Barnes & Noble NOOK Wi-Fi Goes Official

Looks like the NOOK Wi-Fi inventory picture that was leaked recently was right on the money, as Barnes & Noble has made the NOOK Wi-Fi official, offering its e-book reader that offers a 6-inch e-paper display, 3.5-inch color touchscreen and other features such as e-book lending and web browsing. It’ll be priced quite attractively at $149, and the original NOOK had seen its price slashed from $259 to $199, and it’ll offer the additional benefit of 3G access. Aside from the new e-book reader, Barnes & Noble has also rolled out the 1.4 firmware update for both devices, offering free AT&T access, a Go To Page feature, a very large font and faster book loading times. You can manually install the update yourself, or you’ll get it automatically this week over Wi-Fi. Will the price drop encourage you to pick up the NOOK over Amazon’s Kindle or Apple’s iPad?