The PRS700 has a 6 ″
eink touch screen and integrated front light and sells for $ 399.
You get great in store customer service and a 6 ″
eink touch screen at the price of $ 79.00.
Not exact matches
I have used my
eInk Kindle with my kids, but there's no doubt they'll be more interested in the Kindle Fire with its gorgeous color
touch display.
what is «a nook» — my anwser relates to nook simple
touch reader
eink (2nd and 3rd gen)- > check out xda developer site
* Named «Editor's Pick» in Wired Magazine:
eInk Reader Round - up: January 2012 Edition; Won prestigious «Jaus de L'Industrie» for innovative & lightweight design of the Kobo
Touch eReader; Institut Francais du Design (IFD); Nov 2011
Waiting for a 13.3 ″
eink capacitive
touch ereader which I can primarily surf the web to avoid eye strain.
The top benefit of a dedicated ereader like the 2011 Kindle or Kobo eReader
Touch is an
eink screen this looks completely different to an LCD screen, and functions differently too.
DigiTimes had the news about the
touch capable
eInk screens and mentioned a potential end 2010 / early 2011 release for products with these touchscreens --
But I'm here to tell you that visual reading experience with the new Paperwhite display is not just a home run, it's a walk - off grand slam, due to the combination of gorgeous hand - crafted font and font size choices, heightened resolution provided by 212 PPI pixel density compared with 167 PPI on previous
eInk Kindles, and a patented new technology that distributes light far more evenly than we generally experience with ambient light and, in the bargain, allows for a vastly improved capacitative
touch experience.
B&N are most likely going to to underwhelm with the announcement of a
eink Nook 2 (Pearl Screen, maybe a
touch layer).
My current eReader is a Sony PRS - T1 but what I wrote would also apply to the Kindle 3/4
Touch (not Fire), B & N Nook and a few other
eInk - devices in comparison to the iPAD 3.
There are some good reasons for Amazon to stay focused on the Kindle — The Kindle Tablet can't hit the $ 100 or even the $ 200 mark, hardcore readers want dedicated eReaders, LCD can't
touch eInk when it comes to battery life or readability, 80 % of book sales are to 20 % of the people buying books and those people want dedicated reading devices.
eInk (yes, that same
eInk) will supply
touch panels for the Kindle Tablet and will also provide Fringe Field Switching Technology.
The Sony Readers have
eInk Pearl and a
touch screen and they're light and pretty — Yet they're getting zero attention and comparatively low sales.
Then we submitted the app (works for all
eInk Kindles except Kindle
Touch) and just last week Amazon says — You might as well do some other app, because this app will take 3 months to approve.
There's been no significant jump in
eInk technology other than the
touch screen (I'd argue that's a pretty big jump in itself — from book to book + journal.
Wonder where the Sony Reader
Touch Edition's screen fits in — Haven't we had that for over a year and isn't that eInk based t
Touch Edition's screen fits in — Haven't we had that for over a year and isn't that
eInk based
touchtouch?
Killer Features — Well, across the various eReaders we have Library Books, Accessibility,
eInk Pearl, Read to Me, Lend Me, Amazing battery life, much improved page turn speeds, changeable font sizes, respectable PDF support, good browsers (Nook and Kindle), support for more and more languages,
touch and free hand drawing, great size, low weight, and a few other killer features.
But if they're planning to have a color
eInk device sit between the
Touch and the Fire it seems like they're splitting hairs.
The nook simple
touch is okay, though as all
eInk readers, it doesn't live up to anyone's hopes due to the lousy screen refresh time.
You get a focus on reading, the great
eInk Pearl screen, and the convenience / appeal of
touch.
For $ 99 you get — 6 ″
eInk Pearl screen that is great for reading,
touch screen, ease of use and simplicity, access to Kindle Store (the best ebook store), text to speech, great battery life (2 months with WiFi off — assuming half an hour of reading per day).
