Kindle Touch holds promise to being the 2011 holiday season's most admired ereader for general users.
As far as marketing goes, the spotlights all pointed to the Kindle Fire, but the Kindle Touch falls in a category of users who would value the Touch's simple features like, the multi-touch interface and E-ink screen. These characteristics should appeal to buyers who want a consistant, user-friendly device with a fantastic ebook selection and decent internet access, but don’t need all the Kindle Fire’s flashy features.
Kindle Touch Features
Kindle Touch is wireless and features the basic 6” E-ink, no-glare display for easy reading even in full sun. The screen can be navigated by using your finger and provides the best and easy to use interface of any Kindle. The multi-touch display improves Kindle’s already user-friendly design by putting full access to Kindle’s extensive ebook store and limited web browsing capability literally at the user’s fingertips.
The price of the Kindle Touch was dramatically reduced this holiday season to only $99 with Amazon's special offers. By doubling the storage capicity of the most basic Kindle and creating the simple multi-touch display, the Kindle Touch is one of the best deals on the market.
Kindle Touch 3G
If you are a user who is always on the road, the Kindle Touch 3G contains the same amazing features with the benefit of internet access and ebook downloads from anywhere with a 3G connection. There are no extra charges for this; the added costs of the 3G network are included in the device’s $149 price tag.
Probably not cost effective for the extra $50 unless you plan on using the internet access a lot, either way the Kindle Touch 3G is still the cheapest 3G e-reader on the market. The Kindle Touch 3G and Kindle Keyboard 3G are the only two 3G e-readers available. Companies like Barnes and Noble stopped the 3G service because of the extra costs it had to endure.
Kindle Touch vs Kindle Fire
A good review must include the comparison of Kindle Touch and Kindle Fire. The electronic gadget community has taken to the colorful Kindle Fire like a moth to the flame. With that said, the Kindle Fire has actually moved into a category of "Table" like the iPad and Nook.
Real readers are usually unconcerned with the colors, they want words and for that the Kindle Touch is best for e-reading. As another addition, not only is the Kindle Touch perfect for ebooks and music, but it also boosts features like simple site internet browsing, email, social networking and Wikipedia, while keeping the E-ink screen feature for reading where as the Kindle Fire has an LCD screen. If you enjoy reading printed content and can do without the colorful ads, and only need limited internet access, Kindle Touch contains the best features money can buy.
All That Said
In short, the Kindle Touch provides a great combination of functionality and simplicity. As a casual e-reader looking for the easy-to-use benefits of the touch and E-Ink screen, optional 3G, and a classic size and shape, the Kindle Touch is the best mid-range e-reader avalible on teh market.
