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Originally Posted by lunixer
Somehow, I'm not sure how, Amazon gave me an $85 credit towards any Kindle content or device. I'm thinking about buying a K Touch to replace my current Keyboard. I love my keyboard and am not sure if I'll like the touch. Does your screen get smudgy? Do you find the touch part distracting? Do you frequently interact with the device accidentally? I'm not interested in the fourth gen regular Kindle because the battery life is shorter than the K3. Anyway, what do you think?
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My biggest nark with my KT is that it will sometimes get a stray hair on the screen (I have a veritable petting zoo in my home so this is not uncommon) and to remove it I have to blow on the screen or put the screen saver on and give it a good wipe. I use my Touch a LOT and haven't ever noticed smudges or marks on it, because when you're reading you just tap the lower right of the screen and the page changes. There isn't a lot of high contact like you'd get with a smartphone or tablet.
Plus, the screen has some sort of fancy anti-glare finish that doesn't seem to hold dirt or marks, and that helps a lot.
The Touch parts aren't distracting - though if you're used to a hidden button on the side to turn pages it will take a moment of adjustment. I find it very easy to rest the kindle on the palm of one hand and either use my thumb or a finger from my other hand to tap one side, even if I'm reading while lying on my side. Your hand is rarely in the way of what you're reading so you don't notice it.
I don't interact with the device accidentally...but I bet when you first got your KK you'd grab it by the keyboard part and mash buttons without meaning to. You learn. Plus, there isn't a lot you can do accidentally with the Touch screen. Maybe you'll skip a page further than you intended but it goes back quickly enough.
The battery life is excellent. I use mine every day for more than an hour and sometimes as much as 6 or 7 hours if it's a really good book, and I haven't had to charge it since it came out of the box. I've had it for about 6 weeks now, although I leave wifi turned off unless I've bought something.
Overall I would definitely recommend it and I hated the kindle at first - my stepdad got a basic K4 last year in November and I was really put off by how clumsy it is. He's useless so I ended up doing all of the setting up for him, entering wifi keys and loading books for him etc.
Definitely buy the Touch, if your KK is about ready to croak
