While many may have written off Amazon’s Kindle — along with the rest of its e-reader brethren — after the announcement of Apple’s iPad, I haven’t been so quick to judge. If anything, we may have to thank the iPad for spurring on more competition in the e-reader market. Take for example the news today that Amazon has potentially acquired Toucho, a New York-based start-up that’s focusing on touch-screen technology.

The news comes from an anonymous source for The New York TImes, but it has yet to be officially acknowledged by Amazon or Touchco. The purchase makes complete sense for Amazon, since Touchco’s technology would allow for them to cheaply bring multi-touch capabilities to future Kindles.