Thread: Should I get a Kobo?
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Old 07-16-2011, 12:35 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by adbosch View Post
What do you mean by: space restrictions for side-loaded books? And does the Nook Touch have these kinds of restrictions? And the Kobo not?
On which of the Kobo and the Nook is it easiest to browse through a lot of folders containing various hundreds of ebooks?
From what I've read on here, the Nook "reserves" a fairly substantial part of the memory that can only be used for books purchased from Barnes and Noble. Not sure if there is a work around or not. Not sure what their thinking was behind doing this either.
I don't have a Nook so I can't comment specifically, but from what I've seen the Nook currently may have an advantage on folders. I believe it's being worked on but currently Kobo has no folder/collection capability.
Having said that I love my Kobo Touch. Great reader and firmware updates since release have added a huge amount of functionality. Make sure you are looking at a Kobo with 1.9.6 firmware (apparently not common in store demo models -- they still seem to be 1.9.3 or 1.9.4) or comments reflecting that if you are comparing.
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