To be honest, we found just tapping the screen was just as efficient and easy, as we've been doing on
other touchscreen eBook readers for years.
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.
Not exact matches
Unlike Aluratek's
other Libre color
ebook reader, this one has a
touchscreen and -LSB-...]
That makes it very hard to directly compare the screen with
other ebook readers to get a feel on overall screen contrast and clarity with the new HD screen and the fact it has not one but two layers over the screen — the frontlight light guide layer and the capacitive
touchscreen layer.
The attractive color LCD
touchscreen on the iPad makes it more conducive to activities
other than
ebook reading and it would be of value to assess if the iPad takes off as an
ebook reader in the long - term.
Until
other companies like Sony and B&N and PocketBook release something new with better features — a
touchscreen, color, open software — the Kindle 3 / Kindle WiFi is hands - down the best value for an
ebook reader.
Compared to
other ebook readers on the current market, the Pandigital Novel Personal eReader has a fairly extensive list of features for the price: WiFi,
touchscreen, web browser that can download
ebooks, audio player, speaker, g - sensor, and some apps like email and sudoku.
The Kobo Mini doesn't need buttons because it uses an infrared
touchscreen, which generally works well most the time but occasionally I have to press things more than once to get a response — that's not something typically encountered on
other ebook readers with infrared
touchscreens.
Amazon has stuck an entire Qwerty keyboard on this thing, which is necessary because unlike some
other ebook readers (such as the Sony
Reader Touch PRS - 650) there's no
touchscreen present here.