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Originally Posted by Rizla
Are you sure about that? I assumed that the Paperwhite uses infrared touch like Sony (no extra layer) and that the lighting is provided lights around the edge of the screen (like the nook and kobo?). As such, there should be no degradation in quality.
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Originally Posted by Ripplinger
The Kindle Paperwhite has a capacitive touch screen, it's not infrared like we're used to on the Sony.
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The Kindle Touch used infrared, the capacitive touch is a new feature for the Kindle Paperwhite, and it should make the touch screen more responsive and versatile. It's been described as like a invisible coat of paint over the screen, so it shouldn't have any impact, but only time will tell if it has any effect on the screen quality.
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The light doesn't come from around the edges like other readers either, it has its own layer.
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I think this is incorrect, as both the Nook Glowlight and Kobo Glo have a layer to help guide the light over the screen too. There is certainly an extra layer on the Nook and minimal damage is causing hotspots to appear on the screen. Both the Kobo & Kindle have done something different so as not to suffer that same problem (a Kobo rep specifically stated this over in the Kobo forum, though not mentioning the Nook by name). What is different about the Kindle is that the lights are at the bottom edge of the screen only (I'm not sure about the Kobo Glo), and this is supposedly an improvement.
It's going to be interesting to see how the new e-readers perform, and while Sony have definitely missed the boat and fallen behind, I guess from a Sony point of view, they'll look at the positives and they'll have plenty of feedback and time to come up with their own solution for the next version of their reader.