Wi-Fi

Two weeks ago we reported about an FCC-approved Kobo Vox tablet- and today we have some new details (via a Canadian retailer, this is unverified yet): the Vox will have a color 7" 1024x600 display, Wi-Fi, a speaker and 8GB of storage. It will be released on October 17 for $250 (Canadian).

Amazon announced some pretty exciting (but not surprising) new devices for us. Firstly they introduced the new Kindle Touch e-readers that feature 6" Pearl E Ink displays and an infra-red touch sensor. The Kindle Touch will launch on November 21st, but you can order it today. The Wi-Fi version costs $99 with screensaver ads and $139 without ads. The 3G version costs $149 (ads) or $189 (ads-free).

The second e-reader is the non-touch Kindle 2011 - which is a streamlined version of the older Kindle 3 - with only 5 physical buttons (beside the next/prev ones, anyway). The Wi-Fi Kindle 2011 is shipping now: $79 for the ad-supported version and $109 for the non-ads variant.

Panasonic is showing a new e-reader prototype (called UT-PB1). This is a color e-reader/tablet with a 7" LCD (1024x600) display, Wi-Fi and webcam running on Google's Android OS.

It turns out that the Nook Touch (which starts shipping today) has a hidden web browser. Well, it's not really hidden (there's a search button on the bottom of the Nook's home screen) - but it wasn't revealed by B&N up until now. It's not perfect as it can't load a lot of pages (and it's slow on the E Ink display of course):

The Nook Touch Wi-Fi is now shipping for $139.

Here's a nice short hands-on video with the new Nook Touch:

The Nook Touch Wi-Fi version will launch on June 10 for $139, you can pre-order it today.

There are some reports that Barnes & Noble plan to discontinue the 3G Nook. They will still sell the Nook Wi-Fi and NookColor. B&N is reportedly already winding down stock of the Nook 3G.

Currently you can still get the Nook 3G for $199. The Nook Wi-Fi costs $149 and the Nookcolor goes for $249.

According to a new FCC application, there's a new PocketBook 511 on the way. It will have a 5" display (probably an E Ink) and Wi-Fi. There's no more information available - beside the fact that the brand name will actually be GreenBook.

Some of Pocketbook's new models are selling: The pocketbook 602 (6" E Ink display) is now shipping for $199, and the Pro-902 (9.7" E Ink display) ships for $339.