Japan's Sony Corp unveiled an electronic reader featuring a touchscreen and wireless connectivity in a bid to challenge Amazon's popular Kindle.

Sony yesterday said the "Reader Daily Edition," Sony's first e-reader featuring 3G wireless connectivity, would cost $399 and be in stores in December in time for the Christmas shopping season.

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"We firmly believe consumers should have choice in every aspect of their digital reading experience," said Steve Haber, president of Sony's Digital Reading Business Division.

The wireless access to Sony's e-book store via AT&T's 3G mobile broadband network "lets consumer purchase and download content on the go," Haber said.

Sony said that in addition to e-books, select newspapers and magazines would also be available for the Daily Edition.

The Daily Edition features a 17.8-centimetre wide touchscreen display and internal memory that allows it to hold over 1,000 standard e-books, Sony said.

Sony also unveiled an application yesterday which allows users to check out and download e-books from their local libraries.

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