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Old 10-20-2012, 04:48 PM   #31
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since I've ordered from some place else and paid a hellacious premium Best Buy will get their Kobos by the end of next week.
Well, I did my part as well, so don't take all the blame. I just returned from BestBuy where I bought a Paperwhite basing my decision on a blog report I read earlier this morning stating that the Kobo would not have Glo's available anytime soon in the U.S.

However

They (BestBuy) do have a thirty day return policy and I am leaning heavily towards returning the Paperwhite. Not because of the news of Kobo's imminent arrival, but rather, not being impressed with the light distribution of the Paperwhite, it is blotchy, or at least my unit clearly is. There is a large gray shadow on the bottom center of the screen and it is quit noticeable. The contrast is there, it's plenty bright at it's highest setting and it also has a much whiter background than a traditional e-ink screen. But, the gray area at the bottom of the screen is too obvious, and takes up too much of the screen.

So I hope your source is correct, because I am pretty sure I will be headed back to BestBuy with a Kindle to return and well before next Friday.

Edit

I just re-read your post and noticed i had misread the part about them getting there next week. Disappointing, cause I'm still headed back to BestBuy

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