Yesterday Amazon unveiled the third generation of its Kindle e-book reader, which offers smaller body, better contrast, faster speeds and double the storage and battery life compared to the previous model. I must admit I have never used one before (somehow, I still prefer classic ‘paper’ books) but I will definitely get one now.

Pre-orders start now for both the WiFi-only model (USD $139) and WiFi+3G (USD $189). Both models will ship on August 27.