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Old 04-17-2013, 01:04 AM   #106
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A little insight on how the design was created:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdpjaSn9w6w
Interesting... I still like flat
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Old 04-17-2013, 01:07 AM   #107
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My husband has adopted it, and doesn't want to upgrade, even though I've offered to buy him a new ebook reader on several occasions - he just loves the 505. That leaves me with the 350 and the T1. I've offered to give him the T1 to use as a backup reader, while I would have the Aura and the 350, but he is not interested!
LOL... that's his way of saying "no more ereaders"
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Old 04-17-2013, 01:09 AM   #108
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Old 04-17-2013, 05:02 AM   #109
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Why oh why!!! I onlu *just* got my Glo, and would have got this in a heartbeat. Oh well, the Glo will do the job.
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Old 04-17-2013, 05:40 AM   #110
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On the other hand, the utilization of the CPU on eInk reader is sporadic in book reading mode (peaks when a new page needs to be rendered, long periods of inactivity while the user reads the page) and it is possible (but neither easy nor trivial) to write a software so that it renders a page, or few, in advance.
Why would it be a problem to render pages in advance? I'm still wondering why they don't do that already.
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Old 04-17-2013, 06:03 AM   #111
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Why would it be a problem to render pages in advance? I'm still wondering why they don't do that already.
I suspect that any delay in turning pages is down to the eInk screen rather than rendering.

But I agree that rendering the next page in advance would seem an obvious thing to do, if the rendering time caused any delay in page turns. The effort is wasted if the user doesn't just turn to the next page, but that can't be more than 5% of page turns, and so is insignificant.
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Old 04-17-2013, 06:12 AM   #112
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I wanted bigger screen. I just wish it would have buttons for page turning.
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Old 04-17-2013, 06:36 AM   #113
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Nice nice! Wish they come out with kobo mini glo. I will buy it in the blink of an eye.
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Old 04-17-2013, 08:40 AM   #114
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Nice nice! Wish they come out with kobo mini glo. I will buy it in the blink of an eye.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Then I would have to buy that one plus the Aura.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.




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Old 04-17-2013, 08:53 AM   #115
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Nice nice! Wish they come out with kobo mini glo. I will buy it in the blink of an eye.
Same here! I don't need the big reader but I would love to have a smaller reader to carry around.
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Old 04-17-2013, 09:03 AM   #116
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What interests me most is whether the lighting can be adjusted to a lower brightness level than on the Glo. Many have complained that it is too bright to read comfortably in the dark. An alternative could be a night mode like the Cybook has.
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Old 04-17-2013, 09:49 AM   #117
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All I care about is the release date. When is it?
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Old 04-17-2013, 09:49 AM   #118
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What interests me most is whether the lighting can be adjusted to a lower brightness level than on the Glo. Many have complained that it is too bright to read comfortably in the dark. An alternative could be a night mode like the Cybook has.
Short answer -yes

Here is a link to the written review of the Aura. At the bottom is a video comparing the Glo and Aura brightness.

http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...ura-hd-review/
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Old 04-17-2013, 09:51 AM   #119
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Here is a link to a video review by Good E-reader

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All I care about is the release date. When is it?
25th April in UK and Canada. I don't know for other countries.
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