Touch screen kills the thrill with this one
356577
I was brought to tears when my daughter's got this for me last Xmas. I was thrilled beyond measure to finally have an ereader . .  and one that was in COLOR and could surf the internet, get email, facebook, etc, etc. I am an AVID reader so I immediately bought kindle versions of books and they were downloaded to this unit in the blink of an eye! Great! Love all the options for reading . . text size, screen brightness. Oh YES this one lights up so no need for a silly 'book light' clamped to the reader. I can snuggle in bed with this tablet and read to my heart's content. :)

BUT . . the one negative . . and it is a huge negative . . is the #$%& touch screen. Or should I say TAP TAP TAP screen and pull-your-hair-out screen!! You have to tap with your fingernail HARD to get a response. OK, whatever, not like my smart phone but still tolerable. Well, not for my hubby laying in bed next to me having to hear TAP TAP every time I go to the next page of the book. :)

I have to say ONCE I actually get the book I want to read open in this thing it is a delight to read. I even purchased a car charger so on long road trips I could keep on reading after the battery dies.

BUT . . it will drive you INSANE. You can't tap on what you want . .  it opens up something else. Don't EVEN try to scroll through your ebooks in the Kindle ap. You will pull your hair out! The screen will show maybe four or five of you books and you need to run your finger (or the plastic stylus) down the side to scroll and see all the rest of your books. Or should I say ATTEMPT to see the rest of your books because the #$%* thing will open every book along the way and rarely ever let you actually scroll through . . anything!! After it opens the wrong book a dozen times you will just give up. HATE.

It does the same thing on the main aps screen for this tablet. Shows a page full of aps but you have to scroll down to see the rest . . NOT. Won't let you scroll, it wants to open any ap near your finger instead of scrolling. Very frustrating!! Why not have a simple bar along the side just for scrolling?? Do they not have quality control? Do they not have anyone TEST these things before the send them out for sale?? Really??

And so now we try to play a game like Angry Birds. Simple right? Just touch the bird, and swipe to send him flying! Yippeeee. NOT. This screen only knows TAP TAP TAP . . not swiping. Gee swiping is kinda like SCROLLING. Hmmmmm. Angry Birds an epic fail. What????

Grandkids got the same tablet and they were thrilled too . . for about two seconds. Very wise children. They grab our smart phones with the tiny screens instead and play Angry Birds. :(

I would have given it 10 stars if it would actually scroll through ANYTHING. I love everything else about it but the scroll thing kills the love. :(
1488000
People prefer different inputs (mice, trackball, touchpads etc...) I think this one is impossible to use (even after a lot of practice) by anyone (but for the one reviewer who seems to enjoy using it to create a simulated touchscreen effect).
Bad design, not worth this or any other low price.  Useless.
1079235
I purchased the new Kobo Touch eReader when it came out (had it on pre-order, and it arrived about one week ago). It is compact and lightweight - the casing is plastic, including the quilted-textured back - which is what I was looking for. I ordered the lilac model; it came with a white face and lilac back and was quite attractive. It requires a microUSB cord (included in the box) to charge and to download from the computer. This model also comes with wireless connection capability.

However...

The touch screen *does* *not* work consistently. It will work fine for about 10-12 page turns, then I have to touch it three to six times to get the page to turn. Then it's wonky a few more page turns, then fine for 10-12 page turns, then the cycle repeats itself. I even tried different ways of touching it - hard, soft, quickly, long slow press, swiping my finger, etc. Didn't solve the problem. I've only read one book on the reader, and that was a chore to finish.

I am not the only one who has had problems with the touchscreen. A review of this device at engadget.com (sorry, I cannot provide the whole like because Amazon won't allow it, but Google will show it) includes the statement, "The zForce infrared touchscreen is responsive, certainly, but doesn't afford the same sort of accuracy of physical buttons, and attempts at page turn swipes sometimes registered in the opposite direction or not at all..." This is the same problem I was having.

Also, if you want to read holding it just your left hand (like I'm used to doing with my old Sony reader), forget it. Touching the left side of the screen only takes you backwards in the book. And sometimes other sections of the screen take you backwards instead of forwards as well, even though they're not supposed to. Fun! Tapping the center section of the screen brings up the options menu, from which you can change text size, go to a different chapter or page, etc. Touching the right side of the screen takes you forward a page...when it works.

My other issue with the screen is that it almost always has a faint ghost of the previous page, more so than my Kindle or Sony.

I did like that, in sleep mode, the screen displayed the cover of the book I was reading. By contrast, the Kindle displays either screensaver pictures of famous authors or advertisements (depending on the model), and my Sony PRS-505 displays a blank screen.

