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Originally Posted by disconnected
I can kind of understand that reaction. I've had several pocket pcs, phones, and tablets over the years -- and they've all given the impression of being good, solid, well-made, "serious" electronic devices, becoming ever "sleeker" (a favorite word among reviewers) through the years.
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Reviewers seem to have it in for bezels and I just don't understand that. All of my Nooks have chunky bezels and reviewers love to mention it. But it makes them easy to hold. The Clara has slim bezels, but the sunken screen helps.
The new Paperwhite with its thin bezels and flush screen just seems set up to pick up errant touches. The fact you can turn off the touch screen seems to indicate they know the bezels are getting too thin.
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Ereaders seem to have taken a more circuitous route. We've had klunky (early Kindles), glitzy (raspberry-red metal-flake Sony), grippable (soft-edged Nooks), multi-purpose (Elipsa, Sage), with sizes from compact (first Oasis and first Aura) to large (current state of affairs).
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I think it's funny how buttons have gone from being old tech to premium features.
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The Oasis, to me, really took a big step along that "serious" or "premium-seeming" road when it went from the small sized model to the bigger size.
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I think the Voyage was the big step for Kindles into premium territory. I never bought one but just looking at the design, it looked much nicer than other ereaders.