ereaders with touch *and* turn buttons?

willaful · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 1468

Does B&N make the only ereader that has both a touch screen and page turn buttons? I really like having both.
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PWNN · Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 815

The Kindle and Kobo don't but the the Sony touch ereader also has buttons. The latest version is the PRS T2. I think the placement at the bottom left hand side looks like it would be rather awkward but I've yet to handle one.

The new cycle of e-readers will start coming out in the spring so there might be different options then.
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willaful · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 1468

Mark · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 1240

I can confirm that the 3 Sony Readers we currently have (650, 950 & T1) all have both page turn buttons and touch screen swipe to turn pages.

Lynn · Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 82

My Nook Simple Touch has both.

Lynn

willaful · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 1468

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Mark · Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 1240

I don't know if these models are still available, since we've had them for a while.
The 950 is slightly larger, giving more text per page, but also just enough heavier to be borderline for one-handed comfort.
The T1 is the newest of the ones we have and is the best at handling a large number of ebooks. We have over 4,300 ebooks that I load in the Readers through memory chips I update on my PC. The 650 & 950 use Memory Stick & the T1 uses SD. The T1 recognizes updates added to the chip better & faster than the 650 or 950. (In fact, I had to separate the ebooks for the 650 onto 2 MS chips because it got too flaky around the 4,000 mark.)