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Old 10-25-2021, 02:02 PM   #76
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The new Kobo Sage has a quad-core processor. I don't know how they compare in speed. I would like to find out.
I'll compare them when I get my Sage.
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Someone on the Reddit commented that navigating in the library, opening books and such was still as slow as on the older Kobos. So it seems the fault lies with Kobo for not optimizing their UI the way Amazon has.
But then someone on Reddit doctored a photo to show the light strip that the Forma has. So I'm not taking the word of someone on Reddit. I'd rather wait to find out from someone here.
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But then someone on Reddit doctored a photo to show the light strip that the Forma has. So I'm not taking the word of someone on Reddit. I'd rather wait to find out from someone here.
Not the strip of the Forma, just a bright line on the side. The Forma was twin bands around a dark stripe
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The new Kobo Sage has a quad-core processor. I don't know how they compare in speed. I would like to find out.
To be honest, the quad 1.8 does not accelerate that much the navigation, I'm a bit disappointed. The Oasis 3 also refreshes pictures faster.

The import is faster than the old processor Kobo used though. Maybe Kobo still need to improve / optimize their OS for the new processor.
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To be honest, the quad 1.8 does not accelerate that much the navigation, I'm a bit disappointed. The Oasis 3 also refreshes pictures faster.

The import is faster than the old processor Kobo used though. Maybe Kobo still need to improve / optimize their OS for the new processor.
nice processor, it's a shame it only as 512MB RAM. take a look at post 81
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...=342405&page=6

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Old 10-25-2021, 04:30 PM   #82
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nice processor, it's a shame it only as 512MB RAM. take a look at post 81
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...=342405&page=6

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The Oasis is 512 MB too. And it's still pretty fast.
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The Oasis is 512 MB too. And it's still pretty fast.
considering my original 6" Kobo Aura N514 which was released in August 2013 as 256MB of RAM i'd expect the more expensive e-reader/devices of 2021 like the Kobo Sage and the Kindle Oasis 3 to have 1GB RAM by now. although to be fair if some or even many people are happy to buy these devices it's entirely their choice.

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Old 10-25-2021, 06:06 PM   #84
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To be honest, the quad 1.8 does not accelerate that much the navigation, I'm a bit disappointed. The Oasis 3 also refreshes pictures faster.

The import is faster than the old processor Kobo used though. Maybe Kobo still need to improve / optimize their OS for the new processor.
The Oasis could be faster at image import because it doesn't dither as well as Kobo so Kobo could be doing more processing when dithering.
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The Oasis could be faster at image import because it doesn't dither as well as Kobo so Kobo could be doing more processing when dithering.
Are you sure Kobo does the dithering when it imports? I notice that after I do an import, the home screen slowly updates images, which leads me to believe that dithering is done as needed?
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It's irrelevant on a Libra as that's handled by the hardware, but, yes, it's done at runtime, and it's not great, but it's barely any better on Kindle anyway (still good enough for most of us, though). And the performance impact is null to negligible on either side.
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Old 10-26-2021, 07:07 AM   #87
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The Oasis could be faster at image import because it doesn't dither as well as Kobo so Kobo could be doing more processing when dithering.
Except that Kobo doesn't generate any cover images during the import. They are generated on demand. The first time you do something that needs to show the cover image for a book will trigger generating them. Haven't you ever noticed the covers slowly being populated as you scroll through the book list?
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Except that Kobo doesn't generate any cover images during the import. They are generated on demand. The first time you do something that needs to show the cover image for a book will trigger generating them. Haven't you ever noticed the covers slowly being populated as you scroll through the book list?
Yep. Whenever I side load books, I always check the list of books to see that the cover thumbnails have been created properly. I take that as verification that the book files have completed the transfer process and it's safe to unplug the reader.
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Yep. Whenever I side load books, I always check the list of books to see that the cover thumbnails have been created properly. I take that as verification that the book files have completed the transfer process and it's safe to unplug the reader.
For the record, it is safe to unplug as soon as the OS has said it has ejected the device. The import doesn't start until after the device recognised that it has been ejected. The only reason not to unplug while the import is happening is to keep the battery charged.
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