Not exact matches
Of the touch readers, only the Nook has hardware
page -
turn buttons that you can optionally use, but they're uncomfortable to use
because they require too much pressure.
I don't think the Kindle Voyage is for me, at any price point,
because the haptic feedback on the
page -
turn buttons would surely jolt me out of my book world and right back into real life.
Their hardware used to have the ability to add your own fonts, allow SD expansion, audio input and Audible integration, text to speech ability, physical
page turn buttons (not lousy sensors) in other words things that are tangible and useful (unlike a light sensor) All that is gone now and they can do it
because no one is stepping up to Challenge them.
The Voyage is interesting
because in the past, all e-readers either had physical
page turn buttons or a touchscreen to
turn pages.
They managed to pull this off
because they decided to forgo manual
page turn buttons and instead relies exclusively on the touchscreen display.
Even the Kindle Voyage «
page turn buttons» don't work with gloves,
because they're based on capacitive technology too,.
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.
I have a feeling they might do away with the Haptic feedback
page turn buttons, since they weren't able to market this device in a lot of countries
because it could not get the patent for it.
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.
The physical
page turn buttons really give it the edge
because they are slim and optimized for right or left handed people.
This device has a competitive advantage
because it has a 3.5 mm headphone jack and manual
page turn buttons.
I thought that I would really like the PagePress sensors for
turning paging because I favor using hardware
buttons for
turning pages like on the Onyx Boox T68, just resting your thumb on a
button and not having to move it every thirty seconds to
page forward is nice, but so far the
page sensors on the Kindle Voyage really aren't doing it for me.
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.
Those are differences you'll feel every time you
turn a
page — even if you don't have a hypersensitive sense of touch —
because the Paperwhite doesn't have those elegant PagePress
buttons.
And while the right side's Next
button ran the length of my thumb and was comfortably situated in relation to where my hand rested while holding the device at its midsection, my hand tired more quickly on this device than it did with the Kindle 1, particularly
because I had to hover my finger in a specific place just to
turn the
page.
The sideways screen orientation is odd
because of where the
page turning buttons are.
If I haven't said much about reading books on the Nook itself, it's
because it feels very much like a Kindle, right down to the
page -
turn buttons.
It's a bit annoying having to flip the device over for a hearty left - handed grip, but overall I prefer the design to the other Kindles — in part
because it actually keeps satisfyingly clicky
page turn buttons.
The Reader Wi - Fi brings along that same touch - screen technology and looks and feels more similar to the Kobo Touch than to the new Nook, which has rounded corners and is a little wider
because it has «hard»
page -
turn buttons on the sides of the screen.
I definitely like their smaller size
because in the past when you grabbed your K2, you often advanced the
pages by accident
because the
page turn buttons were so large.
It doesn't have the
page -
turn buttons on the sides of the screen, it doesn't have speakers or a headphone jack
because audio is not supported, and it lacks advanced features, layout settings, notes, apps, etc..