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I’ve been following Engadget’s coverage of the Barnes and Noble Nook event in New York City this afternoon. Ross Miller kept up a running live blog detailing the announcement. Let’s get the basics out of the way: The new Nook has a color, backlit touchscreen, it runs apps built on Android and it’ll be available starting November 19th for $249.

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This morning, I’m recovering from walking the massive show floor at the 2010 Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, Nev. I’ll be heading back out for day two in a couple of hours. While I’ve only seen a fraction of what the show has to offer, several trends are already noticeable.

Most of the trends come as little surprise. We knew that tablet computers would be popular (though there aren’t as many on the show floor as I had expected). Amazon’s success with the Kindle pretty much guaranteed we’d see more e-readers this year. Netbooks have a strong presence again. As far as televisions go, it seems everyone has 3-D and Internet-capable sets to show off. And technology that either lets you pretend to play music or actually teaches you how to play is huge.

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