Thread: Are you going to buy the now $79 kindle?
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Old 10-04-2011, 04:19 PM   #21
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I would be curious to see whether the touch screen makes the readability worse.

The Sony (one of the first e-ink based touch screens) has a lot more glare and less contrast than the non-touch readers (Kindle, Cybook, etc...)
All recent touch screen e-readers, including Sony, use infra red beams.
Readability is not affected.

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A touch screen can't be anything but a layer on top of the e-ink screen, then it must affect the contrast and reflect more light.
Yes it can, and no it does not. See above.
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Anyone has already made a direct comparison?

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