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Originally Posted by shinew
So after using my Kindle Touch for a week, I'm debating wether to send it back or to wait for a firmware update to possibly fix some of the issues I have with it.
For both hardware & software, I prefer the Non-touch version:
- kindle touch looks & feels "bulky" compares to NT
- it is noticeably heavier than the NT.
- every operation is slower compares to the NT, from page turning to going back to home page. It feels laggy while NT does not and it has nothing to do with indexing.
- instead of the flushed power button on the NT, KT's one is raised, so I accidentally click on it all the time, even when I read a book.
- ghosting is significantly worse on the KT(my replacement unit arrived yesterday, same ghosting issue). Although this is most likely going to be fixed by a firmware update.
- this one is more of a personal preference, but I like the almost flushed design from the screen to the bazel for the NT, I find the KT's recessed screen(to accomodate for the IR sensor) less comfortable to look at for reading.
The only thing that I really like on the KT is the X-Ray feature. However that's mostly useful for the first 20% of the book. After that, I find that I don't need to access it as much. But still, it's nice to have it.
Overall I agree with those who said the KT feels like a rushed product. My recommendation to my friends and others would be to pass on the KT and wait for amazon's next iteration unless the X-Ray feature is very important to you.
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I cannot comment regarding performance relative to KNT as I don't have one. But relative to my Nook Touch, yes, it is slower. That could be addressed by software update.
Obviously its physical characteristics cannot be addressed by a software update. As for the bezel depth, that is, as you note, due to the IR technology. It is the same on all devices that use it (Nook Touch, Kobo Touch, Sony). I don't personally have issue with any of this.
Ghosting seems to be an issue for me, but I don't seen nearly the volume of forum comments that complain about this. So I'm getting a replacement and hopefully it will be better.
To me the biggest problems are to do with text selection. It seems to be the least capable of any Kindle I've had:
- can't start on one page and end on another
- can't adjust the selection once it is made, which you need because you can't really tell what you have selected until your finger moves off of the initial/ending points
I also greatly miss being able to change orientation. This would largely mitigate the issues with the power button being pushed accidentally, or having USB or headphone wires in the way (if you could flip the orientation 180). And landscape viewing makes PDF viewing much more usable.
Also I had expected the 'international' features of K4 (option to change UI language, additional dictionaries for French, Spanish etc.). Maybe this will be added so they can sell in Europe.
They should make it easier to launch the browser. There used to be a 'Goto' option on Home screen search that did this, but it is gone.
TTS now covers up part of the screen it is reading, which is a little annoying. Couldn't they hide it and leave a button in the status area to reveal it?
Picture viewer is gone, too, and the reader.prefs is no longer visible, so no margin/justification/font hack unless someone figures out a different way.
Speaking of PDF, we do have a couple of new features: TOC view, and TTS capabilities. Maybe K4 has TOC also but K3 did not.
So far I haven't used X-Ray enough to like it. The main problem is that there aren't many books that have it and there's no way to tell prior to purchasing.