Other issues: page turns are slower than the Kindle, and Calibre--the software I use to manage my eBooks--did not recognize the reader. I had to go through some shenanigans to get the program to see the reader, although I cannot say whether this is the fault of the program or the reader. But it is something to be aware of.

I will be sending this eReader back to where I bought it because of the screen issues. I like the clean design of this eReader, but the screen needs work before it is convenient or worth the money, in my opinion.
81480
They claim its touch screen but it's not ..it's a waste of money
4442400
I have had most harmony remotes in existence. I wanted the touch because it is smaller, lighter and takes up less room on side table in charger. I also was hoping the set up process would be easier and that Logitech might have improved on the operation of the touch remote in ways not acknowledged in their literature so as not to hurt sales of other previous models. With one of my old 650 models I was always using the help button...annoying. The harmony one model while fine was large, heavier and has more buttons than I need. After reading many bad reviews on the touch, I went ahead and bought at BB figuring if I couldn't make it work satisfactorily I would have to return after wasting a few hours. Now that it is working  after three calls to tech support it seems to be a decent remote. One thing I learned is that if you or someone in your house  manually turns your components off such as tv, receiver or DVD player, the remote doesn't know this and thinks these things are still on. Then when you return later to turn them on using the remote it doesn't work, because it thinks your components were never turned off. So...when you return it's a good idea to hit the off button on your remote first. Then when you turn everything on with your remote it will work correctly. The remote needs to be used to both turn your system on and to turn your system off for it to work right. Otherwise you are going to need to hit the question mark on the screen which is the help button to sort the weirdness out. I also learned you can set the way the signal transmits from the remote from the LCD screen in device settings. This I used too to improve performance of the touch.
I noticed that sometimes I would hit a command and my component would not respond. Then I saw that there was a small protective cellophane sticker on the transmitter window of the remote I had failed to remove. This, tech support did not tell me I had to figure out on my own.
As to the speediness of the device, it is fast. I use a Pioneer elite receiver, Tivo hd dvr, Panasonic blu ray and Panasonic plasma tv. So far the remote appears to be more advanced than my harmony one with regard to an iPhone like touch screen with gesture control. As to the complaints that the fast forward, rewind, pause and play buttons being on the top instead of the bottom where they belong, those complaints are valid. I haven't had trouble reaching up to control them however I would like them better if they were below. Lastly, there is a new user interface web page set up process at my harmony.com that seems friendlier. In summary, I would buy this device again knowing that it is easier to call tech support than to get frustrated not setting it up perfectly. Buy if you are willing to ask Logitech for help when setting up your new touch remote then you will probably have a good experience.
937907
This could be the worst product I have ever purchased.
Here are my impressions in chronological order:
- This is a standard screen and lcd package for the iPhone. Since it is both, it is fairly easy to install.
- After install, the first think I noticed is how faded the colors look on the screen. Not a huge deal though because I don't have a cracked screen anymore.
- The second thing I noticed is that the touch screen did not feel the same as the OEM screen.
- After using it for about a week, the screen will stop responding completely at least once a day and require me to restart my phone. I have learned that putting it in lock screen and unlocking may solve the problem.
- Sometimes the sensor gets way off. For example, when I am typing, it will routinely choose the letter two letters to the left of the one I am touching.
- Finally, scrolling and zooming is almost impossible with the terrible nature of the touch screen. If you try to scroll a webpage, it will start to bounce all over the screen. The same thing happens if you try to zoom in on a picture.

In conclusion, I strongly regret installing this screen. It makes my phone almost useless. All of the problems are worse if there is any water, sweat, or oil from your skin on the screen, so you really have to wipe it off each time before you use it. If it is clean, it works about 50% of the time. I have had 2 OEM screens on my iPhone  and 1 OEM/1 third party on my iPad and I have not had any problems. Maybe I can remove my screen and return it and just use the phone without a screen?
4123907
While it was nice to avoid the fingerprints and glare, it lowered the resolution to such a degree it was almost impossible to read and when I could it was painful to try to focus enough to make sense of what the screen was showing. Once I took it off the phone after enduring it for a week I could pretty much feel my eyes saying Thank you! Lol. I can't recommend this at all
2345600
I ordered 2 screens and both have issues.
 The first screen is completely useless because after connection the touch screen wouldn't recognize touch to slide open.
The second worked better with touch to slide but very slow when touching numbers, text keys and Apps. Sliding pages is very fast and doesn't match up with slow key touch reaction.
Shopping was amazing on time so one Star.
1883554
I recently bought this because it was cheap and I needed a case for my XL and didn't mind the other accessories that came with this set. I knew I would get what I paid for, but I at least expected everything to work correctly out of the box. Everything in the kit is fairly decent for the price, but the screen protectors will cause your touch screen to become unresponsive. I just installed the top and bottom screen protectors and now I can't even use my XL because the touch screen is 100% unresponsive. Also, I'm not even sure how to take the screen protector off now. This really sucks. Buy at your own risk.
3202827
This nano has the same apple reliability that I loved about the previous versions.  It has good sound, all the features work well, and the build quality is outstanding.

