08-16-2011, 08:17 PM | #16 |
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Having a Kindle for almost a year and now having a nook simple touch, I find the keyboard on the nook a lot easier to use. The kindle keyboard was frustrating enough to me that I did not use it, I turned pages on the kindle, nothing more. The nook keyboard (onscreen) I find so much easier to use that I am typing more, making highlights is easier, dictionary lookup is easier etc...
My totally uninformed guess is that amazon is going to drop the DX in favor of a tablet, and the k4 will be a touch screen. |
08-16-2011, 08:20 PM | #17 |
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I would be very surprised if the Kindle tablet didn't have a touchscreen and no keyboard, and I'm fine with that. But I really hope the next generation Kindle reader retains the keyboard. On a 6" device, it's so much more precise than a touchscreen. I love the Kindle's keyboard.
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08-16-2011, 08:25 PM | #18 | |
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My love of ebooks and ereaders has absolutely nothing to do with portability. My Kindle rarely leaves my house because I rarely read away from my house. I want a paperback-sized device (screen + keyboard). No bigger and certainly no smaller. |
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08-17-2011, 10:03 AM | #19 |
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My guess is that K4 is touchscreen, faster processor, maybe better resolution, etc.
I also think maybe they will lower the price of the Kindles with special offers. So you can get the touchscreen Kindle or stick with a K3 with keyboard which is still a fantastic device. As others have said, there haven't exactly been major advances in eink lately so the K3 will still be relevant when the new Kindle comes. The Amazon tablet, to me anyway, is a totally separate category since it isn't eink. It's more designed to take advantage of Amazon's android app store, video/music streaming services, etc. |
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08-17-2011, 10:59 AM | #21 |
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For the coming holiday season, here's one possible lineup. I'm thinking they'll keep one of the current K3s (KSO WiFi) and drop the price below that magical $100 mark to $89. Then they'll add two new touch K4s - a WiFi with ads for $114 and a 3G without ads for $139. Rounding out this selection will be one or two tablets. First will be a 7" WiFi Android for $239 to compete against B&N's Nook Color ($249). No idea on the 10" tablet, but something well below the price point of competing products; and possibly not released until 2012.
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08-17-2011, 11:28 AM | #22 |
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Personally, I not overly concerned about the hardware aspects of the rumored Kindle 4. IMO, it's the software/user interface that needs updating. I wouldn't mind a new touch screen especially if it came with an updated user interface that takes advantage of a feature like touch screen. As far as the keyboard, to me it would not be a huge lost since I only used mine to create collections.
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08-17-2011, 12:54 PM | #23 | |
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Of course if you're happy with the k2, I'm not going to advise you to go out and buy a k3 NOW. You can still buy a k3 when the k4 comes out, I'm sure, for below $100. |
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08-17-2011, 01:44 PM | #24 |
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as long as the touch version has input method as good as ipad or iphone, I will go for it.
the keyboard makes kindle aesthetically weaker than others like kobo touch |
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Every post in this thread is opinion on what they would like or not like to see in the next Kindle. I really don't think we HAVE to put a reminder on every post that this is only our opinion. |
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08-17-2011, 04:22 PM | #28 |
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08-17-2011, 06:19 PM | #29 |
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08-17-2011, 09:54 PM | #30 | |
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As far as the subject at hand (touch screen vs keyboard) I was a diehard keyboard gal until I played with the current Sony touch screens and the Nook's new touch screen. I liked them. I haven't had my K3 long, and I love it even more than I loved my K2. But a touch screen Kindle will be hard for me to resist, especially if they make some of the other changes users have been hoping for. As far as what's coming for the "Kindle 4", the only clues we really have are from the WSJ article that came out about a month ago - which said that "Amazon plans to introduce two updated versions of its black-and-white Kindle in this year's third quarter, people familiar with the matter said. One of the new Kindles will have a touch screen, which current models don't have." These in addition to the Android tablet that they're strongly rumored to be introducing. Keeping the keyboard as an option would be smart on their part - not only do some readers prefer an actual keyboard, judging from what I read on various message boards there's a segment of readers that actually "need" a keyboard rather than a touch screen. Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...#ixzz1VLBgwvjJ |
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