11-07-2010, 05:06 PM | #46 |
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Location: Victoria
Device: Sony PRS350 & PRS650, Kobo EReader, Acer 1830TimelineX
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I bought Kobo Ereader because:
1. It is canadian - Chapters 2. Price - $149 in May 2010 - it was the lowest price Ereader available in Canada at that time. 3. Support for epub and PDF. 4. Not restricted to books purchased at Kobo Bookstore. 5. Wanted a basic EReader for reading books - no wifi, no music player, no games, etc.. just reading and keeping my collection of books on it. I bought my Ereader in May and still like it. It is a bit slow on the boot up and page turning, but hey - it does the things it suppose to do well - read books |
11-07-2010, 06:42 PM | #47 |
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Device: Kobo Aura, Sony PRS-T1, Kobo Wifi
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1. Newspapers
2. Canadian 3. Price - $128 4. e-ink screen |
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11-08-2010, 10:54 AM | #48 | |
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Device: Kobo
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11-09-2010, 08:38 AM | #49 |
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Device: Kobo
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I am still waiting for my Kobo 1 to arrive, but I bought it Oct 31 because it reached the magic $99 price and with the $10 gift Certificate Borders kindly sent me a day prior I will have a Kobo 1 in Australia for around $100 Australian - a bargain as it sells for $179 here...and yes as a long term lurker of this site I am aware of the limitatiions of the Kobo 1, I rather hope the new firmware arrives soon and has a goto page feature!
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11-09-2010, 11:13 AM | #50 |
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Device: PRS-500 (MIA @ sony laredo) / Kobo wireless (#2)
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1) supports public libraries
2) is not a sony product 3) very affordable! (less important to me than #2) |
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11-11-2010, 06:55 AM | #51 |
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: BC, Canada
Device: kobo Touch, kobo Aura
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1. Canadian
2. e-ink 3. price ($149 - two weeks before the price dropped to $128) 4. simple and elegant machine that feels good in my hands (I don't need wi-fi, keyboard, dictionary, etc). I lurked here on MR and other sites for a couple months before I bought my Kobo. I waited until after the first firmware fix. I bought the Kobo because I want to read anytime, anyplace. This summer I've actually taken walks with the Kobo for longer than 40 minutes while reading. While walking and reading, I switch to a larger font than I would generally use. Also, it's easy for me to transfer my favourite fanfic (html to epub) to the Kobo. I enjoy my Kobo and have no regrets about my purchase. |
11-14-2010, 01:26 PM | #52 |
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Device: Kobo WiFi, Kobo Aura ONE, Android cell phone
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1. sold at Chapters
2. price 3. epub and pdf's, i.e. library books and documents 4. physical format (no buttons where I put my thumb to hold it) 5. basic reader, no unnecessary bells & whistles I wasn't even going to read books on it, just pdf's I need to read for my studies (and I hate reading documents on a computer screen), but once I got it, I got hooked! |
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