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I am now in possession of my Glo. My next post on this thread will be the one pointing you to the new thread, that of the review itself.
I am hoping to complete the review sometime this weekend. If anyone has any further points they would like me to address, consider this your last opportunity! |
10-02-2012, 02:38 PM | #65 |
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Good luck making the review!
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10-04-2012, 11:37 AM | #66 | |
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Does "Kobo GLO" support mobi format? Last edited by gjergji; 10-04-2012 at 11:40 AM. |
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10-04-2012, 12:46 PM | #67 |
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I'll be covering this in the review, but converting a Kindle ebook to epub was effortless in Calibre and loads (and looks) fine on the Glo.
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But as 9littlebees says, you can easily format a mobi to an epub with Calibre. |
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10-04-2012, 04:01 PM | #69 |
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Thinking about this a bit more, I suppose native support for MOBI files would be ideal (more supported formats = a more open device), but at least I can still buy books on Amazon if they're either
a) unavailable elsewhere or b) cheapest on Amazon, and know that I can read them on my Glo. If native MOBI support is a must-have feature, you'll need to look elsewhere. For my part, I'm not bothered about it not being there. |
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Hello 9littlebees,
Would you be able to include your thoughts on the responsiveness of the touch screen and also Wikipedia support in your review? I am seriously considering getting a Kobo Glo, but then I am also considering importing a Kindle Paperwhite. There are clearly pros and cons to both, one major thing for me being able to look up words in the dictionary and on Wikipedia. From the videos I have seen so far and also from me testing the Kobo Touch in the shop, I am quite disappointed at how hard it seems to be to select snippets of text without lag. (The lag causing you to select either too much or too little, which is frustrating.) Thanks for taking your time to do this review! |
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There's no direct 'search Wikipedia' feature on the Kobo - but it does use the Miriam Webster English Dictionary - and has built in translation dictionaries for several languages. I am happy to report that the web browser works well with Wiki, and rendering pages and scrolling are very responsive.
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Ah ok. How easy is it to open the browser, go to Wikipedia, search and then come back to the book? - I read a lot of Non-fiction and so need to be able to research certain subjects easily.
Also, is the dictionary functional in PDFs and other content not sourced from Kobo? Thanks. |
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The dictionaries work in side loaded ePub files and PDF's, but in PDF files, you can't just highlight a word and get the definition, the way you do in kePub and ePub files. In the latter, you just hit the dictionary/book icon, select Dictionary, then type the search term. |
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Oops, accidental post, sorry!
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10-07-2012, 06:02 PM | #75 |
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Right, this review is taking a lot longer to write than I thought it would - sorry everyone! Yesterday turned into a bit of a nightmare due to some car issues that needed sorting out, which pretty much killed a big chunk of time I had to write this thing. Also made some plans with the missus for today, so I'm a bit behind.
Anyway, I'll work on it during the week and hopefully I'll be able to get it out by next weekend. |
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