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Originally Posted by Anarel
The "They" of which you speak, Publishers, are going to cling to DRM as long as humanely possible, and having only one book format, one DRM to push onto books isn't going to make them throw up the white flag. If anything, having only one book format to sell books with might even make them dig in their heels, extend this stupid war.
Yes, a lot of other ereaders are use ADE and Epub, but it is wholly unfair of you to lay the blame at Amazon's doorstep. There are different versions of Epub out there, with different flavors of DRM on top, so it certainly isn't as if the entire world has joined hands under DRM-less epub and Amazon is just the one being contrary.
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There is ePub with different DRM. There is some different ePub, but that different ePub is from Apple and that's non-standard and maybe not really ePub. B&N is the same ePub under the hood that Sony sells. Just the DRM is different. Now, as for the publishers, sure, they'll want to cling to outdated imperial dogma not what's been mandated by the masses. But when we finally have DRM removed, it will be ePub vs. Mobipocket unless Amazon changes things before then. But even with DRM, Amazon is being contrary.
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And to be honest, I don't see how touch screens will improve my reading experience. Ok yes, I can tap on a word to get the definition as opposed to scrolling up the screen with a directional pad, but short of that.. what else is a touch screen good for?
Tapping the screen to turn the page is exactly the same as pressing a button, and a finger swipe, depending on the size of the e-reader and the weight, isn't as simple as pressing a button.
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Buttons will most likely wear out before the IR touch will. So that prolongs the life of the device by using the touch as much as possible instead of the buttons. Also, with the IR touch, people who have some difficulties with buttons will find the touch to be quite helpful. Also, with the 650, you don;t need buttons on either side to make it handy for left or right handed people. You just set which swipe direction you want. Fingerprints are not really an issue as some would have us believe.
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My K3 has a keyboard and it is only slightly bigger than the New Simple Touch Nook, so what on Earth are people complaining about when the keyboard is a waste of space? They have the same screen size, nearly the same weight- certainly not enough of a difference between the two to seriously consider the difference in weight, But there, a touch screen for data input, and what does that do so much better than a physical keyboard that it would make my reading experience so much better?
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But in that case, if the physical keyboard is removed in favor of an on-screen keyboard, then the Kindle could be made even smaller and maybe lighter.