According to this NOOKColor Review, Barnes & Noble is releasing the new generation of their NOOK eBook Reader. But is it really an eReader? Not in a traditional sense as Amazon Kindle, Sony PRS series and previous Nook. It lacks a key eReader component – reflective eInk screen and as a result – very long battery life.

While eReader applications for Android like Kindle, Nook or Kobo existed for quite some time now, this is on of the first instances of hardware running Android OS that albeit being limited to eBook reader and web-browser functionality plus some apps (with more to come in the future) that comes in proper tablet form factor.