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Originally Posted by Shopaholic
Thanks.  I appreciate that.
I do play around but unfortunately I was serious about the touching of the screen. Depending on how I'm sitting or lying, I hold the reader on the sides or bottom and the hands and fingers twitch and do touch the screen or sometimes just flip the whole darn thing over and I end up increasing font size or going to the home page. LOL Oh well, we all have to deal with what we have to deal with. I choose to laugh at myself. Life's too short to cry all the time.
But it was/is a genuine concern of mine with regards to the touch screen readers. I have played with them in the stores but it's hard to get a real feel with the units being tethered or anchored to a display stand so I was looking to read how everyday users deal with accidental touching of the screen.
Otherwise everything else looks fabulous about the unit - smaller, lighter in weight, brighter, more memory etc. The price is certainly attractive. An off button for the touch would be awesome but I doubt they'll go that way. |
I often hold my 650 in my left hand, with all but my thumb behind it, with that finger resting on the page forward button to turn the page. When I do advance by swiping, it's more common that I didn't swipe forcefully enough than that the screen was too sensitive.
Where I will say your condition will be a factor is footnotes: they are tiny and one has to hit them
JUST right (with the stylus) to get them to open. You shouldn't have too much trouble with dictionary tapping individual words though.