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Yes, I was just at my local B&N to compare the screen of the Touch with that of my Kindle and 950. All of the talk about differences in clarity, background shade and quality is ridiculous. It's possible people are comparing demo units and one of these has seen massive amounts of abuse, but beyond that scenario I can't fathom any source for the rumor but imperfect recollection: weighing one's separate memories of the experience of using each reader as if the comparison were side-by-side. All of the devices I compared were in as-new condition and there was no appreciable difference in screen whiteness, font clarity, etc., etc.
The Touch, BTW, is the best thing B&N has done ergonomically; in terms of the UI and file organization, it's on par with the Nook Color.
The place where it shines (pre-rooting) is in font choices: There looked to be ten possibilities pre-installed and some were better than any I've seen offered by Amazon or Sony. Nothing compares to the feeling of touching the word font and getting a long pull-down menu of styles.
The form factor, which is even smaller than the 650's, and lack of a keyboard make the Touch a viable alternative to the 350 it isn't quite small enough to replace.
Last edited by Prestidigitweeze; 06-19-2011 at 08:34 PM.
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