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10-04-2012, 09:46 AM | #46 | |
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Also, AFAIK the pre-IR touch eReaders had no capacitive, but a resistive touchscreen. |
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10-04-2012, 09:50 AM | #47 |
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You can check the Mobileread users reviews of PW in this thread
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=192526 There are some not really that impressed... |
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10-04-2012, 10:45 AM | #48 |
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I think this is a reviewer to avoid. I bought a Kindle PW for my mother as a gift. It is pretty good for her. There are no slots to add an SD card. The limited choice of fonts doesn't help those with vision problems. The light decreases contrast, which is a problem for some (me), while the Nook does not. The casing is slippery - almost requiring you to buy a case just to hold on to the sucker and not drop it. I'm not saying this device sucks. So far, seems to be a good product. But it certainly does NOT meet everybody's needs nor is it necessarily the best product out there.
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10-04-2012, 10:57 AM | #49 |
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I posted this in another thread but, in short, I think the capacitative layer does degrade the quality in a specific way: When I compare my PW to my KT side by side (light off on the PW), the text on the KT is both crisper and somehow "closer" - it's hard to describe but the KT text looks printed on the screen while the PW text sits under the surface. Also I think the fonts for the KT have been better optimized. This I hope can be fixed with a firmware update on the PW.
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10-04-2012, 10:58 AM | #50 |
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10-04-2012, 02:01 PM | #51 |
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Yea after I spent an hour putting all my books into Collections, it's great. But that's not a PW problem, it's a Kindle Touch and Beyond problem. I'm hoping someone jailbreaks it soon.
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10-04-2012, 02:03 PM | #52 | |
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10-04-2012, 02:39 PM | #53 |
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10-04-2012, 06:15 PM | #54 |
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You can also view it in landscape mode, which is what I have been doing to get around the thin bezel issue. Not everyone will like that, though, but works great for me. I like using the PW in landscape much more than I did the KK since I don't have to try to press the buttons to advance pages, it's the same motion now for both landscape and portrait.
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10-05-2012, 01:31 PM | #55 | |
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There are a lot of markets that Kobo is ahead of Kindle now, and the list continues to grow with Kobo's new partnerships. Kobo's strategy is to partner with major brick-and-mortar chains, rather than try to drive them out of business as Amazon is trying to do, which is winning Kobo allies all over. The U.S. market remains tough for them, though, no question, since with the closing of Borders there now is no major unaligned chain to work with. It'll be interesting to see if working with independent U.S. bookstores starting in 2013 nets Kobo dividends in that market or not. Whether you see Kobo as a major player or not, the industry does. |
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10-06-2012, 11:26 PM | #56 |
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I thought someone posted here that you could turn light off by holding down minus - sign on light setting page?
Other forums are saying light does not turn off. |
10-06-2012, 11:29 PM | #57 |
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10-07-2012, 01:22 AM | #58 | |
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10-07-2012, 11:20 AM | #59 |
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Yes it does stay on. I turn it all the way down, then hold the minus button for 5 secs for good measure. I then take it into my closet. The screen glows and looking down the bottom you can see the lights.
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10-07-2012, 04:02 PM | #60 |
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It's actually bright enough to read when turned down all the way (no ambient light), at least on my PW.
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