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Originally Posted by manchuia
whenever I read criticism of touch screens that involve gunking up the screen it makes me wonder if people have truly stopped washing their hands. I have owned a number of touchscreen phones and find that a day or two's worth of fingerprints rarely detracts from the ability to accurately see the information on the screen. If it does I lock the device, take one wipe with my shirt and unlock the device. I am sure at the end of my life when I add up all the 5 seconds twice every week it has taken me to do this, I might wonder what I could have done with that extra day or so.
Regardless.
This is pretty neat, but for most I can see this not being a real necessity over the 500. The touchscreen is "neat" but only adds some of the functionality that you would have with other devices. If you really wanted a touchscreen (and for the cost) you can jump on the iliad train and at least get a wacom screen that allows note taking.
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I suspect note taking will work on this device, if not now then in the future. There is a virtual keyboard for searching which the 500 cannot do. I expect the touch screen will allow marking text and doing dictionary look up.
Dale