples-ipad/">Amazon’s new Android-powered tablet</a>, which is also expected to launch this fall.<span id="more-102575"></span>
<a href="http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20110902PD208.html">Read</a>
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