The leaked Sony PRS-T1, now with added stylus

In the market for a €165 ($240) e-reader that isn’t a Kindle? Of course not. But if you were, you would soon be able to spend that money on the just-leaked Sony PRS-T1.

Gone is the sleek aluminum body of its predecessor, replaced by black, white or burgundy-red plastic. New is multi-touch, with the Kobo-like touchscreen navigation joined by pinch-to-zoom (presumably for changing font sizes). Also new is a stylus, ready to be lost within minutes, as well as another Kobo-inspired feature: the T1 will display the current book’s cover on the sleep screen.

The rest of the features are just what you’d expect: Wi-Fi, 2Gb memory, augmentable by a microSD card, a six-inch e-ink screen, a one-month battery life and a feather-like weight of 168 grams (six ounces).

You can see the details at Dutch Web site BOL. Or rather, you can see the cache of the now taken-down page. Expect the reader to cost less than this when it launches in the U.S.

Touch Sony Reader PRS-T1 [Google Cache of BOL via The Digital Reader and Mike Cane and ?]

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