ok! all these inputs are really valuable. i've "almost" made up my mind to go for the touch - here's why.
jetbook and similar color readers are new kid on the block. investment-wise it'll be bad buying decision. i'm a first time buyer and don't wanna take any chances. let's wait for this technology to mature a bit.
nook and kobo are good alternatives but after-sales service, customer support, availability of content etc are non-existent for my country . but for kindle i can buy books without paying the cross-currency fees ie i can pay in my own currency. i guess amazon have stopped accepting orders for touch to push paperwhite ( domestic ) sales but it's still available for us.
amazon-india store is known as junglee-dot-com.
http://www.junglee.com/b/683893031/r...rd_i=807881031
i must confess that the innovative "reading in the dark" feature is very enticing, practical and must-have if you have a spouse or partner. but i'm not gonna loose my slumber worrying whether my new paperwhite is a-ok or not. i'll play safe and stick with touch.
anyway, i'm really curious to know is this "1-inch" a real game-changer? i mean - reading comics and magazines on a 7-inch tablet vs a 6-inch ebook reader??
i also didn't get this part of the story. why "some" and not "all" are complaining about paperwhite? does that imply the technology / engineering design is perfect but incorrectly implemented in some gadgets ( due to manufacturing / quality control issues or whatever )??
thank you all for helping me out! contributions are still welcome.