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Kobo really shouldn't rely on the fact that no competition is available in Canada because it is not true. You can always buy other ereaders on ebay or you can make B&N or Amazon ship to a re-shiping address for 5$ plus shipping fees. Also most of the Canadian population live not too far from the U.S. border, very easy to go shopping.
I was very much on the edge to buy a nook instead of the Kobo. It has the same screen size, it is cheaper, it is faster. Most of its defect are software base, like the lack of landscape mode for pdf viewing.
But...
You can root the nook to install android and get whatever apps you want. Even those specially made for the rooted nook (which allow pdf reading in landscape mode)
Kindle app
Kobo app
Nook app
Gmail app
Opera web browser
pdf ez reader
angry bird and so on...
Why I didn't chose it? Because I had enough of jailbreaking my iphone... (which is the same principle about rooting a nook)
At that moment also I didn't know about the new firmware version 16 of the kobo... it would have changed my mind.
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