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$139 for the wireless version, and $199 for 3g. kindle has done the same thing. $149, $199, theirs is coming out at the end of the month. e-readers, kids are able to rent textbooks now at school. >> wow. >> big way to save money. these are so light and thin. great way to walk around campus. >> prices coming down, that's fantastic, too. >> yes. >> everyone recognizes this, the iphone. >> i was going to say, one of the things, we used to always get new shoes when we went back to school. now kids get new phones. if you are shopping for a new phone this is the samsung galaxy s series. the captivat...

Good idea for the college-bound kids. >> the next thing you're going to see on campus a lot this year is the ipad. this is the wi-fi ipad. i think a lot of this, you know, schools are all wi-fi. wi-fi is free. and kids just love having this around. they can consume all their media on this, they can do e-mail, they can read books, they can play games. and i think that for the price, a lot of kids are going to want to leave the laptop in the dorm and take this with them. >> it is certainly all the rage, the ipad of course a must-have for a lot of folks. and moving on? >> speaking of reading book...

Has polluted the air, causing a potential health hazard there. a huge consumer lawsuit against toyota could be damaging information for the automaker. attorneys say they show the automaker knew about sudden acceleration incidents as early as 2003, yet failed to install a brake override system to protect drivers. toyota faces hundreds of lawsuits in state and federal courts, following huge recalls for acceleration and brake problems. amazon.com is sold out of its newest kindle e-readers just days after they went on sale. the company took orders for the first time last wednesday. the two new...

If you are looking to splurge on an echlt book, a camera, an iphone, mario is an contributor to tell us these things. >> one of the things that struck me was the amazon.com saying they are selling more kendall books than hard covers. does that make sense moneywise? >> it does make sense moneywise. the devices, the e-readers themselves have come down in a major price war. many of these things have been in a price war to come down. many more consumers are now buying them. you can also get books less expensive when you buy them electronically and there is a much larger inventory that you can shop...

The kendall, the nook, the competition among e-readers is serious business, and it's getting even tighter with the introduction of apple's ipad. megan hughes has more on the high-tech book battle. >> reporter: when you hit the beach this summer, what kind of book will you bring? old-fashioned paper back or high-tech e-trader. while some prefer not to hop on the e-train. >> there is something about holding a book in n my hands. i'm looking at the cover and turning the pages. >> reporter: others have grown to love the edge the devices have to offer. >> not needing to ship around dead tree bark. ...