09-13-2012, 06:04 AM | #76 | |
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If that's true then I believe kindle is better designed than kobo. I've had kindles for 3 years and never had to power off. Usually read 2 hours per night. Battery always lasts 2 to 3 weeks, wifi off. I intend to buy the kobo glo now so I expect those to be at least almost as good as kindles It doesn't make sense. Of course internals take battery just like the battery on my watch to keep clock and things in memory but those are not even compared to a full shutdown and boot. Even my MacBook air has a month battery on standby/sleep and for sure it has much more powerfull internals than e-readers Most people just don't get the e-ink nature. How the process of something appears on page |
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09-13-2012, 06:15 AM | #77 | |
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Wether you like it or not e-ink works one way. And that's how it works. Not up to ifs. Now which internals do you think take up battery? Clock and small memory, my alarm clock has them also and the battery lasts 2 years. We are of course assuming that wi-fi is off. You should not throw things in the air like someone said at the customer service. By experience I know most customers don't realise they have wi-fi on or that their device could be defective. And I know also that many working in customer service know less than us. Try shopping for a new tv at the mall, they know nothing about what they sell. Please go to google and research about how e-ink works. If kobo looses considerable battery on standby then that's a bad quality reader. I hope not as I want the kobo glo. The kindle paperwhite won't be available where I am, that would be my choice as amazon and kindles have always been top notch. |
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09-13-2012, 06:16 AM | #78 | ||
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15.000 * 1,5 * 1,5 = 562 hours. Then add a sprinkle of more PR, and you are there.. |
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09-13-2012, 12:46 PM | #79 |
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I'd be interested in usability aspects. I like the my_clippings on my K3, changing the eco system now I'd be unsure about annotations/bookmarks/highlights/clippings.
also, as a general touchscreen question, I'd be curious if it is possible to highlight while turning a page. this works on the K3. is this working on the glo or kindle touch? |
09-13-2012, 01:08 PM | #80 |
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I'm betting the battery life of the Glo & Paperwhite will be very similar. The two measures Kobo have given (over 1 month and 55 hours continuous use) seem to me to be two different things. Yes e-ink means the battery is only used on page turns etc, but any battery will drain to an extent even when sitting idle. So the 55 hours continuous use doesn't equate to nearly two months at an hour a day - more like just over a month, which is what Kobo have stated.
It also seems likely that Kobo have just chosen not to fall in with the rest by changing the daily usage time to make the battery life sound better. Kobo, Kindle, Nook, Sony, they are all pretty similar in terms of battery life. |
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09-13-2012, 02:10 PM | #81 | |
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A "no glass" display (as advertized) would have been a huge feature. Lots of people are (concerned about) breaking their displays. It should also allow making the reader lighter and frames thinner as all the extra clunk to protect the glass substrate could simply go away. |
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09-13-2012, 02:11 PM | #82 |
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I think you are right I_macd. More then that, when they do talk at any length about it, I hear Kobo folks talk about reading at the rate of one page turn per minute, and getting that rate from the data they collect in Reading Life. I'm betting that a whole lot of people would stretch 55 hours out over a fairly long period of time.
Me? Well, a four day weekend could blow that to bits. It's sad, but true. I really need to go out and get me one of those life things people are always talking about. |
09-13-2012, 02:28 PM | #83 | |
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How exactly does highlighting while turning a page work? On a touch screen, if you tap (or swipe) to turn a page, the page just turns without any further options... To highlight, you have to either (a) press and hold a word, then wait for the selection to come up (and then press the x in the dictionary box that pops up with the word's definition). That one word will then be selected and the beginning and end of the word has a "balloon" type thing attached which you can drag to select more words; or (b) swipe your finger over the screen from top to bottom, and the selection possibility opens up: you can now tap a word and it is immediately selected (as opposed to tap-and-hold in option a). The further selecting of more words works the same as in option a (after you closed to word's definition pop-up). If you want to select and highlight a sentence that starts on page 5 and continues on to page 6... I'm afraid you can't do that (at least, I couldn't find a way to make it work). As you're in selection mode while selecting text, you can't turn the page because tapping or swiping the screen to turn the page just selects the text you touched. You'd have to select and highlight the first part of the sentence, exit selection mode, turn page, enter selection mode again and select and highlight the rest of the sentence. I hope that answers your question! |
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09-13-2012, 03:03 PM | #85 | |
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After finishing my work out and getting some food in my belly, it hit me. The solid battery icon might not be "full" but "empty"! So, I plugged it in. About 3 minutes later, it started to come alive. So I learned, that if there is no battery in the reader, it will be stuck on the page, just like an etch-a-sketch, because it only uses power to change the page. |
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Thanks for letting us know one can't do that on the kobo. |
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09-13-2012, 06:21 PM | #88 |
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Does the Kobo Touch have glass in the screen? If so, why would the Glo be any different and should we be concerned? I realize that some people have broken their screens but is it just a few or a pandemic? I've also heard of people breaking their Kindle screens. So as long as it is as robust as the Touch, we know where we stand. It just means you need a decent case, correct?
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You could try changing the type size so the desired highlight is on a single screen, then change back and see if it stays selected.
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09-13-2012, 07:22 PM | #90 | |
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