04-21-2013, 08:52 AM | #31 | |
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When I want: Battery life is great, don't have to worry about battery dying in the middle of a read, also with the light I can read in the dark without worrying if there is a reading light available. How I want: Font, font size, line spacing, light or no light, and no handed in bed (other than to turn pages). For me all good reasons to have a KOBO. S |
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04-21-2013, 09:44 AM | #32 |
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I don't want to feed the trolls, but the idea that the KPW is the best e-reader is a highly American view. The KPW is substantially less attractive in other countries due to Amazon's eBook libraries being quite a bit smaller. Here in Canada, at least for the books I read, the Kobo store is superior to Amazon (and credit to Kobo, although their recommendation engine is laughable, the store actually has a really great selection of books). I think Amazon's a great company, but 90% of what makes them great is confined to the US.
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04-21-2013, 09:48 AM | #33 |
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Mostly Math, can you take some photos of the Aura HD for us to see please?
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04-21-2013, 10:19 AM | #34 |
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04-21-2013, 10:37 AM | #35 |
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04-21-2013, 11:26 AM | #36 | |
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In terms of battery life and reading light, these are markedly good on any good eink device, kpw, nook. You seem to be well versed in ereaders to be aware of that. Every reader has font and line adjustments, the kobo has more than most, but the hacks to get these to other readers are very simple. Much simpler than debugging the kobo imo. As for no light, in the kpw it can go so low as to be virtually off. But I 've not met a single person who uses their kindles with the light off unless in very bright sunlight. |
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04-21-2013, 12:10 PM | #37 |
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I love my Glo. It is head and shoulders above my previously used ereader, the K3. I agree that Kindles do have features not present in Kobo (some synch stuff, email to device, 3G bookstore?) but if you never use them, you won't care.
I wanted an e reader with an SD card for increased and removable storage, which Amazon don't offer me. I sideload my books so I need good management features with my PC to do this: Calibre and the Kobo driver do this very well. The epub format seems more widely used online: I realise Calibre will convert, however, I'd prefer not to convert id I don't have to. If I can download in a format the publisher has provided, with it looking how they intend, I'd prefer it that way thanks (from someone who used mobipocket before Amazon bought it: I used to be fairly attached to my MOBIs). I like that I I don't have to use Kobo Desktop at all, but it is there if I want that option. I read a lot in bed and I don't have a lamp (tiny flat), so I always used a lighted cover with my K3. It noticeably ate the battery. Now with my Kobo Glo, I have the battery on all the time and the battery life is excellent, and has adjustable light levels. I love the look and feel of my Glo: matt black means no shiny distractions. The screen is clear, and the font choices are limitless and adjustable options on page and type are brilliant. I love how my Glo shows series information on all my titles. However, I wish they would give us a series sort option to utilise it properly. I also wish they hadn't changed series sort behaviour on a previous firmware revision without warning or a series sort option. I love the way we get regular firmware updates. Overall: I love my Glo. I like Kobo a lot. I have zero regrets about opting for the Glo. Last edited by Liesse; 04-21-2013 at 12:14 PM. |
04-21-2013, 02:04 PM | #38 |
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Having used kindles but seen only videos of the kobo, I think one thing they need to do is an overhaul of UI graphics.
On the kindles, UI elements are very dark and clear making them easy to use. For ex, the keyboard has dark shaded buttons, as opposed to just plain rectangles on the kobo (though the aura helpfully has number keys). Or look at the screen of the front light control. On the kpw, it's a large bar taking the entire screen, very easy to adjust just swiping finger up and diwn. On the aura, it's a small slider, requiring some fine finger control. It's a small thing, but it makes a difference in usability and overall look of polishness. On the library page, the kpw is saddled with stupid recommendations, but the cover pictures are larger. On the aura, there seems to be way too much wasted space. On the reading screen, the aura looks like it is wasting more space with the header and status bar. Even simple things like pop up definition look nicer on the kpw. The kobo, otoh, looks half done. The kobo almost looks like a third party, hacked UI, rather than the native UI. I know, who cares about looks, right? But I think it matters a lot to the overall impression that the product gives. Kobo seems to have spent considerable thoughts on making their product stand out, with the quilted and now curved back. They should spend some time polishing the UI. |
04-21-2013, 02:13 PM | #39 | |
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04-21-2013, 02:16 PM | #40 | |
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Also, I see the the Aura having smaller cover thumbnails in cover view as a good thing, you can see more of your covers that way. I wonder what the "shelf" or "collection" covers look like? (On the paperwhite they are abominable). |
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04-21-2013, 02:18 PM | #41 | |
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Just type out what you see in your list. Is the series info shown automatically, or do you use Calibre to put it in for you? |
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04-21-2013, 02:24 PM | #42 | |
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Anyhow, I'd suggest not replying to this message here. It's just a touch off-topic. Regards, David Last edited by DNSB; 04-21-2013 at 02:27 PM. |
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04-21-2013, 02:26 PM | #43 | |
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Trying again with some pictures. OK, so assuming you see the thumbnails they are as follows: 1) home screen, which I LOVE 2) library (on reader only) which shows more of each title than my Glo did 3) sleep screen 4) beside regular size tissue box for size comparison 5) back. If this works I will also post piccies of a PDF and the brightness. S |
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04-21-2013, 02:35 PM | #44 |
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The pictures give a better idea about the front ui the videos I watched were rather vague on what is shown there, it actually looks useful.
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04-21-2013, 02:36 PM | #45 |
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So no thumbnails in the library list? For me, that's disappointing as they provide a useful visual cue when searching through my library list. This is one of the things I preferred on the Kobo UI over Kindle UI.
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