Yet another e-book reader is seeking to knock out—or at least win a few rounds from—Amazon’s Kindle, in what’s promising to become a very crowded holiday market for the electronic reading devices.
Bookseller Barnes and Noble is unveiling its own Nook e-book reader later today at an event in New York. Though the company has not confirmed details on the device, leaked reports from the New York Times, among others, describe it using the e-ink technology employed by the Kindle and other readers, including those from Sony.
Reports also describe it as having color capability, images leaked to Gizmodo though that appears to be confined to a smaller LCD screen that lies below the main screen that displays books and other content.
The new device will cost $259—the same as the Kindle 2, the flagship Kindle model, which Amazon just cut in price. At that price, both devices are more expensive than Sony’s 5-inch Pocket, the least expensive e-book reader on the market at $199, but cheaper than the current Sony Touch, $299, and Kindle DX, $489; and two new readers coming this fall: Sony Daily Edition, $399, and Irex DR800SG, $399.
In 2010, there will also be an e-reader from Plastic Logic, which promises to have the largest touchscreen on the market. This week, we learned the name of the device “Que, pronounced “Q,” and that it will debut at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January.
We’ll attend today’s Barnes and Noble event and will report back on its news by tomorrow. —Paul Reynolds
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