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mobileguycanada · 11-09-2011, 08:53 AM

I went into my local Chapters store the other day. Was pleased to see the Vox on the display stand and available to try out. Unfortunately, the buttons at the bottom of the unit weren't registered keypresses. The staff person apologized and said he'd been resetting the unit all morning to keep them working - apparently the digitizer kept misaligning? This is something I used to see on old Newton-style devices almost 20 years ago. Didn't expect it to be a problem in a 2011-era device. He also said only the pink units were in stock - all others were sold out. I tried to access the web, the Kobo app (kind of hard to avoid that one as it kept popping up) and also get a feel for the weight and build of the thing. Unfortunately it was locked down tight to the stand.

I am an iPad owner (since day 1) first gen and also own a Kindle. Bought my wife and son one of the first series of Kobo ereaders a few years ago but they both found them frustrating to use due to lack of wifi. Transferring books by wire was a pain.

I'd love to ditch my Transformer tablet and integrate my Kindle with this Kobo device and carry everything around in one smaller device (7" versus 10.1") with less bulk.

Anyone downsizing to a Kobo Vox? How about digitizer or physical "build" problems with the units themselves? I don't want to purchase a lemon as I've bought a few of those in my time and it's always frustrating.

11-09-2011, 08:53 AM	#5
mobileguycanada Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 12084 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle 3	I went into my local Chapters store the other day. Was pleased to see the Vox on the display stand and available to try out. Unfortunately, the buttons at the bottom of the unit weren't registered keypresses. The staff person apologized and said he'd been resetting the unit all morning to keep them working - apparently the digitizer kept misaligning? This is something I used to see on old Newton-style devices almost 20 years ago. Didn't expect it to be a problem in a 2011-era device. He also said only the pink units were in stock - all others were sold out. I tried to access the web, the Kobo app (kind of hard to avoid that one as it kept popping up) and also get a feel for the weight and build of the thing. Unfortunately it was locked down tight to the stand. I am an iPad owner (since day 1) first gen and also own a Kindle. Bought my wife and son one of the first series of Kobo ereaders a few years ago but they both found them frustrating to use due to lack of wifi. Transferring books by wire was a pain. I'd love to ditch my Transformer tablet and integrate my Kindle with this Kobo device and carry everything around in one smaller device (7" versus 10.1") with less bulk. Anyone downsizing to a Kobo Vox? How about digitizer or physical "build" problems with the units themselves? I don't want to purchase a lemon as I've bought a few of those in my time and it's always frustrating.