Should I get the Touch or the Keyboard?

[zeb]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I told you in another thread that you do NOT have to create your collections "one book at a time". Why do you keep repeating this incorrect statement?

You're correct, but the mere fact that you cannot manage collections from Calibre is a problem for some (i.e. people with a lot of books).

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by zeb

You're correct, but the mere fact that you cannot manage collections from Calibre is a problem for some (i.e. people with a lot of books).

As long as you keep your collections up-to-date as you add books, it's not a problem (IMHO). The Kindle's built-in collection-management tools work well enough, to my mind.

[ScalyFreak]

Originally Posted by zeb

I am also an exclusive Linux user, and have been usin it succesfully to sideload. You can of course do it as a USB drive, but I would recommend using Calibre since it is easier at converting formats and manage the bookshelf. Furthermore, you can use the DeDRM tools on Linux too (as they are Python based), so that you secure your collection for the eternity. Collections, however, require registration. You cannot manage collections with Calibre with the Touch, you need to do this from the Touch (and having subcollection support would be a plus, but as far as I understand collections are tags, not subfolders).

That should work out okay for me then, since I plan to use the Touch as a back-up and freebie reader. The 950 is still my main, since most of my books are from non-Amazon stores anyway.

[tomsem]

Since the 5.1 update (which added back the 'type' filters lost when Collections first showed up on Kindle 2: All/Books/Periodicals/Docs/Active Content) I've completely stopped using Collections (except for one to store Kindle Owner Lending Library book samples which functions as a KOLL 'wish list'). I've got hundreds of items, and it is easy to find any them by setting the appropriate filter and using the Go To feature (tap the 'n of m' label). Much easier than spending time navigating and maintaining collections IMO. I sort by Most Recent and the Home page always shows the content I'm actively reading, so usually just pressing Home gets me to the next thing I want to read right away. YMMV of course.

[YukonTrooper]

I've never came across a nicer unit than the K3. I've tried and/or returned a K4, T1, Kobo Touch and Kindle Touch. I picked up another K3 off of eBay for backup.

[KindleChickie]

I would go with the keyboard model. I have a nook simple touch and love it. But I returned my kindle touch due to inadvertent chapter skips. It was way aggravating to tap for page turn and it jumps to the next chapter. Back paging to find where you left off really annoyed me. I never had the problem with my nook simple touch.

I returned the kindle touch. Still read on my keyboard and DX.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by KindleChickie

I would go with the keyboard model. I have a nook simple touch and love it. But I returned my kindle touch due to inadvertent chapter skips. It was way aggravating to tap for page turn and it jumps to the next chapter. Back paging to find where you left off really annoyed me. I never had the problem with my nook simple touch.

Strange. I've been using my Kindle Touch since last November, and never once had an inadvertent chapter jump. Chapter jump requires an up/down swipe, not a "tap", and it does (in my experience) take a noticeable movement to differentiate a swipe from a tap.

[krazy4katz]

I have had chapter jumps with my Kindle Keyboard. It doesn't happen all the time, which makes me think it might be the book, but it is not 100% reproducible on the chapters, so that doesn't make much sense. Sometimes going forward skips a chapter but going backwards does not. This just started happening within the last 4 months or so and it is pretty random. Not sure if it is a hardware problem that is coming up slowly or a software issue.

I have never tried the touch, but I love the page turn buttons on my KK.

k4k

[Simon Taylor]

bad experience with Kobo Touch - no support LinuxMint 13 64-bit and... after hours of searching for fixes, screen became unresponsive... going in for a refund... should I invest in a Kindle Touch? When you say LinuxMint 13 compatability, is that out of the box? at Amazon registration? Kobo only seems to work after registering it and getting the desktop... advice appreciated.

[david8866]

I prefer Keyboard over Touch. When I use Keyboard, I keep my fingers on the page turn buttons: turn or not turn pages. When I used touch, I rested fingers on frame, moved fingers onto screen to turn pages -- it bugged me. The easy access of dictionary was Touch's advantage.

[BlueSky77]

Originally Posted by Simon Taylor

bad experience with Kobo Touch - no support LinuxMint 13 64-bit and... after hours of searching for fixes, screen became unresponsive... going in for a refund... should I invest in a Kindle Touch? When you say LinuxMint 13 compatability, is that out of the box? at Amazon registration? Kobo only seems to work after registering it and getting the desktop... advice appreciated.

Not exactly sure what you're asking regarding Amazon registration... but I use Linux Mint 12 64 bit to sideload mobi books I've purchased from vendors other than Amazon. When I said the Touch was compatible with Linux, I meant that with Linux Mint 12 64 bit, I was able to plug the Kindle's USB cable into my laptop and mount the Kindle Touch as an external drive for sideloading of ebooks. Hope this helps you out.

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[ScalyFreak]

It has arrived!

That only took almost a month... but today my Kindle Touch arrived with FedEx delivery. I've unpacked it and it's charging through it's ugly white USB cable now, and once that's done I will add it to my amazon account and make sure all my books go on it properly.

First impressions: Small screen. Feels good to hold. Not a fingerprint magnet. Good contrast on the screen, if the "I am now charging and you can't use me until I'm done"-message is anything to go by. Defaults to USB mode, very, very good, I like that.

I will read on it later, after all charging and other things are done, and see how that goes.

everyone who posted and helped me decide.

[ixtab]

Originally Posted by Simon Taylor

bad experience with Kobo Touch - no support LinuxMint 13 64-bit and... after hours of searching for fixes, screen became unresponsive... going in for a refund... should I invest in a Kindle Touch? When you say LinuxMint 13 compatability, is that out of the box? at Amazon registration? Kobo only seems to work after registering it and getting the desktop... advice appreciated.

Sorry, I don't understand. What do you mean by Linux Mint compatibility? The Kindle Touch (all Kindles, actually) interact with the computer via USB, either acting just like an external USB drive or (if you're into that) as a networked device. There's no need for drivers or anything, both of these work out-of the box on Linux.

In fact, if you only want to read, and all your books are from Amazon, then you don't even need a computer at all.

Are you saying that the Kobo requires some kind of (presumably) Windows application to even be able to use it?