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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'd go for the Kindle Touch. A touch screen is easier to use for someone who may have arthritis than physical buttons are.
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I will have to beg to differ with you on this opinion. I don't think you could get much worse arthritis than my mom has and she much prefers the K4NT buttons to a touch screen. You can rest your finger on the button all the time, then just press down to page turn, whereas with a touch you have to move your finger back and forth from the bezel to the screen. Now, if we were talking the Nook simple touch then yeah, the touch is easier than the buttons. Those are some hard buttons to push. But the K4NT buttons are super easy to push. Plus the placement of them is just perfect.
Some people with arthritis also have a problem getting their fingers to do exactly what they want them to do. So trying to push the little tiny space on a touch screen to type is harder for them than using a physical button, as long as the physical button is easy to press. Mom hasn't had any problem pushing the little buttons at the bottom to bring up the menu to turn on wifi, or change font, or anything else.
But, everyone's arthritis is different. What works for one person may not work for another.
S