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m_bisson · 06-13-2012, 09:29 PM

There's a lot more infra-red light outdoors than indoors, and if the sun is directly hitting it then that's loaaadss of IR. The Touch uses IR to sense your "touches" and it's probably being fooled by the extra IR.

06-13-2012, 09:29 PM	#7
m_bisson Groupie Posts: 170 Karma: 25803 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: kobo touch :)	There's a lot more infra-red light outdoors than indoors, and if the sun is directly hitting it then that's loaaadss of IR. The Touch uses IR to sense your "touches" and it's probably being fooled by the extra IR.