Ereaders without touchscreens?

[cliffsloane555]

My first was a Kindle 4th Generation. THe battery is depleted, so now I am looking for a replacement. I just dislike touchscreens, so if there are any that you may recommend that have button controls, please make your suggestion!

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by cliffsloane555

My first was a Kindle 4th Generation. THe battery is depleted, so now I am looking for a replacement. I just dislike touchscreens, so if there are any that you may recommend that have button controls, please make your suggestion!

The PocketBook Basic and Lux Basic are both non-touch eReaders (the Lux has a front light). The PocketBook Touch Lux has a touch screen (and light) but touch can be disabled. All of these have page turn keys.

Replacement batteries for the Kindle 4 are relatively cheap and fairly easy to install.

[hobnail]

If the touch screen would be annoying because you may accidentally touch it and turn the page, as rcentros says you can get models where you can disable it. Even on ones where it can't be completely disabled you may be able to configure it so it uses swiping to turn pages (e.g., the Kobo Forma), which could be less likely to accidentally happen.

With the Kindle Oasis you can disable the touch screen when you click on the 3 vertical dots in the top right corner. (And the larger screen is quite nice.)

[haydnfan]

Originally Posted by cliffsloane555

My first was a Kindle 4th Generation. THe battery is depleted, so now I am looking for a replacement. I just dislike touchscreens, so if there are any that you may recommend that have button controls, please make your suggestion!

I bought a replacement battery kit for my Kindle 3 (from Newpower, not shilling for them just fyi) and it took under five minutes to replace the battery. If that is literally the only problem and in general you still like your K4 I would just do that. It would save you alot of money.

While you can disable the touch screen while reading and just use the page turn buttons on an Oasis you should know that you can't get completely away from using the touch screen (for navigation) and you also have to disable the touch screen every single time you go to read.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by hobnail

If the touch screen would be annoying because you may accidentally touch it and turn the page, as rcentros says you can get models where you can disable it. Even on ones where it can't be completely disabled you may be able to configure it so it uses swiping to turn pages (e.g., the Kobo Forma), which could be less likely to accidentally happen.

With the Kindle Oasis you can disable the touch screen when you click on the 3 vertical dots in the top right corner. (And the larger screen is quite nice.)

You can get a Kobo Libra that has page turn button and the tap to change the page can be set in the options to a swipe so a tap will not change the page.

[cliffsloane555]

Originally Posted by haydnfan

I bought a replacement battery kit for my Kindle 3 (from Newpower, not shilling for them just fyi) and it took under five minutes to replace the battery. If that is literally the only problem and in general you still like your K4 I would just do that. It would save you alot of money.

Truth be told, I got spooked by the videos that explain how to do it. As I understood it, the back was glued to the top of the battery and the battery glued to the board.
Then, when looking around for a tech who could do it better than I could, a friend pointed out that the nand also had a life expectancy issue, and would last maybe only five years or so longer than the battery. So I traded it in for a Kindle Basic 10th, but still looking seriously at those PocketBook models.

I should have gone into it with more confidence.