B&N launches its new NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight, which is the world’s first e-ink e-book reader with built-in lighting technology for perfect bedtime reading. The reader offers a soft, adjustable glow optimized for low light reading, and the GlowLight can be turned on instantly and adjusted easily with a touch. The devices combines e-Ink display with a precise infrared touchscreen, built-in anti-glare screen for reading in any lit environment, and an evenly distributed and adjustable light for reading in the dark.

Toshiba introduced in Japan its new BookPlace DB50 (model DB50/25E/PDB5025ENAW) color e-book reader, joining the company’s Excite X10, Thrive and AT200 tablets. The 7-inch e-reader offers direct access to Toshiba’s BookPlace e-book store for thousands of books. The DB50 comes with a 7-inch 600×1024 color LCD display with LED-backlight

Korean e-book company is launching in Korea its e-book reading device using Mirasol display. The e-book reader features a 5.7-inch Qualcomm Mirasol display that combines the strength of LCD and e-ink, making it able to display colors and be viewed in direct sunlight.

NOOK Color

With the new NOOK Tablet joining the line-up, B&N lowers the prices of NOOK Color and NOOK Simple Touch (known as NOOK Touch before) to $199 and $99 respectively. While the prices are dropped, B&N releases software updates to both of them.

Panasonic is launching in Japan its UT-PB1, an Android-based e-book tablet. The 7-inch device packs dual-core processor and runs Android OS. It has a 1024×600 touchscreen, a 1.3 Megapixel camera, 8GB …

iRiver is launching its Story HD e-book reader in the US market exclusively via Target. The Korean company’s new reader is the first device to …

Barnes & Noble (B&N) introduces its all-new NOOK e-book reader with a touchscreen. The new NOOK is called by B&N as The Simple Touch Reader.It features a 6-inch e-ink Pearl display with Zeforce infrared touchscreen, like the new Kobo eReader Touch, that allows users to turn pages, look up words, highlight passages, adjust the font size and style easily. The newly-designed lightweight, slim reader is 35 percent lighter and 15 percent thinner than NOOK Wi-Fi 1st Edition.

Canada-based Kobo launches its eReader Touch Edition with the new Infrared Touch Technology for a “Real Touch page turn experience”. The new eReader features a 6-inch Pearl e-ink 16-level grey screen, providing high contract reading experience even in bright sunlight. It has a single home button and a touchscreen that allows for a virtual keyboard and easy navigation.

Archos is launching the Archos 70b Android-based e-book reader in Europe. The 7-inch device has a 7-inch WVGA touchscreen and supports WiFi 802.11b/g connectivity. The 70b has 4GB internal storage and offers SD …

Asus officially announced its Eee Reader DR900, the “world’s first 9-inch touchscreen e-book reader”. The DR900 uses 9-inch SiPix electrophoretic display and capacitive touchscreen with a virtual keyboard that …