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Rizla · 10-25-2011, 10:24 PM

Depends how much functionality you want.

The currently available dumbed-down no-touch no-keyboard is fine if all you want to do is read fiction.

The Touch version has no buttons. Personally I couldn't live with that. Maybe the browser is better than on the keyboard version? That might matter to you.

If I was going to get a Kindle, I'd get the keyboard version. Yeah, the keyboard is clunky, but it's got a lot of functionality (sound, text to speech, maybe 3G free browsing?) that the others lack. Apparently the letters rub off the keys on the black version, so a white one might be a good idea.

10-25-2011, 10:24 PM	#4
Rizla Member Retired Posts: 3,183 Karma: 11721895 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Nook STR (rooted) & Sony T2	Depends how much functionality you want. The currently available dumbed-down no-touch no-keyboard is fine if all you want to do is read fiction. The Touch version has no buttons. Personally I couldn't live with that. Maybe the browser is better than on the keyboard version? That might matter to you. If I was going to get a Kindle, I'd get the keyboard version. Yeah, the keyboard is clunky, but it's got a lot of functionality (sound, text to speech, maybe 3G free browsing?) that the others lack. Apparently the letters rub off the keys on the black version, so a white one might be a good idea.