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Originally Posted by steerpike
Basically a PDF displays on a Kobo but is not able to be read. At full size, the print is tiny and zooming in and panning line by line with a 5 second delay would have my ereader thrown against the wall by page 3. Maybe there is a PDF out there somewhere that is the right size but I have yet to find one. A fail for the Kobo in my book.
You can convert PDFs and I have tried. Usually the line length is set which gives you a one word line every second line. An ereader is about a superior reading performance. so still a fail. I read PDFs on a netbook.
Bottom line - if the Kobo can't get this fixed, they are misleading customers by calling it PDF capable.
While I am in this mood, a few more disappointments are the limited battery life ( two weeks?), of sometimes 2 days. And a dead battery shows up by locking the display AND losing the place 400 pages in to a book - with no way other than page turns to get back to your place. A firmware upgrade is supposed to solve these issues but I have been on their Early Access program for a month now and no word at all.
A Kobo reads epubs fine which is why I have not taken mine back. Fair to say though, after spending NZ$300, I am not thrilled with my purchase.
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Hi STEERPIKE
The KOBO update to ver 1.4 will solve your problems about the device locking up with an extinct battery. I've installed the upgrade with no problems at all and it then gives you a warning about "low Battery - please recharge" before you loose your place which I agree was terminally frustrating!
The 1.4 update link is on the Whitcoulls site now as well as the update to the Whitcoulls PC application itself.
The new 1.4 sleep/off mode is great on battery life too.
We use Calibre for ebook management and it's superb - even if there does seem to be an update every couple of days!
I agree PDFs ain't the greatest on the KOBO but you can always conert the suckers to EPUB using Calibre.............
Rots of Ruck