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7" Ereader with Touch and not Buttons (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by OneShotLido@lemmy.world to c/ereader_community@lemmy.ml
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I have a Kindle which has a 6.8 inch screen. I've been wanting to pick up another ereader, but I don't want a smaller screen. I'd prefer a 7 inch screen, since that seems to be closest to the Kindle. I've been looking at Boox and Kobo readers, but all their 7 inch screens have hardware buttons rather than touch. I have not found a 7 inch screen with touch. Does anyone have a recommendation, or am I stuck with hardware buttons?

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[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can't say for Boox but to the best of my knowledge, you can still use touch on the Kobo readers with physical buttons, if that's the problem though I understand if it comes down to the different form factor.

[–] OneShotLido@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks. I'll look into this.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty close to 100% sure that the ones with buttons also support touch screens, still. It's "and buttons", not "or buttons".

[–] OneShotLido@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ok, very cool. I guess I should simply contact them and ask. Thanks!

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

I checked the boox page and it definitely has full normal multitouch support. It needs to for Android to really work. But I would expect most others to as well.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 3 points 11 months ago

I think the kobo aura hd meets your needs. Genuinely curious about not wanting the physical buttons, is it just a form factor thing? (I was nervous about my Voyage failing for a while because I don't want to move to something without buttons and there wasn't much on the market for a long time that was good quality with buttons)

[–] lankybiker@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I'm the other way around

When I'm reading I don't want touch at all, no I didn't mean to highlight anything again dammit

[–] Fabiozeh@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Pretty much all of these devices feature touchscreens now. I use the original Boox Nova Air and I think it's great.

[–] mulcahey@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Likebook P78