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Originally Posted by willyu34
-contrary to darex2, I actually think the buttons on K3 works extremely well, for just reading and flipping pages. Reader's flip buttons are below screen and not ergonomic. on prs 600 the swipe doesn't register easily so you can't use one hand to hold and flip page. Now you can do that easier since it's not a "pressure" touch screen, but still, I think Kindle's buttons are way better for just reading and flipping pages. a simple test, take a book, lie down in bed and hold your book in the air, can you use one hand to hold it up and try to swipe or push the bottom of the book cover easily? Not really. can you do the same thing but this time push the edge of the middle of the book? It's definitely easier.
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You do realize, I trust, that the physical page turning buttons on the 350 are purely superfluous. They would rarely, if ever, be used in real life. A subtle swipe of the screen with ones thumb or finger accomplishes this task. Therefore, their "ergonomics" is pretty irrelevant. I am speaking of the 350 exclusively. It sounds like you are speaking of older readers. You can hold the 350 up in the air across the span of your hand AND turn pages with your thumb, and unlike the K3, you can swipe ANY part of the screen to accomplish this, and as far as physical effort, you scarcely even have to touch the screen to do it. The 350 weighs only about 60% of the K3, and is physically much smaller. I don't think the K3 can ever win over the 350 in any contest if you're talking ergonomics or ease-of-use. Wait until you try out the 350 or the 650. I suspect you'll be retracting your praise of the Kindle3's physical page turning buttons in short order ;-). Yes, Sony did a crappy job on their touch screens in the past. No longer! They're now nearly as perfect as one could want.