11-05-2012, 05:37 PM | #1 |
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Which ereader: functional microSD compatibility.
Good morning. Long-time lurker, first-time poster hoping for some assistance replacing her K4B. I'm very fond of raiding Amazon's free books, the Baen Free Library, Project Gutenberg and the Patricia Clark Memorial Library. As a result, I have a large number of books - too many to fit in the very restrictive internal space provided with the K4B. I'm a hoarder who enjoys taking her everything everywhere (you should see the size of my handbag!).
As a result, I've invested in an 8GB microSD card and loaded it with as many ebooks as possible. Now I just need to find a reader which will support the card. (I am acquainted with Apprentice Alf, so Amazon-dependency is non-existent.) As I'm located in Australia and I do not want to spend over $200, my options as I see them are: Kobo Touch, Kobo Wifi, Sony PRS-T1 and Sony PRS-T2. (I would include the iRiver Story HD, but I have a microSD card rather than a full-sized SD card. I do not include the Kobo Glo because I'm not interested in front-lighting.) I'd rather not get the Kobo Wifi, as it's now two generations old. I view the PRS-T1 and PRS-T2 as having totally negligible differences, as I will be purchasing whichever I can find in a brick-and-mortar store. So when choosing between Kobo and Sony, my question is this: which device is more capable of handling a microSD card and several thousand shelved books, without crapping out? Thank you for any advice. |
11-05-2012, 10:44 PM | #2 |
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I can't answer you question with respect to the Sony devices.
The Kobo Touch can handle thousands of books, but shelving then is impractical from the device. The calibre driver will do this based on columns in the calibre library. How practical this is, I don't know as I normally have less than 500 books on my Touch. I actually have over 200 shelves and extra 500 books on the SD card at the moment while I test something. The first time i did this the setup of the shelves took a few minutes, but syncing now is a lot faster. You should also reconsider the Kobo Glo. The front lighting is the main thing mentioned, but it has a faster CPU (1GHz vz 800MHz in the Touch) and a higher screen resolution (1024*758 vs 800*600). |
11-06-2012, 07:50 AM | #3 |
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Have a list of all those books and a link ? =)
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11-06-2012, 05:49 PM | #4 |
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Patricia Clark Memorial Library
Baen Free Library eReaderIQ Daily Free Books Archive.org Open Library Project Gutenberg Many Books Amazon's Top 100 Free I don't have a list of all of the books that I have (it'd take an awful long time to assemble!), but the free ones have all been acquired thanks to the above links. Last edited by Alexander Turcic; 11-07-2012 at 04:39 AM. Reason: approved |
11-06-2012, 05:52 PM | #5 | |
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As far as the improved specs on the Kobo Glo - my eyes are bad enough that the increased screen resolution is unlikely to make any difference to me, but do you think that the increased CPU speed would improve performance when specifically reading from the microSD? I've heard that both Kobo and Sony devices experience serious slow-down when accessing the card. |
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For the Kobo devices, you define one or more columns to be used for shelves. The driver creates a shelf for each value in the columns and puts all books with that value on the shelf. For my configuration, I use a custom tag-like column and the series column. Quote:
As to performance from the SD card, I can't say I have seen a difference. I don't normally use one, but put one in to test at times. The initial load of the books into the library is no slower than from the main memory. About the only performance hit is with cover images. For books in the main memory, these are generated the first time you see them and saved in the memory. But, for books on the SD card, they are generated each time. This can make displaying the library list seem slow. But, if you are scrolling through the list you can go to the next page before the images are displayed. Also, commenting on the SD card performance is interesting for another reason. The internal memory of the Glo and some of the Touch's is actually a micro SD card. Kobo might have optimised the access from the internal card, but I would expect it to be similar for both. |
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11-08-2012, 01:28 AM | #7 | ||
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11-08-2012, 10:05 AM | #8 | |
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I've used several, and had no issues at all. I've even used a micro SD card with a microSD->SD adapter inside a SD->CF adapter in an older camera that takes CompactFlash cards. |
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11-08-2012, 04:06 PM | #9 |
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sony, for whatever reason, works wonderfully for collections. So if you don't want to mess around with creating/editing collections, go with a sony.
I don't use a card myself because of the power drain [however small it might be]... |
11-08-2012, 05:27 PM | #10 |
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11-08-2012, 08:02 PM | #11 |
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11-08-2012, 09:26 PM | #12 | |
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I have seen a post elsewhere that JB Hi-Fi will have them next week. And Harvey Norman have them on their site but no stock. |
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11-10-2012, 08:21 PM | #13 |
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Nooks can use Micro SD cards. Here's a thread about how to do it, if you're interested. http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/...d/td-p/1224626
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11-10-2012, 11:47 PM | #14 | |
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