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Old 09-08-2012, 08:34 PM   #1
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Glo and Mini have Browser?

Does anyone know if the Glo and Mini have a web browser?

Secondary issue - does calibre sync the Current Page in any way, so one could keep two Kobo devices on the same page, so to speak?
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Old 09-08-2012, 08:40 PM   #2
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If the Glo and Mini use the same base software as the Touch (which is highly likely) then yes... there will be a browser; mind you it is unsupported, so not all might work as expected. Calibre however has no support for it.
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Eh? Are you saying that calibre won't load/unload books from the new Kobos?
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Eh? Are you saying that calibre won't load/unload books from the new Kobos?
You can use the browser to "point" to the Calibre server and get the books wirelessly, I would think... Using the URL http://192.168.1.50:8080/browse [where the 192.168.1.50 is your own network's IPv4 Address and 8080 is the port the Calibre server is using as verified in preferences-sharing over the net].
Although I'm sure that books will be able to be transfered by usb to the new Kobo's as with other e-readers.
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Old 09-08-2012, 09:46 PM   #5
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Thanks - I'm hoping you are correct.
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Does anyone know if the Glo and Mini have a web browser?

Secondary issue - does calibre sync the Current Page in any way, so one could keep two Kobo devices on the same page, so to speak?
Sorry.,... I thought that for some reason you were talking about syncing the Web browser current page!

While calibre will more than likely support the new models, I really doubt it will support syncing the current page in ePubs. Current support does include an option to sync. the annotations and % read of a book to calibre from the Touch; however, all that does it to add data to the Metadata stored within calibre on the % read; there is no support within calibre to go from calibre BACK to the reader with that info.
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Pity - I was thinking of a Mini for going out to lunch, and a Glo for reading at home.
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Pity - I was thinking of a Mini for going out to lunch, and a Glo for reading at home.
Kepub page sync will be fine between devices. I read them on the go for exactly that reason.
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"Kepub page sync will be fine between devices."

Unfortunately, I can't find any clean way to convert to kepub, and I strongly prefer to buy books from Amazon.
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And I believe that even if you COULD create kEpub the only books that Kobo would sync are those kEpubs from Kobo themselves.
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Is it possible with the kobo's to select and copy text then to go to evernote within the browser and paste the text in a note?
Looking for this capability for the glo for research.
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I am pretty sure you won't find that in any Kobo reader. FWIW, when I am using a book for serious work, I convert it to RTF using calibre and then can cut and paste into what I am working on with ease. i find a phrase to search on, open the rtf file and do the search. It works beautifully. oh, the Power Points...the lecture notes...the reviews...the blogs

I have never used Evernote with a Kobo reader. Not saying it isn't possible to open it, but, AFAIK, there isn't a copy function in the reader firmware.

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