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Originally Posted by Lordblacknail
I would love to have a new paperwhite Kindle, but I will never ever buy an eBook reader that has a touch screen. Am I the only one that feels this way? I own four Kindle 3 3g's all of them have page turn buttons.
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I'm one of the minority who doesn't like touch devices. I broke down and bought an iPhone earlier this year to replace my Blackberry Torch. The Torch was my ideal smartphone -- a touch screen with a slideout keyboard. I text a lot less these days on the iPhone because it's so difficult to always have to be making corrections when the stupid thing can't tell where my finger is touching. I also read from time to time on the iPhone and there are many times when the Kindle app thinks that I've highlighted some text when a finger gets too close to the screen.
My favorite of all readers I have used in the K3 (Kindle keyboard). I used to make a lot of notes when I would read -- not so much these days -- and I'd be happy to give up the keyboard, but I really want page turn buttons. With the K3, I can hold the reader in one hand, and turn the pages with just a small movement of my thumb. On a touch device, if I'm holding it with my left hand -- which I tend to do -- I wouldn't be able to reach the right side of the screen to turn the page. So it means having to move my right hand to the device each time a page needs turning.
I have told Amazon to notify me when the PW2 with 3G becomes available to order. I think I'll take a look at one -- with the option of returning it for a full refund if I find it unworkable.