Technology | e-readers Nook's 3G Version May Be Phased Out Barnes & Noble will keep WiFi-only model, says tech site By Evann Gastaldo Posted Jan 25, 2011 12:19 PM CST Copied In this Feb. 9, 2010 file photo, a customer reads a Nook electronic reader at a Barnes & Noble book store in Hackensack, NJ. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file) Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader is quite popular—but apparently, just the WiFi-only version. The bookseller is discontinuing the model with 3G, reports Engadget, and apparently will continue sales only until the current stock runs out. The move makes sense, writes Will Shanklin on AndroidCentral.com: Because e-readers require data connections only when the user is downloading books or syncing, "it makes perfect sense that more customers opt for a cheaper wi-fi model." But CNET cautions that other so-called scoops about the Nook turned out to be false. Read These Next The Wall Street Journal is naming more names tied to Epstein. The White House and South Park are having a tiff. Trump isn't talking about a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. South Park episode on Trump may be a real 'mess' for him. Report an error