Should I replace my lost K3 with the same thing, or something else? - Page 3

ProfCrash · 06-04-2012, 11:42 AM

I bought a stylus and have been very happy ever since.

DMB · 06-06-2012, 04:28 PM

I've had a K3 since they came out in the summer of 2010, although my first one was stolen in December of that year, so I bought another one.

At the beginning of last week I lost my K3. I hunted high and low but couldn't find it. So I decided to buy a new kindle and thought, "Why not try the Touch?". So I got one and also a Marware Eco-Flip pink cover. I then spent a while transferring my library to the Touch. Some days later I finally found my k3 hiding in an unlikely place. So now I have my beloved K3 and the new Touch. How do I feel about them? Well I would say that from the POV of convenience I greatly prefer to K3. With the Touch I am constantly touching it the wrong way and having to undo the effect. The only problem of this sort with the K3 is inadvertently hitting a page-turn button.

But I do like the lightness of the Touch and I love the Eco-Flip cover, which is much more convenient than my lighted Amazon cover on the K3.

shel · 06-06-2012, 06:34 PM

The things I like about the K3 (keyboard) are the page-turn buttons, the amount of stuff it holds, the ability to organize things, having a few MP3s along, and being able to browse the Web anywhere via 3G. I don't think you can get all of those things on any of the "current" Kindles.

I also use a lot of other digital devices, and have Kindle reading applications on many of them. As a result, I read on a 10" tablet (lighted, touchscreen), a smartphone (ditto), on my laptop, etc. Having a backlit screen is nice, sometimes, though I don't see having a touchscreen as a particular benefit for reading, as I can manage the K3 with one hand.

As Babar said, "Some people like one thing, some like another. I like grilled bananas."

-Shel

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06-04-2012, 11:42 AM	#31
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I bought a stylus and have been very happy ever since.

06-06-2012, 04:28 PM	#32
DMB Old Git Posts: 958 Karma: 1840790 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Switzerland (mostly) Device: Two kindle PWs wifi, kindle fire, iPad3 wifi	I've had a K3 since they came out in the summer of 2010, although my first one was stolen in December of that year, so I bought another one. At the beginning of last week I lost my K3. I hunted high and low but couldn't find it. So I decided to buy a new kindle and thought, "Why not try the Touch?". So I got one and also a Marware Eco-Flip pink cover. I then spent a while transferring my library to the Touch. Some days later I finally found my k3 hiding in an unlikely place. So now I have my beloved K3 and the new Touch. How do I feel about them? Well I would say that from the POV of convenience I greatly prefer to K3. With the Touch I am constantly touching it the wrong way and having to undo the effect. The only problem of this sort with the K3 is inadvertently hitting a page-turn button. But I do like the lightness of the Touch and I love the Eco-Flip cover, which is much more convenient than my lighted Amazon cover on the K3.

06-06-2012, 06:34 PM	#33
shel Member Posts: 10 Karma: 74 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Southern France or PNW USA Device: Kindle 3	The things I like about the K3 (keyboard) are the page-turn buttons, the amount of stuff it holds, the ability to organize things, having a few MP3s along, and being able to browse the Web anywhere via 3G. I don't think you can get all of those things on any of the "current" Kindles. I also use a lot of other digital devices, and have Kindle reading applications on many of them. As a result, I read on a 10" tablet (lighted, touchscreen), a smartphone (ditto), on my laptop, etc. Having a backlit screen is nice, sometimes, though I don't see having a touchscreen as a particular benefit for reading, as I can manage the K3 with one hand. As Babar said, "Some people like one thing, some like another. I like grilled bananas." -Shel

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