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Amazon announced that in the past three weeks they have sold over 1 million Kindle devices each week. This includes the complete range of Kindles - the Kindle Fire, the Kindle Touch, the Kindle 2011 and the Kindle Keyboard and Keyboard DX that are still selling.

We know that the Fire is the best selling of all, but unfortunately we do not know the exact breakdown between the various models...

Ectaco says that the Jetbook color is set to launch in the US for $499 on January 15, 2012. This is a 9.7" color E Ink (Triton) e-reader that features a Wacon touchscreen, Wi-Fi and a microSD slot. It's running on a 800Mhz processor and weights about 550 grams. It is already shipping in Eastern Europe.

Engadget posted two reviews - of the Kindle Touch and the Kindle Fire. The Touch is deemed as a good e-reader, but they say the touch functionality isn't so good as to make them want to replace the older Kindle keyboard or Nook reader - "The Kindle Touch is as good as any touch reader out there, but there's nothing particularly exceptional about it...the Kindle Touch isn't the steal it appears to be on paper".

The Fire gets a more favorable review. While the Fire can't compete with other tablets as it's slow, the interface is sluggish and the functionality is restricted, but "The Kindle Fire is quite an achievement at $200. It's a perfectly usable tablet that feels good in the hand and has a respectably good looking display up front". So at this price point, the Fire is a great value and has a great integration of content acquisition into a mobile device.

Kobo's Vox is now shipping in Canada for $199. The Vox is is available at all Indigo, Chapters and Coles stores and online, too. The Vox is an Android Tablet/E-reader that has a 7" AFFS LCD (1024x600) and Wi-Fi. The kobo-designed UI is customized for e-reading (although you will get access to the Android Market). The Vox includes 8GB of internal memory and an SD card slot.

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.

TechCrunch says they've seen a prototype Amazon Tablet (Design Verification Testing version). According to the blog, the tablet has a 7" capacitive touch screen, Wi-Fi and a special Amazon version of Android that has no Google applications. It will cost $250 when it launches towards the end of November. Amazon plans a 10" version in 2012, if the 7" one proves successful.

Interestingly, TechCrunch reports that the Tablet will simply be called a Kindle - and will co exist with Amazon's E Ink readers. Finally, the blog says that Amazon are working on a "multi-touch screen/e-ink hybrid tablet device" but it's "nowhere near completion."