Barnes & Noble has just lowered the price of its Nook tablets but now a more discounted 16GB Nook tablet has appeared on Overstock.com.
The site is offering refurbished 16GB Nook tablets for $140 while supplies last. You’ll have to pay $2.95 for shipping though.
We’re pretty sure this deal will not last long as that is a discount of $39 from the retail price of a similar but brand new 16GB Nook tablet.

For those who may be worrying though about the warranty Barnes & Noble gives for …

Google’s Android operating system (OS) has proven once again sheer dominance in the smartphone market as its lead extended away from Apple’s iOS, according to the latest report from IT research company Gartner. Customers are apparently intent to hold off upgrades until the iPhone 5 comes out.
According to Gartner’s new “Market Share: Mobile Devices, Worldwide, 2Q12” report, Android OS grabbed 64.1 percent of smartphone sales worldwide in the second quarter this year, which is 20 …

Microsoft is still behind archrivals Android and iOS in the smartphone market as Windows Phone devices continue to fight its way to grab a spot in the top three mobile operating systems.
Research firm IDC has unveiled that Windows Phone handsets still chase after mobile devices running on Nokia’s Symbian and RIM’s BlackBerry.
The latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker released today reveals that Windows Phone is stuck at top five of all major mobile operating systems, following …

RIM CEO Thorsten Heins has admitted that the company took a hard look at Android and whether or not the company’s best interest was to abandon its own proprietary system and migrate to other platforms.
In an interview with the British publication The Telegraph, the CEO of the embattled tech company conceded that RIM “took the conscious decision not to go Android.”
The CEO also clarified his vision for RIM, what the company needs to do and the possibility that the future may hold …

Samsung and Android continue to dominate Apple and iOS in the US phone market according to new data from comScore for the second quarter of the year.
In the recent comScore MobiLens report about key trends in the US mobile phone industry, there are now over 110 million Americans who own smartphones and most of those are using the Android mobile operating system backed by

Apple’s iOS platform has been crowned as the most lucrative among mobile platforms, besting Android and others, according to a new report from Opera Software.
According to the first edition of the State of Mobile Advertising report from the company which makes the Opera web browser, the iOS platform delivered more than the Android platform in the key metric called eCPM.
ECPM is the acronym for effective cost per mille which measures the revenue an ad publisher earns per thousand ad …

Huawei has revealed its plans to make the Android experience easier for users.
This move of Huawei Technologies was announced during a recent engagement to the handset manufacturer’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China. It admitted that it aims for a spot in the three top phone makers by 2015. To accomplish this objective, the company has to take things on a higher level in terms of software and hardware innovations.
A configurable user interface is its step to improve the company’s software …

Sony has announced the new line of Walkman Mobile Entertainment Players featuring legendary premium Walkman sound quality. With Android 4.0, the new F800 Series incorporates Sony’s exclusive digital audio fidelity technologies delivering a richer, bolder and louder presence. The new line-up also includes the Walkman E470 Series, the slimmest model in Walkman history.
Designed for music lovers, by music lovers, Walkman features unparalleled sound quality with Clear Audio technologies by …

 
Google Play has released Instagram for Android update 1.1.7. The newest update supports the Nexus 7 (Jelly Bean 4.1). Nexus 7 users can now enjoy the use of the forward facing camera with Instagram for Android.
 
Instagram’s Flicker sharing has also been updated in this release to support the Nexus 7. Flicker sharing was previously only available to Instagram users through the ipad or iphone.
 
The app has received more than 1.2 million downloads and has an average user …

Android has topped a recent study from Nielsen about the number of U.S. mobile users who own a smartphone.
By the end of last month, the analytics company found that 54.9 percent of all U.S. mobile users actually own mobile phones’ with operating systems. This means almost two-thirds of Americans are likely to have an Android, iPhone, or BlackBerry inside his/her pocket.
The most revealing figure of the demographic is that Android accounted for 51.8 percent of all U.S. smartphone owners. …