Well, it’s been almost a month since we first pinched our greasy fingers across the Pearl E-Ink screen gracing the front of Sony’s latest e-reader , and your opportunity to do the same is quickly approaching. The 7-inch, Android-powered Reader is now available for pre-order (at the source link) for $150, just as expected. The current shipping date is listed as “on or about” October 16th, so if you put in your order now, you’ll still have a couple of weeks to wait. Still, if you could hold out six years for A Dance with Dragons , what’s three weeks to you? [Thanks, knowmadd] Sony Reader WiFi almost ready to let you (multi)touch it, up for pre-order now originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 24 Sep 2011 02:37:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink