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Originally Posted by HarryT
On the other hand, for only $20 more money, you're getting a whole lot more reader: double the battery life, almost 3x the amount of storage space, text-to-speech, etc. Personally I think that's worth spending the extra $20 for, but obviously that's very much a personal decision that everyone has to make for themselves.
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These are the reasons I opted for the non-touch--
I have a strong preference for page-turn buttons. I often eat while reading, so I'd rather not touch the reading screen itself with french fry fingers. I had also heard that the screen on the touch was a little slower to respond than the page-turn buttons, but was also easy to accidentally activate and jump around chapters/pages (my sister-in-law's had an issue with that on her touch; I presume sleeping it is a work-around but I'm not too crazy about having to do that either). I've already used a nook for a long time and found I don't enter text to the point where using the 5-way controller is an issue. I also know I'm a bit heavyhanded with a touchscreen, and that I'm never gonna use any of the audio features or games.
I also wanted the option for landscape reading and to be able to use the Calibre Kindle Collections plugin. The storage/battery time on the NT is not ideal, but I have no issues archiving stuff and recharging--what's on the NT is way, way better than my 1st gen nook (which I also plan to use until it dies, since it has books on it I still haven't read).
I wasn't dead-set against the touch but combine those things with the cheaper price, I'd say I'm happy with the non-touch so far. I used the extra money to get the cover and buy an ebook
