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I've always thought it was retarded to include a hardware keyboard on a device that will be used ~95% of the time for reading stuff. It's a really smart move to remove it.


Reading can be passive or active. As an active reader I highlight and annotate my books, so the keyboard is invaluable for me.


Some sort of stylus would be a more natural fit for that. A keyboard would just slow you down (selecting text, marking it, annotating)


Agreed. This might be ex post rationalization, but the keyboard helps me form thoughts. I've got no problem with it (but we definitely agree on the stylus).




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