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Originally Posted by digital_steve
You know the total shit of a thing... this isn't a kobo 2, it's a kobo 1.5. It's the kobo the original should've been.
For all my whining, i really like the kobo and i like supporting smaller companies. The kobo lets you read books; nice!
But for a second one so close to the first to come out, with a feature set that really does not scream "kobo sequel" (the wifi looks particularly lack-luster) and also without a pearl screen... it just seems they learned a few things with the original and included some bits in this one.
We all want faster page turns, quiter dpad clicks would be great and i, personally, would adore a usable dictionary... is it worth the $149CAD (whatever that is going to translate into for Aussie buyers)? No way.
I bought my KOBO not so long ago for $199AUD, why should i have to fork that out again?
My view (personal one) is that they should've done more R&D for the next kobo unit whilst ironing out firmware and software issues on the original unit
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Interesting perspective. Not a Kobo owner but my opinion with the two being released reasonably close to one another is; if Kobo do not continue to support the original and update the firmware to fix some of these issues, thus concentrate only on the new wifi model, then I'd be rather pissed if I had bought one. If Kobo continue to support the pre-wifi model then as a consumer I would not be disappointed with the new release.