Luckily, the Oasis has
the page turn buttons so it wasn't a deal breaker.
Not exact matches
They very quickly got the hang of how to press the corresponding
button to the book, and can easily follow the story (you pat Violet's head
so she knows you've
turned the
page) without much input from me.
It is
so nice to have the
page turn buttons on both sides instead of having to physically
turn the device around.
The issue of using the volume
buttons for
page turning has also been overhauled
so that it now allows for better and more refined control.
It has
page turn buttons on the left and right side of the screen that can be adjusted
so that the upper
buttons turn the
page forward and the lower ones
turn the
page back, or vice versa.
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!
And the actions of the user are
so strictly defined —
turn page, highlight, go back to library — that you can build in hardware
buttons to do a lot of heavy lifting.
6 ″ lightweight e-reader 300ppi with frontlight, SD card, WIFI,
page turn buttons, audio & TTS with good library management (or good interaction with Calibre), great dictionairies (or possibility to install), easy way for annotations, adaptable fonts, and... a way to have a good screen protector without having to add the weight of a whole cover (
so maybe something like on some of the Samsung phones).
You will have to use the touchscreen to
turn the
pages of books, and most e-reading apps are 100 % reliant on the touchscreen,
so buttons are redundant.
I'm also craving for actual
buttons strategically positioned in a way
so that I don't need to raise my hand to touch the screen to
turn the
page.
Although that arrangement isn't
so bad for navigation, it is an awkward position for
page turns, unless you're grasping the e-reader by the lower third (only then is it clear that the 2 - inch long centred
button is situated
so that it's in reach of either your left or right thumb).
It's a touchscreen device, with
page turns performed by pressing the left or right sectors of the
page - a middle press launches other options -
so buttons are limited to an on / off switch and that light switch.
You can
turn off the touchscreen completely,
so you can exclusively rely on on the physical
page turn buttons.
But no
page turning buttons here It was from plastic too, but was not made
so cheap like Inkpad.
If you decide to download KOREADER, Kindle, Kobo, Nook or Moon + Reader, these apps are not compatible with the
page turn buttons,
so you always need to hold the stylus.
This device also has mechanical
buttons so you can either
turn pages directly on the screen or use the right and left
buttons of the reader, perfectly located to facilitate the one - hand reading!
6) Screen refreshes properly only with
button page turns (if I understand correctly) I like tactile
buttons,
so I would be fine if that is the only way to
turn pages.
The Guardian's reviewer praised the Oasis's ease in holding, it weighing next to nothing without the cover attached, its long battery life, excellent display, even front lighting, and usable
page -
turn buttons, and the luxurious feel of the leather cover; however, the reviewer did not like that it was
so expensive, that the battery cover only partially protects the back, and that the reader is not waterproof.
Thin and light ergonomic design with dedicated
page turn buttons and adaptive front light
so you can read even more comfortably for hours.
The only two minor design flaws I could find
so far are the lack of
page turning buttons (at least you can adjust your options for
page turning a bit) and the lack of adjustable back light colors.
Although that arrangement isn't
so bad for navigation, it is an awkward position for
page turns, unless you're grasping the e-reader by the lower third (only then is it clear that the approximately two - inch - long, centered
button is situated
so that it's in reach of either your left or right thumb).
I thought maybe I got a bad epub file,
so I went back to that previous
page in the book and did the
button page turns and it read just fine past the point when I had been swiping.
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.
There is also a built - in accelerometer
so the Oasis can detect which hand you are reading with and automatically rotate the
page and
page turn buttons accordingly.
I was a little confused by which
button performed each function at first: when you
turn the
page on a book it doesn't always reflect the actual print book
page,
so it can sometimes be difficult to tell if you've stepped forwards or backwards in the story.
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.
Unfortunately, these
buttons are
so large that I often found myself
turning the
page accidentally every time I picked up the device.
So it's probably no surprise that Amazon returned to physical
page -
turn buttons after years of swearing them off.
So, physical
page -
turn buttons, and water - resistance.
Some reading apps and browsers allow you to use the volume
buttons to
turn pages,
so that helps.
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 lacks a touch screen,
so page turns are accomplished via
buttons mounted on either side.
The only downside is that the
page -
buttons don't work with it
so you have to tap the screen to
turn pages.
There's are two physical
buttons on the edge,
so you can still press to
turn pages, as well as tap or swipe as you prefer,
so the interaction and the feel in the hand is very much as it was before, although there's now less travel in the these keys.
Liliputing is reporting that Amazon's newest Kindle e-reader will include an accelerometer
so that the device can be flipped 180 degrees for left or right hand use of the new
page turning buttons.
So sorry,
button - lovers,
turning pages without touching the screen just became a premium feature.
The
page turn buttons on each side of the device are covered, but the area you need to press is labeled
so they are still fully functional within the case.
So it's probably no surprise that Amazon returned to physical
page -
turn buttons after years of swearing them off.
You get five programmable
buttons, a dual mode scroll wheel — click - to - click and hyperfast — and a thumb wheel that can be used for things like side - to - side scrolling,
turn pages, switch applications, flip through tabs, and
so on.