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Sony announced a new reader featuring a touchscreen, which will allow readers to turn pages with the swipe of a finger (much like you can flip through photos on an iPhone or iTouch). It has larger storage capacity than the Kindle (about 350 books, compared to Kindle’s 200), but still doesn’t have the wireless connection that makes the Kindle so special.

The new reader will be approximately $400, making it more expensive than the Kindle’s current $359 price. Whether a touchscreen is worth it to new e-reader purchasers is yet to be seen. Personally, I’d prefer to read my books without fingerprints all over them.

Read more about the new Sony PRS-700 at Tech News World.

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