I bought the $79 model hoping that the %30 weight decrease (compared to 3rd gen Kindle) would make it easier to handle with one hand. This seems like an obvious use case to me that would make it more comfortable to say, read in bed or read with a cup of coffee. So I'm disappointed that the button placement still makes page turning a two-handed affair. The page turn buttons are so tiny that one handed reading requires an awkward position.
I'm pretty jealous of the new Nook, which looks easy to handle with one hand. Amazon does a lot of things really well, but they still seem to be figuring out hardware.
I'm pretty jealous of the new Nook, which looks easy to handle with one hand. Amazon does a lot of things really well, but they still seem to be figuring out hardware.