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Originally Posted by JSWolf
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 K1 is still kicking- meaning the buttons are all in perfect working order- and Jesus, it has a face and body only nostalgia could love.
But speaking of people with certain difficulties- say people with sight issues- won't a touch screen make it more difficult for them to operate the device? Going all touch screen all the time is certainly going to alienate users who REQUIRE buttons to operate their devices, who navigate them by feel. That is why Amazon implemented the Voice Menu in the K3, probably in part to deal with the accusations that the DX is unfair in a school setting because the sight impaired couldn't use it.