03-16-2013, 05:42 PM | #181 |
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Elfwreck, agree 100%. Thanks for articulating it so well.
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03-17-2013, 05:36 AM | #182 |
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Elfwreck well said
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03-17-2013, 07:47 AM | #183 | |
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03-17-2013, 09:02 AM | #184 | |
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03-17-2013, 08:36 PM | #185 | |
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Faisal and Robin are, as far as I'm aware (had quick chat with Faisal on Friday, have seen Robin around, pretty sure it was in the last week) still here I do know a bit about what's going on internally, obviously not up for discussion, but what I can say is that one of Kobo's motto's is about Kobo speed, and how we strive to do things at an incredible pace, and part of that means serious amounts of work, and things that are not absolutely critical to that tend to fall slightly by the wayside, to the point of not being able to say even that. No disrespect is meant to MR by saying that, and I think that we all have times when certain things are not touched when our focus is elsewhere. I'm certainly going to be somewhat quiet for the next few weeks, as there are a few things coming to a head that will need my strict attention, and so anything outside of that, and my family, will simply have to wait. |
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03-18-2013, 02:53 AM | #186 |
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If Kobo motto is speed where is Jelly Bean. Just about every android device of its generation is running it including many far lesser spec devices. JB is on 4.2 now and we don't have 4.1. So much for promises and speed.
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03-18-2013, 07:11 AM | #187 | ||
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Mobileread is full of people who ask questions, but more importantly there are far more knowledgeable people who help out. Absolute plethora of information here. But Kobo don't really come here anymore. Go over to getsatisfaction.com and see official reps replying to questions issues with blanket "sorry to hear, send email to xxxx@xxxxx.com and someone will be in contact". It's fine to say people are busy, but why waste time on generic useless replies on one site yet completely ignore a very active forum elsewhere??? Now aside of this, get the damn marketing people over here. There is a thread dedicated to firmware request features, and numerous threads of what people want,what they don't like, a whole damn sub-forum of "which device to buy". We have people of varying origins/ages/sexes. This is 'free' information that no survey monkey could ever produce given all the money in the world. Eh *hops off high horse and walks home* |
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03-18-2013, 11:14 AM | #188 | ||
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That's not sarcasm; as a veteran of internet flamewars, that's one of the smoothest "I don't have time for this drama" exits I've ever seen. AFAIK, nobody's actively angry at Kobo over this thread. We're just... watching. We understand that BB forums aren't everyone's forte, and if someone doesn't click with the communication style here, they're not going to stick around to answer questions, much less just converse. We know that the constraints of not telling anyone about future developments can be a hassle to work around. We know that employees don't want to say anything that can be taken as "I guarantee this will fix your problem," and they don't want to say "we decided that problem wasn't worth fixing." Doing PR on a forum that does extensive critiques is hard. If Mobileread isn't worth Kobo's effort to walk that tightrope, we will understand. And critique the decision. Because that's what we do here. |
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03-22-2013, 06:37 AM | #189 |
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just to kick in and say I had an Arc update yesterday and don't like it at all. Much preferred all my icons/notifications along the bottom and larger as they were. Now that stuff and the clock are sooo tiny along the top. Seems like I'm using my phone now..it handles in the same way pretty much. Personally I preferred pre-update...
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03-22-2013, 07:56 AM | #190 | |
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03-22-2013, 10:31 AM | #191 | |
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But the new update on the Arc is nice and smooth, the only things I don't like about it are Jelly Bean's fault, not Kobo's, so good job |
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03-22-2013, 12:58 PM | #192 | |
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New Android JB 4.1 update
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Don't like the new settings pane, the old one with two columns was much better for getting at the info fast. But I guess it isn't Kobo's fault, and on the plus side BBC iPlayer with Media Player now works, at long last! Does anyone know where there's a list of changes implemented by this update? |
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03-22-2013, 01:19 PM | #193 |
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Well if some one where to find a method of rooting the Kobo Arc you could potentially get a custom ROM with Tablet Layout and or other ergonomic tweaks, but this would also require it didn't have a locked bootloader.
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03-22-2013, 03:31 PM | #194 |
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Question about downloading DRM books
OK, I've done it before but not, I suspect in the easiest way.
How do you download library books (protected by Adobe DRM) to the Arc? To select and borrow the books, I have to log on to a website and select them, then use Adobe Digital Editions to download them to my pc. I can't download them straight to the Arc using the browser. Is there an app which would be able to download them from the website? Then, when they're on my pc and listed in Adobe Digital Editions, how do I get them transferred to the Arc? I can't remember how I achieved this before (!) but I'd like to hear how people think it ought to be done! Alan |
03-22-2013, 05:02 PM | #195 |
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Alan...on your Arc download Overdrive Media console...free from google play apps. You can download any library book in epub format directly to Overdrive and read it in Overdrive on your Arc. Hope this helps.
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