The problem is in the design.  This device is WAY too small for a touch screen. Everything on such a small screen is inevitably crammed together.  I don't have big fingers, but I still find that I inadvertantly touch the wrong icon or accidentally touch the scroll bar while playing an audio track, thereby advancing or backing up at some random point and having to backtrack to find where it was in the track I departed from. It drives me nuts!  It happens especially often if I'm moving while fiddling with the screen, so I usually have to remain perfectly still in order to focus on touching exactly the point on the little screen I intend to.  So I find the touch screen to be very inconvenient for this nano.  I hope they bring back the scroll/click wheel in the next version, or I'll definitely be buying from another company next time.
1935066
The gloves itself are nice and keep your hands warm in the winter. They feel good. There is a stretch band on your wrist to keep it secure.
But... the touchscreen feature was absolutely terribly executed. It just doesn't work. Look yourself at the picture and see how the touch part is designed. It's not on the tip of your finger! The excessive amount of linen around makes it useless for touchscreen.
Too bad it doesn't work for touchscreen, because the gloves are really nice.
3607937
I don't always wright reviews, but when I do - it is when I am utterly disappointed.

Before I purchased this player, I have conducted extensive search and was quite excited to start using this one.

Let me just list all the things I found wrong with this device:

1) Minor - overall dimensions of screen, that actually displays information is almost twice as small as actual screen size. I think this is a minor thing to mention, b/c you can kind of see it in preview pictures and in comparison to other defects this is nothing, really.
2) Minor issue - Screen timeout is too short  there is not even enought time for full text (folder name that contains a song) to be displayed and read before the screen exits. By the way, why exit this particular screen on timeout to begin with?
3) Minor issue - Text scroll speed is too slow.

4) Major - battery life is very short. Few to several hours (not in one sitting though, but throughout 3-4 days of short usage). And no, I didn't forget to turn it off during one of these days.
5) Major - Poor functionality design: Random mode doesnt go back to already played songs. If one want to find out what song has played before in random mode  there is no way to do that. Going back plays another random song. But you can play another random song by going forwards. Why not introduce additional functionality by letting a user go back? Other players do that.
6) Major - Poor functionality design: Unable to resume the song it was playing before turning off from where the song was playing. Some songs are an hour long. To they expect me to scroll towards where I have left off? Nonsense. OTher players can do that.
7) Major - Screen brightness: Screen was making the impression that it would have an advantage in comparison to multi-colored displayed. Nope. During the daylight, not even under direct sunlight  almost impossible to see what is written on the screen, unless covering with a palm of your hand. Basically, impossible to see anything while driving during sunny day, b/c two hands are required.

5) Fatal - Player freezes up often for no reason at all and doesnt turn on/off sometimes for hours. The only ways to turn it back on is several attmpts to plug in hi amp power (not PC usb, but wall outlet USB) with combination wih FACTORY reset. Most of the times you just have to let it sit for half a day before it decides to resurrect itself.
6) Fatal - often after battery died it does nothing but flashes battery sign with lightning on it and cant do anything for hours. Only fix is to keep it plugged in to power for extensive time period (about an hour).
8) Fatal - Sometimes (too often) - when playmode is set to random and the scope is all songs, player instead of all songs only fetches few to several hundred songs that it plays "random" mode on. Last time it was mostly folders that start with letters C and D.

Worst purchase I have made in my life.

Needless to say, my review is based on a single item, which might be defective, yet this is the experience I share with you, folks.
4607403
I didn't do my homework on this one. Most of the programs I use are not available on this device. The ones that are available can't be connected to Google Play Services. The screen is too sensitive and it takes longer to do what I should be able to accomplish. Watching movies on it is fine, but an Android tablet could do that and all the other things I want to do. I will have to buy another tablet that suits me and my needs.
3417546
Touch screen is not sensitive as it should be. Sometimes it takes multiple attempts. It loses wi-fi connection routinely and must be reset. Do not care to run Facebook on it; the videos don't run well. Okay for games. If I were to purchase something of the same type, I'd go with the 10" iPad.
2182157
My IPOD Touch is in a drawer.

I had higher hopes for this toy. I was so happy when I saw it at Fry's after about 30 minutes of playing with it and coddling it's shiny interface in my hands.. Ahh gadget lust.. The flesh is weak and I finally got one for myself.

