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Originally Posted by davidfor
Except that a lot of the touch devices use IR based touch instead of capacitive. This means no extra layers affecting the screen. Most of the recent devices seem to have changed to capacitive, but the screens in these devices are much better than the older non-touch that it probably isn't comparable.
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Mostly speaking from the Kindle world, I can tell you that the Kindle Keyboard and NT4 have darker, sharper fonts than the Kindle Touch and the Basic 7 & 8. (I used to own a 7, I currently own an 8). I know they all use Infrared, so there was some other design decision involved. The first Kindle I bought (and gave away to my brother) was a Kindle Touch. I didn't like it because the fonts were lighter than the Nook Simple Touch I already owned. (I was frustrated because the ads were nice and dark, so it wasn't an issue eInk screen, it was design decision.) The next Kindle I bought I was an NT4 -- which quickly became my "go-to" reader. I only started to regularly use a Touch (another one I bought) AFTER I discovered I could install the Constantia font on it using an easy hack. That's the only font I use on it but it's still not as sharp as the NT4 (or the fonts on the Keyboards). The Sony 350, 650 and 950, using the Constantia font embedded with Calibre, come very close to matching the NT4 and Keyboards for font darkness and sharpness. They're better than the Touch or Nook Simple Touch or the Kobo Touches. The Sonys, in general (even the older ones like the 300 and 505) have very clear, sharp screens (except for the those with the terrible touchscreen layer (the 600, 700 and 900). Obviously I'm not able to speak for anything more modern with a front-lit screen and higher resolution than 600x800.