The Nook Tablet from Barnes & Noble

The new brand tablet presented by the largest chain of bookstores in the world, and seeks to compete with iPad or Kindle Fire will hit U.S. stores by the end of next week.

Barnes & Noble, the largest bookstore chain in the world, today introduced its new electronic device “Nook Tablet”, which sell for $ 249 and who seeks to compete in the market which still dominated by the Apple iPad.

The tablet will enter the U.S. stores by the end of next week. Watch videos and listen to music without downloading the content, check email and read digital books from the Nook.

Nook tablet from Barnes & Noble

“With Nook Tablet we have created the best wireless device in the class of seven inches,” William Lynch (the CEO of Barnes & Noble) said today in a press release.

The device features a color touch screen seven inches, dual-core processor and runs a special version of the operating system Google Android mobile devices.

“We have NOOK used the latest technology to offer consumers the largest online catalog of books and magazines, interactive color and high quality applications through our store,” said Lynch.

Watch Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet – Hands-On Demo

The new Barnes & Noble tablet is connected free wifi network operator AT & T has integrated microphone and 16 GB of memory, expandable with a card.

The appearance of “Nook Tablet” is similar to the reader “Nook Color” Barnes & Noble, which lowers the price from 249 to 199 dollars, but performance is more akin to “Kindle Fire”, the Amazon tablet introduced in late September.

Amazon tablet also offers a color touch screen of seven inches and works with the Android operating system, but has 3G connection and “Amazon Silk” browser.

“Kindle Fire” has access to Amazon’s Media Library, with 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, books, applications and games, while Barnes & Noble offers content through agreements with video providers such as Hulu or Netflix and music “streaming” as Pandora.

The Barnes & Noble’s tablet has a price above $50 than “Kindle Fire”, and hit the market almost at the same time as the Amazon, making it at November, 17th.

The price of both tablets away from the 500 dollars it costs cheaper version than iPad, so analysts believe that these devices can become fierce competitors for the tablet from Apple.

Apple, with its 30 million tablets sold since it launched in April 2010, is the undisputed leader in the tablet market, a sector in which companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Samsung and Motorola have managed to make just shade.