Amazon have just announced three new Kindle e-readers and a new version of its base model. This will come as a major blow to all the small time players out there who have sought to penetrate the ebook market, with Amazon’s new generation Kindle selling for only US $79! Of the new Kindle e-readers there’s the Kindle Touch which as the name suggests, has a touch screen for you to navigate the device. It too sells for under $100. The Kindle Touch 3G is the always-online version which allows you to download content without paying any monthly data fees or contracts (you still have to pay for content though). And of course, what we’ve all been waiting for, the Kindle Fire was announced which features a 7-inch touch screen, ultra-fast Amazon Silk web browser, dual core processor, free cloud storage and access 18 million movies, TV shows, songs, magazines, and books.

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Our friends at Brighthand have reviewed the new Amazon Kindle 2 and their opinion is that it is the best eBook reader out there in the market:

The Amazon Kindle 2 is an impressive piece of technology, and Amazon should be proud. Much like Apple’s success with the iPod, Amazon is crafting a successful brand by not only offering good hardware, but by supporting it with a software backbone.

It has succeeded where others have failed by sheer effort; even though Sony has been at the effort a longer time, their store doesn’t offer as much content, and it’s typically more expensive. Moreover, no other e-reader can offer such expansive wireless connectivity, at least at this point in time.

Despite the overall positive tone of this review, the Kindle 2 isn’t perfect. I’m not a huge fan of the 5-way joystick, as it’s slippery and at times difficult to use, and there are still some user interface bugs that need ironed out. Moreover, when you flip the power switch to turn wake it from sleep mode, it can take up to thirty seconds before it’s fully responsive; until then it can take more than a second for pages to refresh.

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