After having played with the unit for sometime, and outside of the genius interface, I think the IPOD brand is all hype [as far as Audio goes] at this stage.

Here are my Pros/Cons review of my IPOD Touch 32 GB.

Some high points about my I-touch 32GB:

----I like it as a PDA, but I don't really use a PDA, so yawwwwwn.

----The browser interface is a work of art, my hats off to this implementation.

----The appstore is very interesting, I think this will keep the unit selling well. I never did like the download experience from other products like Pocket PC or Palm, they were trash.

----Very nice GUI touch interface, it had me entertained for about about 30 minutes.  That's a record I think... :)

Some issues however:

----I just payed $[...] for this toy and 2 months later they want money for me to "BUY" an update to get their mostly useful [some free], but SIMPLE, software apps from their APP store? Uhh, did I miss the Sony logo on this thing somewhere and where's a trash can? I think Google Android is gonna kill here, the Android free apps I have seen absolutely kill the Apple appstore free apps.

----I really didn't think much of the Touch as an audio player. Audio was tinny and very cheap sounding even with high-end audio files [tried different headphones and Touch equalizer settings].

----There are no physical volume buttons or track controls.. unacceptable for daily use.  This is Steve Jobs getting his "design" way as usual.  Maybe I need this to solve this massive design flaw..  tinyurl.com / 5rtyx3  Even the old IPODS came with an in-line remote control for these features.

----Sony makes a better sounding portable cd-player for 20 bucks.  I have two in my drawer of old electronics and wanted to make sure my ears weren't going bad.. so I did a double blind test between a few 320 MP3s and the 44.1KHz CD. No surprise, my 320mp3 even sounded better on other MP3 hardware. The Touch was quite bad.

----I had high hopes for ITUNES. I mean, it's a 7 year old application.  OMG what a locked-down piece of garbage, just as bad as Sony music interface application. At least with other MP3 players, I can force-feed my data [audio/video] onto the unit somehow. But with ITUNES and the Touch everything is locked down and ITUNES seems to "convert or re-encode" the audio tracks when writing to the Touch, so who knows what the heck it's writing into the touch's memory.

----Don't get me started with Video format playback. I just mini-vomited. Just to compare, even the cheapy PSP [$[...]] plays back a ton of Video formats [after a few FREE software updates from Sony BTW] and you can easily put content onto the memory-stick or grab it using WIFI. And yes, the PSP is also in my death-drawer, but that is because I just got board with it after a few hours, but it's not a bad unit, I must just have ADD. To be fair, the PSP screen sucks hard though, image ghosting is a nightmare on video playback, hand me a fork to gouge my eyes out!

----Memory Capacity: The 32 GB are there on the Touch, engraved cutely on the back of the unit and listed in the system setting details as promised, but it's a complete hassle getting "my content" onto the unit. After putting-in some quality time with ITUNES, I finally got about 200 MB of audio on the unit, where ITUNES wanted to "transfer" things using it's bloated interface, I thought I was going to fall asleep. I had to check I was not using a serial cable circa-1992 and confirmed it was USB 2.0.  I could go on and on here.... BAD software and more locked-down than a death-row inmate.

Sorry, that's just my experience with the little toy.

F.
1399309
Here goes.  I bought this device because I love that it combined the full qwerty keyboard with a touchscreen.  I found out that not everything that glitters is gold.

I love:

Full keyboard, camera and display on this device.  It has a very smooth track to open the keyboard.  It's simply a perfect idea in its conception.

I hate:

It's slow and I mean slow on the processor end.  It takes some getting used to in order to delete multiple messages, but the WORST is that when I am on a call, the darn thing intermitently pushes numbers (like if your toddler was trying to get your attention and starting pushing the button on the phone to make them beep).  It also has put people on speaker phone while we are talking which is a big no-no for me.  Lastly, it hangs up while I'm on a call, which is the worst insult of all.  And no, I don't have a fat cheek.

I can't imagine that RIM's engineers and beta testers didn't run into the problem.  At least with my IPhone, the screen goes black when you put it up to your ear so this doesn't happen.  I say back to the drawing board and I'm sending this back.
1704996
The touch screen on this for entering addresses is horrible.  You frequently get miss-recognized characters and not just adjacent to where you are pressing, but sometimes it picks characters from the other side of the screen.  We have since gotten a&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Garmin-n-uuml-vi-50LM-5-Inch-Portable-GPS-Navigator-with-Lifetime-Maps-US/dp/B0057OCDQS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Garmin n&uuml;vi 50LM 5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Maps (US)</a>&nbsp;which has a larger screen and is much better all around, touch screen included.  Oh, and with the 500, you have to pay for map updates which is just wrong.  These are included on the 50LM.