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ProfCrash · 11-23-2010, 10:05 AM

I think that Sony's new e-readers show that a touch screen can be made for an e-reader that does not lead to massive glare. With the recent price drops on the Sony's, it could also be that the touch screen technology is moving into a price point that Amazon might be more willing to consider a touch screen.

Bezos's objection, which means Amazon's objection, to the touch screen was that it lead to glare on the screen and interferred with the ability to read a book easily. So who knows, maybe the K4 will have a touch screen.

I would be fine with that as long as it also has the directional pad and buttons because I don't like touch screens. The finger prints on my cell phone drive me crazy.

11-23-2010, 10:05 AM	#8
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I think that Sony's new e-readers show that a touch screen can be made for an e-reader that does not lead to massive glare. With the recent price drops on the Sony's, it could also be that the touch screen technology is moving into a price point that Amazon might be more willing to consider a touch screen. Bezos's objection, which means Amazon's objection, to the touch screen was that it lead to glare on the screen and interferred with the ability to read a book easily. So who knows, maybe the K4 will have a touch screen. I would be fine with that as long as it also has the directional pad and buttons because I don't like touch screens. The finger prints on my cell phone drive me crazy.