Its time for your Lunchtime Lowdown: Pull up a chair and tie your napkin around your neck like a bib, its time to chow down on the morning’s news. It’s finger-clickin’ good.

Amazon has launched a new, slimline Kindle in the UK – the first time it has been officially for sale over in Blighty. The new Kindle has some boosted specs, is available in 3G and wifi-only flavours and for once costs roughly what you would expect to pay for a US Kindle, give or take a bit of VAT.

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We scored an exclusive interview with one of Nintendo UK’s top brass. check it out for some quick-fire questions answered about the new Nintendo 3DS.

We got a confirmed launch date of August the 11th for Pure‘s new music download service, which we expect to integrate into The Lounge, their internet radio manager site.

Research In Motion added some more grist to the rumour mill by acquiring the domain name blackpad.com - is this the rumoured BlackBerry tablet or just a bit of pre-emptive domain grabbing to stop a rival getting there first?

We also saw some top tips for festival tweeting on a BlackBerry Pearl 3G and found out how to use the phone to swap contact details with the new friends we have made beneath the skies of Glastonbury.

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