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winsomnia · 11-28-2011, 08:18 PM

This morning I dropped my Kobo (original - not the touch) and broke the screen. I had previously dropped it at least five different times (closer to ten times) without incident during the last fifteen months of ownership. All drops between three to five feet in height and with or without soft leather Roots sleeve. This last incident, the Kobo was inside the Roots sleeve, but the impact may have been harder than before because I flipped it off the edge of the table while I was dropping my arm, and the Kobo was flipping through the air like a tossed coin.

The Kobo still functions but the bottom left-hand corner of the screen is toast.

I've read a few pages, and (depending on the formatting of the epub) at most I cut off one or two words, but it's annoying.

So, this afternoon I went and purchased a Kobo Touch. I'll ask around to see if anyone I know wants a broken Kobo original.

11-28-2011, 08:18 PM	#20
winsomnia Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 190082 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: BC, Canada Device: kobo Touch, kobo Aura	This morning I dropped my Kobo (original - not the touch) and broke the screen. I had previously dropped it at least five different times (closer to ten times) without incident during the last fifteen months of ownership. All drops between three to five feet in height and with or without soft leather Roots sleeve. This last incident, the Kobo was inside the Roots sleeve, but the impact may have been harder than before because I flipped it off the edge of the table while I was dropping my arm, and the Kobo was flipping through the air like a tossed coin. The Kobo still functions but the bottom left-hand corner of the screen is toast. I've read a few pages, and (depending on the formatting of the epub) at most I cut off one or two words, but it's annoying. So, this afternoon I went and purchased a Kobo Touch. I'll ask around to see if anyone I know wants a broken Kobo original.