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> You could distill my whole piece to: This is a single purpose device that's been designed like a multi-purpose device. That just feels a little sideways. The
by ruddct 8y ago
> You could distill my whole piece to: This is a single purpose device that's been designed like a multi-purpose device. That just feels a little sideways.
Then we're in agreement! There are a TON of features/complexity in Kindle; combine that with e-ink being a clumsy display technology to combine with a touch screen and we find ourselves in the situation that we're in.
(Note that I totally understand why e-ink was combined with a touchscreen for Kindle. Give someone a screen these days and they'll try and touch it, for better or worse)
- fatboy 8y agoI’d say the touchscreen is essential if only for text input. You don’t need it as often as you do with a smartphone, but not having it when you want to type pretty much anything is a nightmare.
- frobozz 8y agoA qwerty keyboard made of physical buttons is a lot easier to type with than a touch screen. From some of the discussion here, it looks like the Kindle 3 was a pretty neat idea. (As the author suggests)
- stephentmcm 8y agoHave you tried typing on a Kindle keyboard? As a Kindle DX user, it has always been a terrible experience and now the letters have rubbed off so it's even worse - the symbol and and number keys are accessed via a 'SYM' control key.