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macminer · 09-28-2011, 02:37 PM

I wonder what's behind the decision to remove keyboard from the basic Kindle. Does it really cost $20 (the price difference from current "Kindle keyboard") to put a hardware keyboard? Or is it in order to make the Kindle look as small and casual as possible?

Even if you don't use the keyboard for web browsing, making notes etc., you still need to enter text to search in the Amazon store, Wikipedia or inside the book, to create a new book collection etc. With the 4-d pad as the only option this is going to be really painful...
Is the basic Kindle meant to be just a device for reading fiction?

09-28-2011, 02:37 PM	#73
macminer Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 660420 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Poland Device: Boox Nova 3, Lenovo Tab 4 8" (formerly many others)	Ereader with neither keyboard nor touch? NO, thanks! I wonder what's behind the decision to remove keyboard from the basic Kindle. Does it really cost $20 (the price difference from current "Kindle keyboard") to put a hardware keyboard? Or is it in order to make the Kindle look as small and casual as possible? Even if you don't use the keyboard for web browsing, making notes etc., you still need to enter text to search in the Amazon store, Wikipedia or inside the book, to create a new book collection etc. With the 4-d pad as the only option this is going to be really painful... Is the basic Kindle meant to be just a device for reading fiction?