Any one have one yet whats the onscreen keyboard like ?
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Any one have one yet whats the onscreen keyboard like ?
Consdering its only only available for pre-order on amazon website its unlikely anyone will have one..
But has been out other places in the world for weeks
found a few reviews on youtube looks nice
pity the storage shrunk with the size
Looking around the kindle touch is the same storage as the kindle 3.
its only the non touch screen that has smaller storage but also a smaller price
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-eReader...pf_rd_i=507846
Up to 1,400 Books or 2 GB on the new one
Up to 3,500 Books or 4 GB on the old one with keyboard
Check out the link mate.
The basic new kindle is 2gb but the multitouch one is 4gb. The touch screen one is tempting although 2gb is still a decent storage section and its cheaper.
I see where we are getting our wire crossed now as I have been looking at the uk site and the touch isnt on there yet
Aye I also thought you meant onscreen as in touch screen keyboard :D
Can see having to use the cursor pad to type anything would be a nightmare...
The regular kindle keyboard is bad enough to type on (lack of number keys is pretty terrible), I can't imagine how bad the non-touch version would be. I think I would need to go for the touch if I needed to replace my Kindle 3.
Do you use the keyboard enough to warrant the extra price though?
I`ve had mine for about 6 months and cant think of any situation where i`ve needed the keyboard.
Menu -> Go To...
Putting a number in that box is a complete PITA!!
It isn't often that you need the kbd though (searches) and as Funkstar says, page numbers. I found the lack of numbers a pain at first, but I've got used to it n92!
Have had it for around 2 weeks now and I really recommend it. Slightly more portable than the Keyboard and fits nicely in the pocket. If you aren't doing a lot of web browsing or typing, just e-reading then it's a lovely little device, fast too.
So Plonk, where did you get yours? I want one for my baby girl as she flies to Kuala Lumpur regularly and it would be much better than her usual 15 books, but I see little point in buying the soon-to-be-obsolete version.
Personally, yes I do, but I take the point - most people wouldn't. As for how good the touch one is, dunno. I use the KB (mainly annotations on documents). It's usable for brief notes, but I sure wouldn't want to do WP on it. And if you just read books, it's probably utterly irrelevant.Quote:
Originally Posted by kopite
Looks like it's a moot point. The keyboard version is only available with 3g on Amazon UK now...