Amazon's Kindle Touch 3G e-reader will start shipping across the globe with free 3G wireless access on April 27, Amazon said on Tuesday.
Users in 175 countries and territories around the world can pre-order the device on Amazon.com, while users in the U.K, Germany, France, Italy and Spain can buy the e-reader on their local Amazon sites, according to the company.
The Kindle Touch 3G will cost £169 ($270) in the U.K. and €189 ($252) in France, according to Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.fr. That compares to £89 and €99 for Amazon's cheapest e-reader, which is just called the Kindle.
The basic Kindle has the same screen weighs less at 170 grams, but can only download content via Wi-Fi and has less storage.
The Kindle Touch 3G is now also available in seven languages -- German, French, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and American or British English -- allowing users that speak those languages to read, take notes, and navigate in their native tongue.
The international availability of the Kindle Touch 3G is a step forward for consumers that like Amazon's e-readers. However, international users that have set their sights on Amazon's Android-based Kindle Fire tablet will have to wait: the company didn't say when the device would arrive outside the U.S.