Touch Screen's Sensitivity

jpcapili · 10-25-2011, 10:36 AM

I'm considering buying Kindle 4 but still on the fence which model to buy. I've already narrowed it down to two: Kindle 4 (Non-Touch) and Kindle 4 Touch (no 3G), both with ads.

The K4 non-touch works great. Very light. However, it has smaller storage capacity than the Touch. The battery also lasts only one month compared to Touch's two months'. However, with Touch, I'm anxious that a single soft touch on the screen would flip the page. There's probably a good chance that you would do this often by accident, and it could get really annoying. Has anyone tried Nook Touch? How was your experience?

HarryT · 10-25-2011, 10:42 AM

With an IR touch screen you don't actually have to touch the screen at all - the IR beams are a little above the screen surface; you just have to "break" the beams with something in order to activate the "touch". I have a Sony with an IR touch screen - it works very well.

Noughty · 10-25-2011, 10:49 AM

I guess it means it is very sensitive since you don't even have to touch it. Can't get any more sensitive. I wish I could keep my finger on the screen,but seems unlikely.

jswinden · 10-25-2011, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Noughty

I guess it means it is very sensitive since you don't even have to touch it. Can't get any more sensitive. I wish I could keep my finger on the screen,but seems unlikely.

With the Sony readers and Kobo Touch, if you keep your finger on the screen it they go into a rapid page turn. You can quickly get lost in the book that way!

jpcapili · 10-25-2011, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

With the Sony readers and Kobo Touch, if you keep your finger on the screen it they go into a rapid page turn. You can quickly get lost in the book that way!

ouch.. and it looks like with Kindle 4 Touch, it takes two steps to dogear or add a bookmark. Unlike in Nook Touch, you just touch the upper right corner.

HarryT · 10-25-2011, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by jpcapili

ouch.. and it looks like with Kindle 4 Touch, it takes two steps to dogear or add a bookmark. Unlike in Nook Touch, you just touch the upper right corner.

Do you really find yourself adding bookmarks so frequently that this is going to cause you a problem? All readers have different command sequences for the different operations.

Blossom · 10-25-2011, 02:29 PM

I don't know about the Kindle Touch but on my phone I am notorious for flipping pages accidentally. It has a Capacitive screen so this was also a concern for me and why I decided to stay with just a regular K4. I find the battery life on the K4 to be much better then the battery life on my K3. I can leave WiFi on my K4 and it doesn't drain it at all.

I've read heavily on my K4 I expect to receive the charge message here shortly at the end of the week if I keep going. If I read like that on my K3 with WiFi off I would have needed to charge it a week ago.

I get about 3 weeks of battery on my K3 with my normal reading habits which about two Harlequin paperbacks a week and two weeks when I on a reading kick like now.

Since I had my K4 and I've read about 3 to 5 hours a day on it (that's 6 books) Four Harlequin books and two regular size romance novels and I have left WiFi on and I expect it to need a charge by the end of the week or sooner if I read more books.

So I say the battery life really isn't a issue with the K4. Now I can't compare it to the Touch but it's better then my K3 which has been sitting on its shelf doing nothing.

detayls · 10-25-2011, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

Since I had my K4 and I've read about 3 to 5 hours a day on it (that's 6 books) Four Harlequin books and two regular size romance novels and I have left WiFi on and I expect it to need a charge by the end of the week or sooner if I read more books.

I bet the battery would run down quicker on heavy non-fiction reading. Those romances sound very lightweight!

Blossom · 10-25-2011, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by detayls

I bet the battery would run down quicker on heavy non-fiction reading. Those romances sound very lightweight!

A typical modern romance book is about 500 to 550 pages with Harlequin being around 220 pages unless it's a SuperRomance book
then it's around 300 pages. It's mostly purely text. I would say around 80,000 to 160,000 words for a normal to epic size romance with 50,000 to 60,000 words for a Harlequin.

The pages are from the paperback versions not the ebooks seeing those change depending on the level of zoom you use.

I do have a few that are bigger then a Bible.

Not on ebook yet though.

10-25-2011, 10:36 AM	#1
jpcapili Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 24968 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Kindle Touch 3G	Touch Screen's Sensitivity I'm considering buying Kindle 4 but still on the fence which model to buy. I've already narrowed it down to two: Kindle 4 (Non-Touch) and Kindle 4 Touch (no 3G), both with ads. The K4 non-touch works great. Very light. However, it has smaller storage capacity than the Touch. The battery also lasts only one month compared to Touch's two months'. However, with Touch, I'm anxious that a single soft touch on the screen would flip the page. There's probably a good chance that you would do this often by accident, and it could get really annoying. Has anyone tried Nook Touch? How was your experience?

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10-25-2011, 10:42 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	With an IR touch screen you don't actually have to touch the screen at all - the IR beams are a little above the screen surface; you just have to "break" the beams with something in order to activate the "touch". I have a Sony with an IR touch screen - it works very well.

10-25-2011, 10:49 AM	#3
Noughty Addict Posts: 352 Karma: 103850 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Kindle NT	I guess it means it is very sensitive since you don't even have to touch it. Can't get any more sensitive. I wish I could keep my finger on the screen,but seems unlikely.

10-25-2011, 02:29 PM	#7
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	I don't know about the Kindle Touch but on my phone I am notorious for flipping pages accidentally. It has a Capacitive screen so this was also a concern for me and why I decided to stay with just a regular K4. I find the battery life on the K4 to be much better then the battery life on my K3. I can leave WiFi on my K4 and it doesn't drain it at all. I've read heavily on my K4 I expect to receive the charge message here shortly at the end of the week if I keep going. If I read like that on my K3 with WiFi off I would have needed to charge it a week ago. I get about 3 weeks of battery on my K3 with my normal reading habits which about two Harlequin paperbacks a week and two weeks when I on a reading kick like now. Since I had my K4 and I've read about 3 to 5 hours a day on it (that's 6 books) Four Harlequin books and two regular size romance novels and I have left WiFi on and I expect it to need a charge by the end of the week or sooner if I read more books. So I say the battery life really isn't a issue with the K4. Now I can't compare it to the Touch but it's better then my K3 which has been sitting on its shelf doing nothing.

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