Thread: Touch New Kobo Touch - initial experience
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Old 08-14-2012, 07:36 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by Peakcrew View Post
Before it died, I did indeed load just over 50 books to the KT with no problems. I absolutely hate the home screen - it just looks really scruffy with the five different-sized book-covers shown,and I have no idea how they we selected. I'm guessing that it is something to do with how recently the files were opened, since the biggest cover is the book I'm reading at the moment, but three of them have not been opened on the KT yet, so I don't know. What is wrong with just having a text list of whatever this selection is??
The caraosel shows the books the Touch has most recently seen that are not finished and are real books. That is basically the most recently read or
or added to the device. If you open the library, change the sort to "Recently read", then it is the first five books that are not "Finished" or some sort of preview.

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Anyway, I wondered whether having more books loaded on the KT would slow page-turns, and (purely subjectively) it seems that it hasn't. I am still having the problem of missed page-turns, but it seems to be related to how firmly I touch the screen - very gentle touches work more reliably.
Library size should affect the speed when browsing through the library, but not reading. But, some people seem to have that problem. I don't tend to keep enough books on my Touch to see the difference.

The touch statement is interesting. The Touch is not actually touch sensitive. It uses an IR beam and sensors. The beams go across the top of the screen, so that when you touch it the beams are broken. So, how hard you touch should affect anything, so long as the beams are broken. Personally, I haven't seen much difference in how hard I press.

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Now I have access to my full library again, I am going to load about 200 books onto my Kingston 8GB class 4 SD card, and see how that goes. If I get the chance, I will load it first of all with the card in the KT, and then format and do the same using a card-reader to see if that makes any difference.
That really shouldn't make a difference. If the SD card is in the Touch when it is connected, then the OS sees it as a separate drive and copies to it. The Touch doesn't interfere at all. So, getting the books onto the card won't be any different. If there is a difference it will be when it comes time to read the card. If the card is in the Touch when it is disconnected, it gets read as part of the startup process and all the books added to the database. If you put the card in later, it does the same thing at that time. I have played with this a little in the last few days, and haven't seen a difference once the card is read.
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