The Kindle Touch uses the same type
of infrared touchscreen technology as the Nook, Kobo, and Sony Readers.
Not exact matches
The Kindle Touch, a similar looking device, is basically the same thing as the existing Kindle, but with am
infrared touchscreen instead
of the keyboard.
This is likely the result
of the Aura HD using an
infrared touchscreen and the Boox using a capacitive screen that adds a layer over the text.
Instead
of going with
infrared touch, Pocketbook made the decision to go with a capacitive
touchscreen display.
The Nook and Kobo both use an
infrared touchscreen for navigation, instead
of a keyboard and buttons.
The Kindle uses almost 40 buttons to navigate through the interface and menus, while the new Nook and Kobo use zForce
Infrared Touch technology to create a
touchscreen layer on top
of the E Ink screen.
This is because the Nook uses an
infrared touchscreen instead
of capacitive.
There are small
infrared areas built around the side
of the bezel that allow for a finer pin - point accuracy when interacting with the
touchscreen.
The
touchscreen technology is using
Infrared, courtesy
of Neonode.
Another hardware change with the Paperwhite is it uses a capacitive
touchscreen instead
of infrared like most other
touchscreen ebook readers, including the Kindle Touch from last year.
Closer inspection reveals rows
of emitters and receivers that make up the
infrared grid
touchscreen.
By comparison, the Barnes & Noble Nook and the Kobo eReader Touch Edition -LRB--RRB- each shave an inch off the overall height; the Nook and Kobo both use an
infrared touchscreen for navigation, instead
of a keyboard and buttons.
It has an
infrared touchscreen that supports multi-touch, a built - in audio player, headphone jack, 2 GB
of memory, and a microSD card slot.
And each has a new
touchscreen technology: a grid
of infrared lasers is embedded around the edges
of the screen to sense your touch — which is a great improvement over Sony's old
touchscreen method, which required an extra layer
of plastic over the screen that muddied the display.
The video was uploaded to Neonode's channel, the same company that makes the
infrared touchscreens for a number
of ebook readers on the market, including the Sony Readers, Kobo ereaders, and
of course the Nook Touch.
The effect
of the GlowLight is allegedly like having two readers in one since you can read it with the light off on a fast and advanced E Ink display or in bright sunlight because
of a precise
infrared touchscreen that comes with a built - in anti-glare screen protector.
They were both released about the same time, both have 6» E Ink Pearl screens, use NeoNode's
infrared touchscreens, have 2 GB
of internal memory, microSD card slots, WiFi, Adobe DRM support, and both share a number
of software features too.
The Kobo Glo also has an HD screen with a resolution
of 1024 x 758, and like the Kobo Touch, it uses
infrared technology for the
touchscreen.
The
infrared sensors are placed above the screen in the bezel — that's why the Nook and Sony Readers have a slightly recessed screen — and the sensors are very sensitive; the
touchscreen will even react to the touch
of a feather.
Navigation and user input is via a
touchscreen facility which is implemented using a network
of infrared beams slightly above the screen surface.
He also confirms that the $ 79 entry - level Kindle uses an
infrared touchscreen instead
of capacitive like the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Voyage.
I've heard
of that sometimes happening with ereaders that use
infrared touchscreens but the Kindle Paperwhite has a capacitive screen.
In PRS - 350, Sony used
infrared touchscreen technology that doesn't require anything being put on top
of the screen.
As far as guts go, it doesn't have a capacitive touch panel, but rather an
infrared ring around the screen which detects finger input (along the lines
of the
touchscreen Kobo or the HP Touchsmart all - in - one computers).