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Originally Posted by fugazied
The problem with physical keyboards is that they take so much room! Devices without them can be more compact and really how often do you use the Kindle keyboard. For me at least it's all about opening books and turning pages, incredibly simple.
For that a touch screen would suffice and make for a far more elegant device. I think Amazon will go the touch route simply because other companies are doing it (Apple, Nook, Sony) and Amazon will see that as remaining competitive.
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It's all just a matter of how much you need to type on a device.
I don't need it at all. On my leisure reader I just need basic buttons (page turns etc.). On a future work tablet I just need basic buttons and a stylus for marking up things.
I'll stick to Amazon.com for browsing and buying books etc. Just much quicker and easier than trying to type with my thumbs and dealing with the slow wireless and slow e-ink refresh rates.
But I can see where other's need them, so no reason to not have models (or brands) with and without keyboards so there's something for eveyone's needs.