Kindle 3 has a 6 ″
eInk Pearl screen (same as Kindle
Touch) but doesn't have a touch sc
Touch) but doesn't have a
touch sc
touch screen.
For your $ 99 you get — 6 ″
eInk Pearl Screen, all the improvements learnt from Kindle 1 and Kindle 2, text to speech, very good usability, good operating system that's easy to use, lots of options for font size, access to Kindle Store (the best ebook prices and the widest range of new ebooks), same 2 month battery life as on the Kindle
Touch.
I also tried a couple
eInk readers, the Sony
Touch PRS - 600, and the Pandigital 6 - inch Linux - based unit (had screen identically sized with that of the Sony, but not quite as nice).
Kindle eReader with
eInk screen — 6 ″ screen,
eInk (with
Touch if you get Kindle
Touch), no color, no backlight, readable in sunlight, easier on the eyes, optimized for reading.
The
touch is via IR so there is no layer over the
eInk and no glare.
So, while some readers might get a very good Kindle 3
eInk Pearl screen and feel Kindle 3 is better, for most readers the slightly faster page turns and the far less frequent screen flashes will make the Kindle 4 and Kindle
Touch screen seem a bit better.
Give me a 80 - 100 buck ePUB capable reader (with
touch, preferably decent page turn buttons, and 6 ″
eInk Pearl), and I'll buy one just to have an in on both of the ecosystems.
It seems strange that they're not announcing a Simple
Touch revision to include the better
eink screens that Amazon and Kobo are already using.
And we are on the verge of having Doom running on our
eink kindles too (faster than the framerate shown in the Nook Simple
Touch videos).
The new Kobo
Touch Edition sports a Zeforce infrared touch screen coupled with Pearl eInk techno
Touch Edition sports a Zeforce infrared
touch screen coupled with Pearl eInk techno
touch screen coupled with Pearl
eInk technology.
The reason why there aren't any buttons on the Kobo eReader
Touch is because the eInk display is completely touch - ena
Touch is because the
eInk display is completely
touch - ena
touch - enabled.
A really good answer on that — Basically, current
touch screen technology for
eInk involves putting a touchscreen layer over the
eInk and this affects the contrast and visibility of the screen.
Being a
touch screen device, one could also write games or useful apps (although the speed and
eink are limiting).
As mentioned earlier the screen uses Pearl
eInk technology and IR technology for the
touch screen.
I prefer reading on an
eink device versus reading on an LCD screen and now that I have the Nook
Touch, I can't imagine that the Nook Color will get any more attention than it has in the past.
Another improvement is that the secondary
eInk screen is now fully
touch sensitive and also supports capacitive inputs.
Elisa, Kindle 3 and Kindle 4
Touch will have identical
eInk screens.
Following rumors that indicated its imminent unveiling, Barnes & Noble today officially announced the NOOK Simple
Touch with GlowLight
eInk - based eReader.
Kobo's Vox keeps it in step with Amazon and Barnes & Noble, with all three companies now offering
touch - screen
eInk eReaders and 7 - inch
touch - screen Android tablets.
The Barnes & Noble NOOK Simple
Touch with GlowLight (hereinafter «NOOK GlowLight») is the latest addition to the
eInk family of readers.
The retail giant also announced two new
eInk eReaders — a Kindle starting at $ 79 and a Kindle
Touch starting at $ 99.
The NOOK Simple
Touch eReader also uses
eInk technology to give readers a paper - like reading experience.
But I've gotten so used to the
touch screen of my ipod
touch, the Sony 600 seemed slow to me when I tried it out, which is something I'm probably going to have to get used to if I want an
eink device.
Priced competitively at $ 149, the Nook Wi - Fi does not have 3G access, but still includes the
eInk screen and color
touch screen for navigation.
Both the Kindle
Touch and the non-
touch Kindle feature a 6 - inch display that Amazon says is its best
eInk screen so far.