The Kindle's
page turn buttons make it easy to switch the time period you are viewing.
Page turn buttons make a loud «click» sound which is disturbing if you're reading in bed at night next to your significant other.
Not exact matches
One - hand reading The Oasis is designed with a slightly thicker base to shift the centre of gravity down the device to let it comfortably rest in your palm,
making it even easier to
turn the
page with a touch of the display or a press of the dedicated
page -
turn buttons on the side.
This is interesting: the Nook's speed means that it is possible to
make a touch - screen e-reader
turn pages as quickly as one with
buttons.
Page turn buttons is definitely a plus and the new asymmetric design
make it closer to a real book experience.
The
page turn buttons provide a great amount of synergy with the gyroscope because it
makes the Oasis compatible with people who are left handed.
My concerns with the touch screen interface: 1 — Fingerprints / smudges on the screen 2 — It doesn't appear to have a next
page button, requiring me to block the screen to
turn the
page, and leaving a smudge behind 3 — The Sony Touch screen interface
made the screen less readable, is it the same with the Kindle?
The
page buttons can be programmed for a number of functions in the settings menu, which is nice because that gives you more control over how to use the device and it
makes the
buttons useful with apps like Kindle that require using volume
buttons to
turn pages.
I don't really care about
page turn buttons but the Oasis with the wider side
makes it harder to swipe or tap the screen when you are holding it in one hand.
But no
page turning buttons here It was from plastic too, but was not
made so cheap like Inkpad.
Page -
turning buttons would
make that experience better.
I also dig the physical
page turn buttons which
makes it easier to read while holding the device in one hand.
Nielsen also derided the Kindle Fire's lack of physical
buttons for
turning e-book
pages, but again, that's true of every tablet on the market (and I don't think it's as frustrating as Nielsen
makes it out to be).
For example, I'm seeing a fairly consistent behavior when tapping the «nook»
button twice after
turning a
page: the last line on the screen (the one temporarily «obscured» by the navigation panel) looks noticeably darker / clearer than the lines above it (I want to say it is «as clear as can be» but that might be a little too sweeping a statement to
make at this point).
Unfortunately, the
button's stiffness
makes navigation and
page turns more of a chore than they should be.
The Energy eReader Slim HD is a cheap eReader that lacks a touchscreen or Wifi but
makes up for it with
page turn buttons, a 1024 x 758 resolution Carta E-ink screen, 8 GB of storage, and a microSD card slot.
Because your thumb rests so comfortably on that
page turn button, you can
make your way through a book without ever having to lift your thumb unless you want to go backward to read something you missed.
I'd prefer the Kobo Touch did two things differently with the bezel, actually:
make it a bit wider (the Nook's is a comfortable 0.7 inches wide), and add hardware
page -
turn buttons.
I also prefer the easy - press
page turn buttons on either side of the Kindle to the louder, harder to press joystick used to
turn pages on the Kobo; the low placement of the Kobo's joystick
makes it hard to read one - handed, even with the light weight.
Both Amazon and Barnes & Noble have better ecosystems surrounding their readers and libraries, both offer slightly more consistent performance, and both offer a few more tweaks, like hardware
page -
turn buttons, that
make the experience even better.
New
buttons claim to
make it easy to
turn the
page from any holding position while the new 5 - way controller on Kindle 2 is said to allow for more precise note - taking and highlighting both up and down and side to side in lines of text.
It would also be good to have lots of keyboard shortcuts like
making the space bar a
page turn button when in landscape mode.
The new
buttons depress inward, toward the screen — unlike the Kindle 1's
buttons, which pressed outward (and
made turning the
page inadvertently too easy).
The new
buttons depress inward, toward the screen; unlike the first - generation Kindle's
buttons, which pressed outward (and
made turning the
page inadvertently too easy).
Amazon
makes the change even more drastic by removing the 5 - way and the
page turn buttons.
However, these
buttons make accidental
page turns unlikely and therefore allow easier holding of the Kindle when reading.
I do wish it had some
page turn buttons on the right side of the screen though, to
make it easier to hold one - handed.
The
page turn buttons which are on each side of the device are now smaller and only
make a very slight clicking sound when depressed.
Modest improvements on the Voyage include a flush display
making the device easier to keep clean, adaptive screen lighting for easier lighting adjustments and additional
page turning buttons.
The Kindle Touch is nice and has a few advantages of its own that
make it a close race, but the lack of physical
page turn buttons and the light color of the case both work against it.
The company also
made it waterproof and offered dedicated
page turn buttons.