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Originally Posted by Sylver
I don't blame you, I hate touch screen too - I know boswd won't agree. I only tried the one on the nook, the navigation is sluggish and it drains battery. However, once you get used to the swipe page feature on it (when it's not active), you just can't live without it, it works like a charm on the nook (ironically, the official user instruction regarding the page swipe on the nook touch screen does not work, I had to see a video demo and read some threads here to grasp the technique). To me, the page swipe thing alone is well worth the touch screen and all its downside(as much as I hate the battery drain and the sluggishness part of the touch screen when it's activated).
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you're right I don't
but to each his. I have a friend who also HATES touchscreens. Won't buy anyother smartphone except for Blackberry, won't ever buy an iPhone, a Droid or what have not.
I on the other hand love touchscreens and love the Nooks and the way it navigates. The drain on the battery doesn't bother me at all. When I'm reading a paper or something along those lines, shopping etc. I get about 3-4 days on my charge, up to 8 when just straight reading in airplane mode. To me anything beyond 2 days is icing on the cake.
my iPhone - I have to charge every night
my laptop - cant' get three hours (that ones drives me the most bonkers)
so when using the touch screen and getting at least 3 days, I'm a happy man, I'll take the trade off. After navigating on the nook I can't go back to manual, buttons and joysticks etc. just way to antiquated for me.
But man I agree with you 100% about the finger swipe for page turning. I use it almost exclusively. The only time I use the actual buttons is when I'm standing on the subway back and forth to work and I have to hold it one handed. I can't imagine reading an entire book using the button.
The finger swipe is so much more natural feeling and like you can't live with out now.
