Rumor had it that Barnes & Noble would announce the latest incarnation of its Nook GlowLight on Halloween, but the company did so on Wednesday morning. The newest version of the frontlit e-reader, retailing at $119 and shipping immediately, weighs just 6.2 ounces — “the lightest ever, but [also] 15 percent lighter than the Kindle Paperwhite” according to the announcement — and has its “highest resolution E-Ink display” with 62 percent more pixels. Full-page flashing on page turns is said to have been eliminated from the new GlowLight, which features “next-generation lighting technology that is completely uniform across the display […]
