Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I was very happy with my old Kindle, with the little buttons at the bottom, and the page turn buttons on the side. When I finally broke the last one and all my warranty replacements were out (get the warranty, by the way - outstanding deal, good service), I looked all over for a replacement, but there were none to be had. Apparently, this is the new generation of my Kindle, and I have to take what they're offering. The appearance of the visual interface is different, and in my opinion less attractive than the old. The new "time left in chapter" feature apparently thinks it takes me one minute to read a chapter, no matter how long that chapter is. The distance between the power switch and the charger socket is increased which means I have to take the Kindle out of its cover to charge it. But the worst is the touch screen. I didn't want a touch screen, but apparently I no longer have the option. My hands tend to tremble, which makes aiming at the small screen an adventure. The sensitivity is such that sometimes the slightest breeze will cause the pages to turn and sometimes all the tapping in the world doesn't seem to work. If I hold the Kindle anywhere but the bottom, I end up turning pages, sometimes repeatedly, so I wind up spending more time trying to get back to the place I was at than I do actually reading. I was happy with the Kindle I had, but now I get to pay more for what I consider an inferior product that doesn't suit my needs anywhere near as well as the product it is intended to replace. #Progress One potential positive: The battery seems to last longer, though it has only been a few days, so I could be wrong about that. BRING BACK THE BUTTONS!!! [Update] it's been about a month now, and I hate the touch screen more than ever. It keeps changing text size on me and every time I jostle it it turns the pages. The touch screen seems very inconsistent with what portion of the screen does what when touched. I can touch the same place 6 times in a row and end up anywhere within a twelve page span. It goes back and forth seemingly at random. Highlighting and definitions are sometimes quicker, but more often, I spend more time trying to highlight just what I want to highlight than I did just pushing the buttons. The edition of the Bible I have had easily navigated chapter links, so I could navigate quickly and easily with between the books and chapters during study classes. Now I can't even FIND the darn chapter links, much less use them. And the active content, the word games that I used to love to play...GONE. I can't play my word games on this version of the Kindle. I've seen the comments here, Amazon: You had a real winner with the last generation. Why not either bring it back or make it available new to those of us who prefer to buy it new? The ball is in your court.