Touch may be coming to Kindle. - Page 2

rhadin · 05-24-2011, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I HATE hate HATE touch!!! and have it on my Android

I, OTOH, love the Sony 950's touchscreen and wouldn't consider buying an ereader device without it. Everything is easier with my Sony 950 than it was with my Sony 505, not that anything was particularly difficult with the 505.

pendragginp · 05-24-2011, 06:50 AM

I agree, I love the touch screen on my 650; love other things about my K3. The combination would be a good thing. =)

DiapDealer · 05-24-2011, 07:19 AM

As long as they leave the physical page-turn buttons on it (the Kindle itself, I don't care about a tablet), they can "touch it up" all they want.

kindlekitten · 05-24-2011, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

If I put the Sony650 and K3 next to each other, you can't see a difference (on the screen that is).

And KK, why do you hate touchscreens?

I can't stand the way it doesn't respond when I REALLY need it to. I hate the way my turned off screen on my Android looks

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Originally Posted by Donnageddon

Well, it looks like someone is touchy!

indeed

and fwiw, I always round up... even if something is $127, then it is immediately $130 in my brain

boswd · 05-24-2011, 10:36 AM

touch better come to kindle because after the kobo yesterday, the nook today, Sony's great devices the kindle look really REALLY dated.

JSWolf · 05-24-2011, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by crich70

But won't that lead to glare problems?

IR touch has no more glare then the K3 does now.

JSWolf · 05-24-2011, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I can't stand the way it doesn't respond when I REALLY need it to. I hate the way my turned off screen on my Android looks

Well, after using a 650 for long enough, the IR touch is quite responsive. So I don't see much of an issue there.

ardeegee · 05-24-2011, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I can't stand the way it doesn't respond when I REALLY need it to.

This is how responsive the IR touch technology is.

kindlekitten · 05-24-2011, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ardeegee

This is how responsive the IR touch technology is.

so is the technology on androids different?

ardeegee · 05-24-2011, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

so is the technology on androids different?

Yes. Until yesterday, the Sony x50 series were the only readers that used that touch screen technology. There are several different touch screen technologies, which you can skip reading this summary of (I know you don't Wiki.)

Penforhire · 05-24-2011, 05:49 PM

Being enamored with the IR touch screen on my 650 I hope it happens and would make such a Kindle a serious contender for my next e-reader. Hardly a day goes by without several double-taps on a word to instantly look it up in the dictionary. And I now like the page turn motion (since I don't have to "press" at all).

Don't forget the Sony still also has page turn buttons if you're a touch-phobe. I would want those on a Kindle as well. There are times when I still use a button press (oily/buttered/jellied fingers for example).

DiapDealer · 05-24-2011, 07:02 PM

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Don't forget the Sony still also has page turn buttons if you're a touch-phobe. I would want those on a Kindle as well.

Frankly, that's all I care about. As long as they don't move/remove those physical page turn buttons... I'm good. I read one-handed, and turn pages with just the slightest twitch of my thumb. Would I still be able to do that with a touch screen? That's a serious question for those of you with touch screens already. I'm sincerely curious

Dictionary lookups and navigation aren't a factor for me. An infinitesimal fraction of my time is spent doing any of those things. I open a book, and read one twitch at time until the book's done... then I open another one and repeat. I never have more than a handful of books at any one time on my reader. So, the advantages of a touch screen would be wasted on me. So go for it Amazon... just don't deprive me of my buttons.

SolRaven · 05-24-2011, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by crich70

But won't that lead to glare problems?

My 650 is sharper than my Kindle 2 and my PRS 505. I gave my 505 away after I saw the screen on the 650. My K2 is now the reader I'll drag around and not worry about.

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

I can't stand the way it doesn't respond when I REALLY need it to. I hate the way my turned off screen on my Android looks

What kind of Android do you have? It sounds like an internal problem. Even electronics w/ real buttons sometimes have trouble responding. How many times have you had to take the battery out of your basic cell phone because it wouldn't respond to any of the buttons? If anything, the failure rate is less in newer electronics, unless it's new technology.

SensualPoet · 05-24-2011, 10:41 PM

In Canada, the pre-order price is $139.00 ... fwiw ... a $9.01 difference.

The Amazon Kindle 3 is $139.99 + shipping (no free shipping in Canada) AND the charger is an extra $20 (or $10 if you are lucky to notice an offer when ordering) PLUS Amazon does not support logs in Canada or games or leading magazines like New Yorker and charges $8 more for the New York Times subscription than Kobo ...

Oh, and Kindle's eventual support of public library lending also does not apply to Canada.

Plus B&N Nook is not sold or supported in Canada. And Sony only sells the 5" PRS-350 in Canada ... for $199.99.

In point of fact, you get quite a lot of value for Kobo in Canada.

foghat · 05-24-2011, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by SensualPoet

The Amazon Kindle 3 is $139.99 + shipping (no free shipping in Canada) AND the charger is an extra $20 (or $10 if you are lucky to notice an offer

Do you mean the charger for the kindle is an extra $20???

All 3 of the Kindle 3's I received came with the charger at no extra cost.

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05-24-2011, 06:50 AM	#17
pendragginp Guru Posts: 985 Karma: 4567263 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The End Of The Earth Device: Several	I agree, I love the touch screen on my 650; love other things about my K3. The combination would be a good thing. =)

05-24-2011, 07:19 AM	#18
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,574 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	As long as they leave the physical page-turn buttons on it (the Kindle itself, I don't care about a tablet), they can "touch it up" all they want.

05-24-2011, 10:36 AM	#20
boswd Banned Posts: 2,391 Karma: 1001781 Join Date: May 2010 Device: The Nook, Nook color and Droid X	touch better come to kindle because after the kobo yesterday, the nook today, Sony's great devices the kindle look really REALLY dated.

05-24-2011, 05:49 PM	#26
Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	Being enamored with the IR touch screen on my 650 I hope it happens and would make such a Kindle a serious contender for my next e-reader. Hardly a day goes by without several double-taps on a word to instantly look it up in the dictionary. And I now like the page turn motion (since I don't have to "press" at all). Don't forget the Sony still also has page turn buttons if you're a touch-phobe. I would want those on a Kindle as well. There are times when I still use a button press (oily/buttered/jellied fingers for example).

05-24-2011, 10:41 PM	#29
SensualPoet Wizard Posts: 2,302 Karma: 2607151 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Asus ZenPad 3, Kobo Glo	In Canada, the pre-order price is $139.00 ... fwiw ... a $9.01 difference. The Amazon Kindle 3 is $139.99 + shipping (no free shipping in Canada) AND the charger is an extra $20 (or $10 if you are lucky to notice an offer when ordering) PLUS Amazon does not support logs in Canada or games or leading magazines like New Yorker and charges $8 more for the New York Times subscription than Kobo ... Oh, and Kindle's eventual support of public library lending also does not apply to Canada. Plus B&N Nook is not sold or supported in Canada. And Sony only sells the 5" PRS-350 in Canada ... for $199.99. In point of fact, you get quite a lot of value for Kobo in Canada.