Just in time for your last minute shopping, This Lamp has posted a review of the new Kindle Touch 3G. Here’s a snippet:

…The Kindle didn’t cause me to give up my iPad; in fact, because there’s a Kindle app on the iPad, and because I depend on my iPad now for so many other things, if I had to choose between the two, I’d reluctantly give up the Kindle and keep my iPad. Yet I’m glad that I don’t have to make that kind of choice. For periods of reading longer than 10 minutes, I find the E Ink screen of my Kindle highly preferable to reading on the iPad. Reading the Kindle instead is like reading paper vs. reading a computer screen—it’s simply easier on the eyes for extended sessions.

In the time I’ve had my Kindle, I’ve observed a very interesting phenomenon when I hand it to the uninitiated for examination. Almost without fail, anyone who handles my Kindle immediately touches the screen or tries to swipe it to turn the page. I think we can safely call this “the iPad effect” because Apple’s tablet has definitely changed our expectations for the way we interact with our devices…

Read the rest of the Amazon Kindle Touch 3G review at This Lamp