Ellen DeGeneres Gives Barnes & Noble Nook and More to Audience

December 4, 2009 By Dena Cassella

Ellen DeGeneres gave away a bounty of coveted gadgets on her show including the Barnes & Noble Nook and the Nokia Booklet 3G today.

Wonder why the Nook is completely sold out until 2010—we’ll tell you—it’s because Ellen DeGeneres rounded up a bunch of them to give away [for FREE] to her studio audience. Ellen DeGeneres announced on her show today—right after dancing with a giant elf shoe named “Big Booty”—that she will be giving her entire studio audience a B&N Nook, a MiFi 2200 mobile hotspot, a Powermat wireless charger, Nokia Booklet 3G netbook, and a Palm Pixi to every member in her audience. Interestingly enough, Ellen’s big “kicker” of a prize was the Palm Pixi, which she revealed at last and after the commercial break. Seriously, studio audience, are you truly more excited about the Palm Pixi than the Nook? Needless to say it was a pretty impressive and generous give away—and needless to say, we’re pretty darn jealous.

Check out the video clip. WARNING: there will be screaming.

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dang at 5:12pm 5th December 2009 I'd be pretty upset too, especially if you have ordered it as a present.
Ian Bell at 1:15pm 5th December 2009 Agreed. I ordered mine back at the end of October (the first week it was announced), and I am still waiting. If I am forced to wait till January, then I am going to be pretty upset.
Joe at 12:50pm 5th December 2009 So let me get this straight, there ar thousands of people that have pre-ordered the Nook, and are being told they now have to wait till after January, but Ellen can give a bunch out to her viewers? This is pretty messed up.