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Originally Posted by SkookumPete
Over the last year we've all been saturated with advertising for touch-screen devices (enough to support a generation of "hand models" -- nod to George Costanza) and this has the effect of making the Kindle buttons look dowdy. But is touch-screen really an improvement?
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I wouldn't say that a touchscreen is inherently an improvement, but given how little I actually use the keyboard on my kindle compared with the other buttons, I can't honestly think I'd miss it, whereas I would notice a k4 being smaller or even having a larger screen in the same size as a k3. Realistically, it all comes down to how people use their ebook readers as to what features matter most to them, as somebody who adds notes to everything they read is going to be using their keyboard far more than somebody like me who simply reads through his books and just needs navigation keys.
One thing to consider is that if there isn't another screen upgrade that would make the k3 look worse than a k4 then the ebook market is probably big enough that amazon could simply add a kindle touch to the existing range giving people more options regardless of their preference.