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Together with the Amazon Kindle Fire , Amazon also unveiled the touch version of the Kindle, called simply the Amazon Kindle Touch. At an attractive price point (check here for the latest price), the Kindle touch comes with everything the “normal” Kindle E-Reader offers, but adds the benefit of a touchscreen. 
We say “benefit”, but playing around the with the device shows that the Kindle keyboard is actually not something we ever thought was in the way, quite the opposite. Now, with only one button left, many thing get more complicated to do, for example highlighting text and writing comments.
On the plus side the Kindle touch is now 11% smaller compared to the latest Kindle, and 8% lighter. Both is of course due to the Keyboard not being need anymore. The screen size is the same as with all the other Kindle E-Readers.
All other things have stayed the same or where updated across the whole Kindle range, for example the fact that you can now officially borrow e-books from your local library and will also be able to rent out books to friends.
The Kindle is also one of the few E-Reader with native PDF support, which makes it very convenient when you are in need of a PDF reader for business purposes.
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Reviews (5)
Jonas Walle
September 28th, 2011 at 10:35 pm
I had the pleasure of playing around with it today when it was shown and I have to say even though at first you miss the keyboard, everything is very easy to handle even without it. Highlighting, yes, that takes a bit pf practise, but everything else is just very intuitive and simple like with the other Kindles. What is really nice is the weight difference, which you really notice after a while. Not the Kinde Family were the heavyweights anyway, but the touch clearly is lighter while keeping the screensize constant. I for one have preordered already!
Madeileine
September 28th, 2011 at 10:37 pm
Love this thing, even though I’m not sure if the Keyboard will be something I am going to miss. I have the same problem with my Ipad already: Great device, but without Keyboard it is simply not useable for most things.
Anyway, preordered as well!
Yuuh
October 11th, 2011 at 10:55 pm
Awesome!
Merle
October 11th, 2011 at 10:55 pm
This works like a charm, really cool!
Peter Graf
October 11th, 2011 at 10:56 pm
I promise you will not miss the Kindle´s keyboard, it is simply awesome! Preorder now!
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