MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - New Kindle touchscreen or DX price drop ?

Mark Rehorst · 01-22-2011, 02:32 PM

DXG pdf handling can be improved- this is proven by Duokan- so memory isn't a limitation on that front.

Touch screen? I doubt it. Look at the display on any touchscreen e-ink reader out- they are all glossy and poor contrast. E-ink pearl with amazon's matt glass (or whatever it is) cover is the best looking, most readable display available- why would they wreck it by adding touch capability?

I can see adding wifi, and I can see updating the 'joystick" to the K3 type- both would be improvements.

I can survive without wifi- a USB cable works fine, and Duokan takes care of adding additional formats and better pdf handling for now, so they would have to make some really awesome updates for me to want to switch to a new model.

01-22-2011, 02:32 PM	#22
Mark Rehorst was engr, now dentist Posts: 143 Karma: 18558 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Riverside, Ca Device: Kindle DXG	DXG pdf handling can be improved- this is proven by Duokan- so memory isn't a limitation on that front. Touch screen? I doubt it. Look at the display on any touchscreen e-ink reader out- they are all glossy and poor contrast. E-ink pearl with amazon's matt glass (or whatever it is) cover is the best looking, most readable display available- why would they wreck it by adding touch capability? I can see adding wifi, and I can see updating the 'joystick" to the K3 type- both would be improvements. I can survive without wifi- a USB cable works fine, and Duokan takes care of adding additional formats and better pdf handling for now, so they would have to make some really awesome updates for me to want to switch to a new model.