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Nope, still like my K3 best of anything available, no interest in any of the new Kindles ('cept the Fire, but I don't read on it, and I'm constantly cleaning it.) The KT, without physical page turn buttons on the sides is an absolute non starter for me. If I had to get a new basic reader, it would probably be a Nook STR.
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04-05-2012, 06:24 PM | #18 |
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For writing notes the touch is awesome, but I've mostly changed my mind about it. I prefer the more tactile button turning and I find the no touch kindle to be faster, more responsive, and with no ghosting (which the touch has). Excepting the battery (which I think is a fine trade off for being a bit lighter) I think that the no touch is the superior reader and I will be selling my touch. I hope that amazon always keeps a bargain no touch kindle around.
Unless you take alot of notes, I think that the touch interface is a bit of a novelty and not necessary for ereaders. I don't think that the infrared works nearly as well as the capacitive touch on tablets either. I'm not dissing the kindle touch, it is a fine ereader, but I find that I did change my mind just not in the way that the OP had in mind. |
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Well, I'm the odd one out I guess. I recently bought a kindle touch and love it.
It was completely unnecessary, as I have a perfectly good kindle 3. I told myself I'd wait. However, I use the dictionary a lot, highlight, and make notes. I grew tired of how long these activities took via the scroll pad. It interrupted the flow of reading. The touch is a great successor - it's far faster to look up words via a simple tap, very natural to highlight with your finger, etc. I haven't found fingerprints a problem - nothing like my iPad - the touch seems to resist smudges. I have jumped several pages ahead a two or three times - which was a tad confusing - but not serious enough to offset the benefits. The little lighted cover is very slick as well. So though it was completely unnecessary, sheer wanton materialism, I'm very pleased with it. |
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04-05-2012, 07:43 PM | #22 |
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For those of you who's experience with touch is a tablet or cell phone, it's nothing like the IR touch of a pearl screen. You don't really get fingerprints on a pearl screen. I have an iPad and a 650 and the 650 hardly shows fingerprints.
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I didn't "need" my Sony T1 or my Kindle Fire, both of which I got last month. They are both so cool, though!
If Amazon comes out with a Kindle Touch with more buttons (like my Sony has--page turn, home, menu, back) then I will be sorely tempted. My Sony is way faster than my Kindle Keyboards. And it has over 2000 books on it already. I have more to add. I want to add them all. Well, all my series books, anyway. |
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04-05-2012, 08:50 PM | #27 |
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The T1 can handle a lot more than that! And it has a card slot so the sky's the limit.
Blossom, my DH said that, too! I didn't let it stop me! Honestly, the problems that my KKs (2) have given me made me want a different e-ink reader. I still love my KKs but I am really happy that I am no longer limited in the amount of books I can put on a reader and still expect it to function quickly and efficiently. I was afraid to get a Kindle Touch after being frustrated with my KKs. With my Sony having a card, I don't have to limit myself, and also, I have nested file folders, which can't be done on my Kindles. (The Sony is rooted--I could even put the Kindle app on there if I wanted to. I have coolreader & FBreader on it). |
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Yep...it's the same in finish and construction really.
Regarding the OP's question I spent a LONG time trying out both the Kindle 4 NT and the Touch to be sure and no matter how tempted I was to try the Touch I just knew the NT felt better to me. Everyone has opinions on these issues but I found the slight lag and the fingerprints (which were very visible to me) annoying. Other than the screen QC issues the only hardware issues I wish were changed about the NT would be using the larger battery the Touch and K3 have, and adding an SD slot. For me one of the biggest issues I have with touch anything is lack of tactile feedback and indexing. Haptic feedback won't change this either as it's a half measure. I don't believe touch screens will "replace" keys and buttons at all...they will of course be used in certain applications as they are now but things like the kepboard have evolved to work as well as they can. Porting a keyboard to touch technology removes a lot of it's functionality. Last edited by heeby; 04-05-2012 at 08:53 PM. |
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This makes me leery of buying a KT. I should take a pic of how bad my back plate of my K4 looks. I plan to put a decal sticker on the back to protect it further. |
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I've still to have a play with the Kindle Touch (only just released in the UK), but I'm tempted by the Sony PRS-T1. For value for money I don't think you can beat the Kobo Touch (£79 compared to £109 for the Kindle and £139 for the Sony). However, if those physical page turn buttons were on the side of the Sony..... I'd say to heck with the extra money |
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