Toshiba has unveiled the world’s first solar-powered e-book reader. The Toshiba Biblio Leaf SP02 comes with a front-mounted mini solar panel, essentially allowing a user to recharge the device anywhere it can access sunlight.

Sharp Galapagos Mobile Type e-reader will be a 5.5" device, while the Home Type e-reader will be a 10.8" device.

Remember the Acer Lumiread e-Reader we told you about a while back? If you have been waiting for it (an unlikely event - nobody waits for an e-Reader unless its a Kindle!) your wait will soon be over.

That is what it looks like, for now. As if Amazon did not have enough of a headache dealing with the iPad and the iBooks store.

Samsung is set to launch its own e-book reader, the Samsung SNE-60, sometime later in 2010.

Asus has unveiled its new product range, including its new line of Eee PCs and gaming laptops, at CeBIT 2010, in Hannover, Germany.

Lenovo plans to launch its own e-book reader, called the Lenovo Tianji EB-605, a Chinese website zol.com.cn has reported.

Endless Ideas has launched the the BeBook Neo, its WiFi e-book reader with access to ebook stores worldwide.

Sorry - this rumour comes comes one of the most widely read blogs related to technology - but that does not mean that it is accurate. TechCrunch has reported that the Apple tablet computer, expected to be revealed today, will have a built-in Barnes & Noble bookstore app.

Asus is stirring the e-reader market by announcing not one but two e-book reader products, the Asus DR-950, and the Asus DR-750 that it announced yesterday.