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Old 05-28-2008, 07:21 AM   #9
formulajay
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
You want to get fingerprints all over the screen? Hardware buttons - IMHO - work far better than a touch screen for a bookreader!
I totally agree with you on this point, touch screens are great but I don't think that they would serve such a great purpose on a bookreader. I have a cell phone that has a touch screen and indoors(and also due to the backlight masking some of them) you do not see all the finger marks on the screen yet when I use the device outside or even near a window on a sunny day it becomes evident just how dirty the screen gets from usage.

I would think that the problem would be even more evident without a backlight to mask some of those marks. Also, I am not sure how well the illiad works with the touchscreen, but I would think because of the limitations of e-ink technology that the responsiveness would not be anywhere near an LCD touchscreen device.
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