04-24-2013, 09:37 PM | #541 |
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"Touch only is not a second rate solution. In fact, I think it's better then buttons. Buttons are second-rate. Buttons can wear out before the touch screen stops working. "
I can hold my 650 in my left hand and move back and forth using just my thumb on the buttons. Can't do that with any touch screen. Sure buttons can wear out and software locks up so that touch screens are unresponsive. I want buttons. I wandered up to Indigo earlier this year to look at the glow and the mini. I came away very underwhelmed. Aside from the lack of buttons, I found the lighting across the display of the glow to be noticeably uneven. But what I found far worse was the cheap quality of the alleged white leds. For those who don't know, white leds are simply solid state fluorescent lamps. They are blue leds with a white phosphor. Cheap white leds have a very this phosphor coating with the result that have a very distinct blue cast. All the Kobo units had cheap white leds. They are simply rubbish. There will be no front lit reader in my future based on what I've seen so far. At 8", this is the same size as my unlamented Pandigital. It is a nice size for reading. The resolution is ideal. I would love to see this in a good reader. |
04-24-2013, 10:02 PM | #542 | |
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If rumours be true then your in luck because it has been reported that in windows blue or 8.1 whichever it ends up being called there will be an option to go back to a desktop with a start (windows) button doing away with the nasty tiles! If this doesn't pan out you can always go back to windows 7 via microsoft (ask google for more info) I would say downgrading but I think win 7 is better. I think MS have had a lot of people asking to get rid of the tiles I hate them too have worked on a few win 8 machines and will not be upgrading any of my own machines anytime soon. |
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04-24-2013, 10:57 PM | #543 | ||
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04-24-2013, 11:11 PM | #544 | |
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04-25-2013, 12:02 AM | #545 |
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Anybody who bought the Espresso reader went with the Onyx cover? I really wanted to get the Espresso colour for both but I think I will just stick to Onyx as I have to order both to make use of my Staples coupons
Edit: Or should I get the Espresso and the Onyx cover and sell the cover later to get the Espresso one when it is available? |
04-25-2013, 12:15 AM | #546 |
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In the sartorial world, the conventional wisdom is that black and brown are a questionable combination. I personally never wear black shoes with a brown suit or vice versa, so I'll be attempting to use a legacy leather pocket case until the Espresso SleepCover comes back in stock. One advantage to devices and bezels growing thinner is that pocket cases become increasingly capacious. |
04-25-2013, 12:17 AM | #547 | |
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On the subject of the Aura's processor: It turns out to be exactly the same as the Glo's. Here's the note I received from someone who travels Europe representing Kobo (they just got back):
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04-25-2013, 12:19 AM | #548 |
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Thanks for the reply Prestidigitweeze! I really want to get the non-traditional brown version instead of black. I will probably end up selling my black case and buying a brown one when it gets back in stock.
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04-25-2013, 12:24 AM | #549 |
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JSWolf said
I can hold my 650 in my left or right hand and use my thumb to give a quick swipe. Works very well. Because of the swipe, I'm able to do this left or right unlike those Readers that require a tap that have tap zones. I have to swipe my thumb half way across the screen of my 350 to get the pages to turn. If I do that I drop it. Buttons work much better. I cannot get the touch screen menus on the 350 to work half the time with my finger. I have to use the stylus. That a pain Are you saying you just tap the Kobo readers to the pages to turn. I would like to try one of those. Last edited by Gardenman; 04-25-2013 at 12:28 AM. |
04-25-2013, 12:28 AM | #550 |
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Yep - you can tap in (somewhat configurable) tap zones, or you can swipe anywhere, which means you can operate it left handed. No need to swipe halfway across the screen - I haven't measured it, but you only need - about a centimetre, I think? - of swipe.
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04-25-2013, 12:29 AM | #551 | |
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04-25-2013, 12:38 AM | #552 |
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wrong. Wherever you are, if you type kobo.com, you'll be indeed directed to kobobooks.com, but this is always a LOCAL page. For me, living in Spain, it shows mostly spanish books (although the text of the webpage is in english). I cannot access kobo CA , kobo Uk nor kobo USA, and neither can you. Not only that, but you are then only shown a selection of books available for your country. There are many, many english or american ebooks that are for instance available for me at amazon.es but that are not at kobo.
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04-25-2013, 12:43 AM | #553 |
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The size and the screen sure sound good. The lack of folder view would most likely be a deal killer for me. Thats the way I organize things.
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04-25-2013, 12:46 AM | #554 | |
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04-25-2013, 01:27 AM | #555 | |
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I'm kind of amazed people spend time organizing books on their reader. I throw them all on there and search when I need to. I carry about 300 books around. |
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