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Originally Posted by alansplace
wow! you wouldn't believe how long i've been thinking about saying exactly that.
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I have said that very thing on other message boards. Yeah, it should probably go without saying that it's an opinion, not fact - but it would nip a lot of unpleasant discussions in the bud if people would just say it anyway. When someone doesn't add IMO, it can come across as a blunt statement of fact rather than opinion, and sets things off. Then again, that's what lots of folks enjoy...IMO
As far as the subject at hand (touch screen vs keyboard) I was a diehard keyboard gal until I played with the current Sony touch screens and the Nook's new touch screen. I liked them. I haven't had my K3 long, and I love it even more than I loved my K2. But a touch screen Kindle will be hard for me to resist, especially if they make some of the other changes users have been hoping for.
As far as what's coming for the "Kindle 4", the only clues we really have are from the WSJ article that came out about a month ago - which said that
"Amazon plans to introduce two updated versions of its black-and-white Kindle in this year's third quarter, people familiar with the matter said. One of the new Kindles will have a touch screen, which current models don't have." These in addition to the Android tablet that they're strongly rumored to be introducing. Keeping the keyboard as an option would be smart on their part - not only do some readers prefer an actual keyboard, judging from what I read on various message boards there's a segment of readers that actually "need" a keyboard rather than a touch screen.
Read more:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...#ixzz1VLBgwvjJ