Thread: The future of e-book readers
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Old 09-22-2009, 12:49 PM   #108
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Originally Posted by Solicitous View Post
I have to ask, what is the fascination with the new line of ereaders really starting to push the use of touch screens? I can see some benefits to usability of the device with a touch screen, but I can't think of anything worse than trying to sit back, enjoy reading whilst trying to not focus on dirty fingerprints on the screen.
For me it only matters when they add in a stylus for writing notes, and have full web browsing etc.

I don't have any desire for a touch screen on a dedicated e-ink screen. I'd rather push buttons to turn pages, and I seldom look up words etc. so I don't care about it being easier to touch the word than move a cursor to it etc.

But it if was an LCD screen, and I could write notes on my documents/books with a stylus, use the touch screen for web surfing, games etc., then I'd be all for it. But I have no use for it on a dedicated e-ink reader.
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