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Old 06-06-2011, 11:06 AM   #184
astra
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Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500
I voted for
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I like touchscreen, but with physical page-turn buttons.
because I see using page-turn buttons as an alternative. On a whim, certain circumstances, etc. Mind you, the question is about physical page-turn buttons only. It is not a general usage of touch screen vs. physical buttons.
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I believe this poll is very precise. The way Sony Reader PRS 3/650 is made is 98% perfect for me. The only physical button I miss is a History button. Then again it is a battery usage to its bare minimum miser in me speaks . Accessing History is not a problem or time consuming, only a few clicks away. Home and Options buttons are a must and Sony recognises it and put them in place

I would say that I use physical page-turn buttons vs. touch screen swipe 60/40. Out of 40% of physical usage, 1/2 is the old habit. Sometimes I catch myself on using buttons instead of screen (because the buttons are placed in exactly the same place where the buttons were located on PRS-505 that I used for 3 years daily!) and start using screen, because it more convenient. This happens when the buttons are inconvenient in comparison to swiping, it only takes me some time to realise why and what I am doing, because the old habits die hard. Just because I sometimes use physical page-turn buttons instead of touch screen, it no way hints that I
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prefer non-touch for at least some purposes
It is only a nice, not a necessary, alternative to have for 20% of the ebbok reader usage.
I repeat myself, just in case there is a misunderstanding and as a reminder, in this particular poll for at least some purposes is physical page-turn buttons is the only function we discuss.

I sincerely hope I made myself clear enough this time.
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