04-30-2013, 12:00 AM | #106 |
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I don't have a 350 but I do have a 650 PRS+ and the Kobo Aura blows it out of the water for page turn speeds. I think the Glo does as well.
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04-30-2013, 01:20 AM | #107 |
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That really surprises me. Do you have a lot of books on the 650? When I hit over 1100 books on the 350, everything slowed down then for me, including page turns. Now I only keep up to 200 books on the reader at any time, and I have the same exact books on the Kobo, same amount.
I've tried the page turns in different books in case there were any formatting issues one reader didn't like, and every time the Sony is faster. I thought the Kobo would be faster, especially since it only refreshes the screen every 6 pages, but it's not the case for me. |
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04-30-2013, 02:17 AM | #108 |
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I've got them both in front of me and the Aura has changed the page before the Sony even flashes. I've tried it at the store with the regular Kobo and kindle and T2 and had similar results. Are you sure it isn't just your eyes?
I only have about 70 books on my 650. |
04-30-2013, 02:31 AM | #109 |
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Positive it's not my eyes in this instance . When I read on the Sony, I can pretty much continue reading without skipping a beat; on the Glo, I'm annoyed by having to wait for the text to appear quite often.
Are your Sony books on the device itself or on an SD card? |
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04-30-2013, 03:44 AM | #111 |
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The curious thing is that Sony came out with a front lit model some four years ago, and then for some reason dropped the idea.
It always saddens me how clumsy Sony are with their marketing initiatives. |
04-30-2013, 04:09 AM | #112 | |
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With the 650, I got so used to touch the screen a little bit before reaching the bottom right in order to avoid to wait a couple of seconds, that I've had to learn not to do that on the Mini because I was always missing the last words I need to try again but I think the page turn is little bit faster when using the buttons (650 obviously). |
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04-30-2013, 06:40 AM | #114 | |
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In fact, Kobo have shown with the release of the Glo last year and now the Aura that even in the space of 6 months they have made improvements to the screen/lighting. The competition is far tougher now, its sink or swim time for Sony I think? |
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04-30-2013, 11:05 PM | #115 |
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Well no kidding! The 350/650 is what, 3 years old at least? It's older technology of course it's going to be slower than the newest thing out on the market.
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05-01-2013, 09:49 PM | #117 |
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I'm starting to wonder if there's not something wrong with my Kobo Glo. The Sony 350s definitely have faster page turns for me. The response on the Glo when you turn it seems to lag before it actually flips the page.
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05-03-2013, 01:01 PM | #118 |
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I just sold my t2 and bought a kindle pw . I love my t2 but pw has built in light so I sold t2 .
What I discovered was horrifying because in t2 the browser is lightning fast and I can download or borrow book from my library . In kindle pw I cannot do that , firstly it has to convert to mobi format and I cannot access the Dropbox as easily as my t2 . And the browser in pw still experimental . If anyone says its an advanced ereader , I'll tell them my foot . I really need to get rid of pw , as though the fonts can customized, but when new firmware updated automatically , I need to copy from my PC to pw again . The fonts in pw is super boring . And it's heavy... Feel so tired holding pw for reading , I have no prob with t2 . Yup, if t3 with or without light....I'll get it soon . At least no hassle to open my epubs in the stable and fully functional browser in Sony t1/t2/t3. |
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Kobo browser now is improved almost to point it is equal to T1, & T2. Only problem my local Florida stores including Best Buy, and Walmart have no demo Kobo or Sony readers only Kindles and Nooks. Most of the time when I was looking to buy a glow this year they were out of stock. I would think Nooks have enough exposure in Barns & Noble, and Books a Million stores. Kobo in USA are sold at independent book stores which sounds great but not at any that I have visited. I would have bought a Kobo Glow by now if they were easier see in person and buy.
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I still love my PRS-350 as my reader of choice, there's just no doubt it's superior in just about everything, software and hardware, even though it's over 2 years old. But I really need a light and was tired of carrying a separate light with me at times or using the bulkier Sony cover with light when out. If I was certain the next line of Sonys would have a built-in light, I'd have waited for that. I went with the Kobo Glo because it does handle epubs, it uses infrared for the touch (my skin and capacitive touch, which is on the Kindle PW, just don't work well, and I read a lot outdoors even in the winter which would mean buying a $40 pair of thin gloves just to use the reader and not even be warm), and the size and weight, it's not much bigger than the 350s, about 1/4" wider and 1/2" taller, 2mm thicker, and 30g heavier. The Glo also has pretty decent font customization, better than the Kindle. You can also borrow epubs directly from the library, although I haven't tried it yet, I usually download to my PC first. While there's a few things I really don't like compared to the Sony, they're livable for the light. But if and when Sony comes out with a front-lit reader, I'll buy it as long as it's the usual stability that Sony is known for. Edit: I just tested out the browser and it's remarkably fast from my home network, so no complaints at all on the speed. It doesn't seem to let you switch orientation to landscape mode, which would probably help for some webpages. No idea how that compares to the T1-T2. Last edited by Ripplinger; 05-03-2013 at 04:10 PM. |
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