It's also the first ebook reader to use pressure
sensitive page buttons with haptic feedback.
Not exact matches
The Nook's pretty minimalist too, and like the earlier GlowLight, has no physical
page - turn
buttons, which some people like but others consider superfluous (the Kindle Voyage has touch -
sensitive page - turn
buttons on the bezel).
Along with the aforementioned Kobo models, the Oasis» strongest competition comes from Amazon's own Kindle Paperwhite (which lists for $ 119), an overall very comfortable basic reader, and the Amazon Kindle Voyage, which adds touch -
sensitive page - turn
buttons and dynamic brightness adjustment.
The fifth
button — the one on the far right — summons context -
sensitive on - screen menus containing different options, depending on whether you're on a book
page or on the home screen.
Keep in mind that this has a capacitive touch screen, literally more than double the on screen pixels to refresh every
page turn, the new pressure -
sensitive buttons, and the haptic feedback.
Hold down the
page - forward
button to open a context -
sensitive menu for the LCD; click the return
button once to return to the previous screen, or twice to return to the home screen.
And that virtual home
button may take a
page out of Apple's 3DTouch playbook by being pressure
sensitive, Sammobile claims.