Terrence O’Brien for Engadget:

Looks like those murmurings of a lower-priced Nook Tablet with only 8GB of storage were right on, though, the reduced RAM was conveniently left out. In most ways it seems the updated Android slate is identical to its 16GB forebearer, except that by slashing the storage and memory in half Barnes & Noble has managed to meet the Kindle Fire on price — $199.

Barnes & Noble and Amazon continue to duke it out for second place in the tablet market. But you know what they say: If you ain’t the lead dog, the view never changes.