The popular NOOK Simple Touch and NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight are set to launch in the UK in time for the holiday shopping season.

ENGADGET: Nook headed for UK as Barnes & Noble goes international, dabbles in the Queen's English

While the XO-4 Touch's launch date and pricing are yet to be confirmed, the release is expected in Q1 in 2013.

ENGADGET: One Laptop Per Child's XO-4 Touch 'expected' to be released in Q1 2013

Almost from the moment of its November 2008 launch, Research In Motion's touch-screen BlackBerry was a magnet for praise and criticism.

FORBES: Magazine Article