Kindle Touch How Is It For Reading? - Page 3

Dropout · 09-23-2012, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Different beast. The OP wants to know about the KPW which has a touch layer on top of the screen.

According to Amazon's diagram the light guide is the top layer. So it stands to reason the Paperwhite would pick up fingerprints similarly to the Nook Touch.

I'm not sure why seemingly no one else in this thread picked up on that.

JSWolf · 10-05-2012, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I agree with both pidgeon92 and JSWolf. Unlike my iPad, which is a fingerprint magnet, the screen on my Kindle Touch seems to suffer no noticeable excess of fingerprints or smudges. As for the Kindle Paperwhite, I won't have an opinion any earlier than October 3rd, when the first ones are scheduled to arrive in the hands of those of us who per-ordered. It is a different beast, and I may find myself keeping a micro-cloth close at hand like I do with my iPad. Then again, maybe not. Time will tell.

Would you like me to change the title of your thread to Kindle Touch & Kindle Paperwhite—How Are They For Reading? or something similar?

Now that there are real photos from real owners of the KPW, we can say without a doubt that the KPW is a fingerprint magnet. It's a shame too. Maybe if Amazon did not use the capacitance touch layer and stuck with IR touch.

sirmaru · 10-05-2012, 05:31 PM

I've been using the PW for a day and notice NO fingerprints in contrast to the Kindle Fire which picks up lots of fingerprints.

JSWolf · 10-05-2012, 07:10 PM

Here is a real example of the fingerprints on a KPW that you don't get nearly like that on a Kindle Touch, 650 or T1.

vxf · 10-05-2012, 07:13 PM

Yes, switching from a KT to a PW I notice a very drastic difference. The PW picks up fingerprints like crazy, I find myself cleaning the screen every time I pick it up. The KT was nowhere near as bad. There is a big difference.
I really wish the PW had buttons, like SONYs.

WT Sharpe · 10-05-2012, 07:22 PM

The Paperwhite may not be as good in that department as the Touch, but I haven't noticed the frequency of fingerprints showing up with with anything like the frequency with which they appear on my grandson's Fire or my iPad. The only time they're really noticeable is if the screen is covered by black, such as when viewing the cover of Christopher Hitchen's Mortality. It's always a good idea to keep a microfiber cloth handy, although I've only felt the need to use one after viewing the cover of the Hitchen's book. You need to contrast that with the need to clean the screen of a iPad every hour or two of use.

JSWolf · 10-05-2012, 07:36 PM

But for people who dislike touch screens because of fingerprints are not going to want to get a KPW. Amazon just botched it in that department.

Strether · 10-07-2012, 01:53 PM

I've had my PW since Tuesday and read maybe 15 hours or so since then and haven't cleaned or noticed fingerprints on the screen. Now the black bezel, that's something else--that really attracts fingerprints. But not the screen. One picture posted by somebody with goopy fingers does not a problem make.

Jim

10-05-2012, 07:10 PM	#34
JSWolf Mobile Reader Geek Posts: 34,204 Karma: 13801264 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Sony Reader PRS-650, iPad	Here is a real example of the fingerprints on a KPW that you don't get nearly like that on a Kindle Touch, 650 or T1. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Jon 2013 Reading List

10-05-2012, 07:13 PM	#35
vxf Guru Posts: 876 Karma: 1397724 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Norman, OK Device: Sony PRS 350, 900, 950; iPad3, iPad Mini; Kindle Touch, Paperwhite	Yes, switching from a KT to a PW I notice a very drastic difference. The PW picks up fingerprints like crazy, I find myself cleaning the screen every time I pick it up. The KT was nowhere near as bad. There is a big difference. I really wish the PW had buttons, like SONYs. __________________ I received in inheritance neither god, nor a given spot on earth from where I can draw the attention of a god: no one either legated me the well disguised fury of the skeptic, the Sioux guiles of the rationalist or the burning innocence of the atheist. So I dare not throw the stone neither at the one who believes in things which inspire me only doubt, nor at the one who cultivates his doubt as if it was not, just as well, surrounded with darkness. STIG DAGERMAN

10-05-2012, 07:22 PM	#36
WT Sharpe Grand Muckity-Muck Posts: 26,560 Karma: 70415012 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindles: Paperwhite/K-3/Touch, Sony PRS-600, iPod (audio books), iPad1	The Paperwhite may not be as good in that department as the Touch, but I haven't noticed the frequency of fingerprints showing up with with anything like the frequency with which they appear on my grandson's Fire or my iPad. The only time they're really noticeable is if the screen is covered by black, such as when viewing the cover of Christopher Hitchen's Mortality. It's always a good idea to keep a microfiber cloth handy, although I've only felt the need to use one after viewing the cover of the Hitchen's book. You need to contrast that with the need to clean the screen of a iPad every hour or two of use. __________________

10-05-2012, 07:36 PM	#37
JSWolf Mobile Reader Geek Posts: 34,204 Karma: 13801264 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Sony Reader PRS-650, iPad	But for people who dislike touch screens because of fingerprints are not going to want to get a KPW. Amazon just botched it in that department. __________________ Jon 2013 Reading List

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10-05-2012, 05:31 PM	#33
sirmaru Wizard Posts: 1,491 Karma: 4112710 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle Kbd 3 WiFi, Fire HD 7" 32 Gb, Paperwhite	I've been using the PW for a day and notice NO fingerprints in contrast to the Kindle Fire which picks up lots of fingerprints.

10-07-2012, 01:53 PM	#38
Strether Addict Posts: 343 Karma: 17889 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fresno Device: Kindle 1, 3, PW, Kindle 7" HD Fire	I've had my PW since Tuesday and read maybe 15 hours or so since then and haven't cleaned or noticed fingerprints on the screen. Now the black bezel, that's something else--that really attracts fingerprints. But not the screen. One picture posted by somebody with goopy fingers does not a problem make. Jim

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