Barnes & Noble trims Nook 3G ereader price to $199

Bookseller chain Barnes & Noble announced a price cut for the 3G-enabled version of its Nook ereader device, cutting the retail cost from $259 to $199. The company also announced the release of the Nook Wi-Fi, priced at $149, and touted the launch of the Nook v1.4 software update, promising all users complimentary high-speed access to AT&T's entire nationwide WiFi network as well as a new Go To Page feature, enabling customers to jump to a specific page number in an open ebook, along with an extra large font option and performance enhancements designed to open ebooks even faster.

Barnes & Noble began shipping the Android-powered Nook in February, trumpeting access to more than a million ebooks, newspapers and magazines. In late April, the bookseller announced the addition of Android-based games and a basic web browser allowing users to surf the Internet and check email.

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