I wrote a much more in depth post on how I feel about this new device and the competition. So I 'll just sum up my buyer beware here (and buy a kindle paperwhite instead):
Minus
Mickey mouse company
Worst in class customer support
Worst in class and horrendously buggy excuse of software (just see the appropriate thread)
Blue light instead of (paper)white
Poor infrared screen that responds as it sees fit, not when it should
Crap dictionaries
Crap notetaking (and that's one of the main attractions of ebooks instead of paperbooks, easy, exportable, syncable, backup-able, notetaking - something that amazon's devices truly excel at)
Crap store (not worst in class crap, I 'll give this to them, but one of the crappiest)
Plus
Best in class dpi in eink
Size increase is very welcome
So pretty much everything that has nothing to do with kobo but with eink itself is great, everything that has to do with kobo's implementation of eink is rubbish.
If I were you I 'd wait for either amazon or sony to come up with something similar. If you must or if you are willing to spend money just to have one, maybe planning to sell it later on, then go ahead and buy it.
Despite the many minuses I mentioned I am still considering buying one, mainly because I find it cheap for what it can offer me in terms of book reading. But I am fully aware from the get go I am going to be dealing with a mickey mouse company, that I 'd rather not give my hard earned cash to, and that I am going to be frustrated with the user experience, I have no illusions in terms of that. I am however dying to see that high dpi eink in person, since I 've been following the technology for a long time now.
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Originally Posted by filmo
Thank you, It isn't much of a burden to touch touch type on a keyboard http, but with my fat fingers on a KT screen it is wonderful no longer required.
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It's beyond pathetic if they can't sort such an idiocy out. Typing http in 2013 in a browser... the epitome of pathetic.