10-20-2011, 01:52 PM | #121 |
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You can sideload Android Market, but it can be buggy and crash, and you'll periodically have to get another APK to sideload it when the crashing becomes typical behavior.
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10-20-2011, 04:47 PM | #122 |
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For those asking why color LCD reader? Comic books are so much better in color and most magazines use lots of color pages, school books have lots of color pages.
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10-20-2011, 05:33 PM | #123 |
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Reading Comic books is the only reason I might buy one.
1024 x 600 is not ideal but workable in horizontal while moving the page up and down. However I am not too impressed with the nagging SD card problems with my Kobo Touch. So I will wait and see and will not pre-order. |
10-20-2011, 05:43 PM | #124 |
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Probably a silly question, but will the vox permit side loading non drm epubs through calibre? Better yet, if the android Dropbox app works on this it would be great.
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10-20-2011, 06:06 PM | #125 |
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The Dropbox app should work just fine. If there is no Market Access you can get the apk at Dropbox's site and sideload it.
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10-20-2011, 08:03 PM | #126 | |
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10-20-2011, 08:41 PM | #127 |
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LoL That was one of the first things I checked too. I'd imagine a full size tablet would be best for comic viewing, but I think the 7" will be workable.
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10-20-2011, 09:29 PM | #128 |
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I guess a lot of people are waiting for the tablet prices to go down just to read cbr's! I really don't see myself paying $500 for a tablet on which I'll only read comic books. The price tag on the Vox is definitely appealing at only $200.
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10-20-2011, 09:45 PM | #129 |
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10-20-2011, 10:32 PM | #130 |
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the problem with the kobo touch as most e-ink readers is the inability to zoom, or soom properly/quickly. The fact that the Vox will have multitouch/pinch zoom capabilities will make comic viewing much better, even on the 7" screen.
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10-21-2011, 08:16 AM | #131 | |
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It's been a couple of days now since I sent an email to 'help@kobobooks.com'. Do they ever answer questions?
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Chances are, you'll be able to get an adobe reader app (if one isn't included by default), which, quite honestly, would be the best solution. |
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10-21-2011, 09:15 AM | #133 |
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The Vox is looking so tempting to get... I love my Sony, but would like a reader that can display color as well. And perhaps the Vox could be used as a sort of portable portfolio for images?
I was considering the new Kindle, but after looking at the Vox specs... And the fact that you can download a Kindle app? Would it truly work? That would be like the icing on carrot cake.... drooool.... |
10-21-2011, 09:25 AM | #134 |
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A question concerning comic books in cbr/cbz formats:
The Vox has a 800mzh processor and 512mb of ram. Is that enough to run a 30mb cbr smoothly or will it be choppy? anyone know? |
10-21-2011, 10:19 AM | #135 | |
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EDIT: The Nook Color has the same screen size & resolution, CPU speed, and RAM. this video review of how comics perform on the NC (with 3 different Android comic reader apps) should tell you how they'll perform on the Vox. Last edited by JD Gumby; 10-21-2011 at 10:25 AM. |
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