Sony Reader PRS-700 with touchscreen announced

Sony has announced the Sony Reader PRS-700, a new touchscreen-capable addition to their Portable Reader System line of electronic book readers featuring e-ink technology. Joining the Sony Reader PRS-505, the new PRS-700 is about the size of a paperback book and weighs around 10 ounces. For about $100 more than the PRS-505, the PRS-700 features a light for reading in the dark, allows readers to take notes with an on-screen QWERTY keyboard, and allows readers to flip through virtual pages with either their fingers or a stylus that also allows for highlighting text. This new model should be available next month for about $400.

[Via Gizmodo]