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I think it has to do with the touch screen. I have two Sonys, a Nook Classic, and a tablet. All three have touch screens.
The Nook has touch only on that little LCD screen at the bottom. It's a terrible touch screen, drives me nuckin' futz. You can turn pages with swipes, but they have to be grand, dramatic swipes, with a good solid press of the finger. Fingerprints aren't a big deal since the touch screen strip isn't something I look at any more than I have to. But I still end up using the buttons to turn pages, much of the time. And even that isn't very satisfactory - those buttons need a harder push then they should.
The Viewsonic gTablet has a touch screen that is far more responsive. And the Aldiko reader I installed is nice, I like how you just tap to turn the pages, instead of swiping. It's comfortable to use. But it shows fingerprints like mad, which is annoying.
The Sonys have a much easier touch screen to use. Very responsive to the lightest touch. And since I have dry skin, and the screen has a matte texture, I don't have trouble with fingerprints. About the only thing I can imagine that would improve the experience, would be to have a tap turn the page, instead of a swipe. But since the swipe can be minimal, it's not hard to do and I quickly got used to it. If I am eating, and my hands are messy, I sometimes push the button with my knuckle to turn pages, but mostly I do use the touch screen.
So my position on this, is that a *good* touch screen is preferable to buttons, but buttons beat a bad touch screen.
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