Sony Debuts $399 'Daily' Touch-Screen E-book Reader

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 25, 2009 - 10:46am.

New York - Sony (NYSE: SNE) on Tuesday introduced a new e-book reader device, the Reader Daily Edition, which will sport a touch-screen display and 3G wireless Internet access through AT&T when it goes on sale in December for $399. That price point will make the Daily $100 more expensive than rival Amazon's new Kindle 2 e-book reader.

Owners of the Reader Daily Edition will be able to purchase and download e-books wirelessly over an AT&T 3G connection from Sony's eBook Store, which includes over a million free public domain titles from Google.

Sony also partnered with library e-book firm OverDrive, to offer visitors to the eBook Store by Sony access to their local library's collection of e-books. Users with a valid library card will be able to check out and download e-books to a PC, and then transfer them to their Reader.

Along with the Daily, Sony also introduced a "pocket" e-book reader model, the Reader Pocket Edition, which will feature a five-inch electronic paper display and retail for $199.

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