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Old 06-20-2011, 12:49 AM   #111
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Again APK I think it's going to be interesting to see the reaction if/when Amazon puts out a touch kindle. I do having a feeling that many who dismiss a touch interface and will scream to the high heavens at how great the kindle is in it's current form will all of a sudden start cheering how wonderful the new kindle touch is. Not all but I think many upon many will.
The only other dedicated e-reader I've used is the Nook Color. I wasn't particularly impressed with the touch experience there. I'm not a big fan of the Kindle's keyboard, but at least it has a physical keyboard. Every touch interface I've used, I've missed the tactile feedback. (Haptic feedback just isn't the same thing. When I touch a screen w/ haptic feedback, my reaction is, "Great, I touched something. But how is that helping me know what I touched?". )

It's not impossible that Amazon will greatly improve the touch experience, but if they don't -- and all else being equal -- I won't consider upgrading. Giving me less surface area to touch safely while not greatly improving my navigation isn't something I would consider an upgrade.

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and most kindle owners don't feel locked in because most don't even know they are locked in well beside public domain Mobiformat, When my friends and co workers who own kindles found out I was able to get library books and buy from stores other than BN they were shocked. You see the thing is, most kindle owner arent MR forum regulars. Many don't even know about Calbire, nor have even heard of ePub and many bought a kindle because that was the more advertised device.
Now while that may not be the case for the average MR forum regular to the rest, it's quite true.
The library book thing is good. That's an advantage the epub devices have definitely had. Hopefully Amazon will be addressing that soon. But I'm still not seeing this huge raft of books I can buy from other stores I can't buy from Amazon.

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but we'll have to revisit this conversation when the kindle touch is release and then it'll be soo magical
True enough, although I'm not so sure about the "magical" part. I think that if Amazon released anything "magical", they'd get a lawsuit from Apple, since they think they have a patent on "magic".
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