You won't find many people who are completely satisfied with the lack
of physical page turn buttons on the Kindle Touch.
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.
Another nice feature is the addition
of physical page turn buttons meaning you can turn the pages by gestures on the touch screen or with the click of a button on the left or right hand side.
The Nook Glowlight was a great e-reader, and I used it endlessly until it Nook shut down their UK stores earlier this year — I never wanted to upgrade due to the lack
of physical page turn buttons, and was perfectly happy with the first Glowlight.
Not exact matches
I want
physical page -
turn buttons, (which the new edition surprisingly seems to include), but I also want a lightweight gizmo, and most importantly, with a somewhat larger screen, neither
of which the new edition seems to have.
The front has a number
of physical buttons, including a back, home and two manual
page turn keys.
There are
physical buttons on the right hand side
of the e-reader, allowing you to
turn pages and access menu functions, much akin to the way you would interact with the Kindle DX.
This e-reader also has a dedicated home
button and
physical page turn keys.Advanced settings lets you remap the
page turn buttons for those
of you that are left handed or want to read digital manga.
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Physical page turn buttons
In the first week or so
of use I certainly did find this very cool but once the newness had worn off, I found myself back using the
physical page -
turning buttons - you can't swipe with your finger while drinking a cup
of coffee and on the train!
While reading, you can
turn pages either by using the
physical buttons on the side or tap the edges
of the screen.
The OS still feels sluggish, especially when you choose to
turn your
pages using the touch - screen instead
of the
physical side
buttons.
The screen sits to one side, next to a duo
of physical page -
turning buttons.
Unlike the Kindle Paperwhite, the basic Kindle doesn't have a touchscreen or frontlight, but it does have an E Ink screen, 2 GB
of memory,
physical page -
turn buttons, Wi - Fi, and most
of the usual Kindle features.
The only
buttons present on the Illumina are
physical page turn keys on the left / right hand side
of the screen, back
button and the
physical button that
turns on the front - lit display.
Some people also really like
physical page turn buttons, which is somewhat
of a lost art with most devices on the market.
The Kindle Basic for the first time ever has a new touchscreen, all prior models
of the entry level Kindle has had a D - Pad and
physical page turn buttons.
Amazon incorporated this technology at the expense
of eliminating
physical page turn buttons.
There are
physical page turn buttons on the left and right hand side
of the e-reader.
There are a number
of e-readers on the market that have
physical page turn buttons, that allow you to easily
turn the
pages in your favorite e-book.
The Illumina has
physical page turn buttons that work great with the stock e-reading app, but many
of the Android apps you will install do not support these
buttons.
It still has the
physical buttons, such as the D - PAD and
Page turns on the front
of the unit.
One
of the ways Sony saved many was abandoning the costly touchscreen technology and instead went with
physical page turn keys, D - Pad and manual
page turn buttons.
Like the Paperwhite, the unit has no
physical page -
turn buttons (a lot
of people like the fact that the Nook has them).
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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).
It has a flush glass screen similar to the Kindle Voyage, but there are cutouts for
physical page turn buttons instead
of sensors.
We found the same speedy rate
of page turns for both using the
physical buttons and swiping or tapping the screen.
The big price tag is courtesy
of a truly thin design measuring a nominal 3.4 millimeters at its thinnest point while still offering
physical page turn buttons.
It also dumps the
physical fascia
buttons in favour
of haptic
page -
turning controls.
The Oasis» asymmetrical bezel gives you a lot
of room to put your thumb, and by default it's going to rest right about where the
page turning button is — yes, though it includes the same touchscreen that all other Kindles use, the Oasis also sees the much - requested return
of actual
physical buttons for
turning pages.
Amazon has included two
physical buttons on the outside edge
of the device to
turn pages if you don't like the touchscreen.
If you're not big on touchscreen interfaces, you're out
of luck with this one since there are no
physical buttons available for
page turns, just power and home
buttons.
So it's probably no surprise that Amazon returned to
physical page -
turn buttons after years
of swearing them off.
Physical page -
turn buttons were eschewed in favour
of the touch functionality, likely due to the rising popularity
of tablets (the iPad debuted a year before the Kindle Touch).
There are very narrow bezels on three sides
of the 7 - inch, 300ppi E Ink screen; one side (right or left, depending on how you're holding it) has a larger bezel with
physical page turn buttons.
The thicker bezel has actually allowed the placement
of two
physical page turn buttons on each side.
The Voyage also has
physical buttons along the left and right edges that you can squeeze to
turn pages (instead
of having to swipe or tap the screen), and the Voyage has a smaller, slimmer body than the Paperwhite.
Expect to at least see
physical page turn buttons return to the Kindle Touch version
of the next generation.
The InkCase is a very interesting concept and the addition
of physical buttons for
page turns, taking pictures or easy access is a bonus.
Having a flush touchscreen is great, but hardcore Kindle owners still like the idea
of physical buttons for
turning pages.
As before, there are four Amazon Kindle e-readers to choose from, all with 6 - inch e-ink touchscreens but offering a different choice
of extras (such as
physical page turn buttons, integrated backlights and 3G options).
So it's probably no surprise that Amazon returned to
physical page -
turn buttons after years
of swearing them off.
The experience
of pressing a
physical home
button, then, is arguably more satisfying than pressing a software one, in a similar way to how
turning a
physical page is more desirable to the on - screen equivalent (as much as engineers try to find ways to mitigate this).