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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze
Anyone who's ever jailbroken a Kindle, rooted a Nook or used PRS+ on a Sony Reader knows exactly what I'm talking about.
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I know exactly what you're talking about, because I root every phone and every tablet I have, so I can do things with it that I otherwise could not.
That is true for an e-reader also, of course, but for me, it's a different sort of device; in essence, it is a replacement for a paper book, with the some added niceties, such as being lighter, thinner and smaller, and of course the things that can never be done with a book, such as changing fonts, sizes, margins, and spacing. If I can do that, and be able to put 5 books onto the device, I'm quite happy. (I would never be able to carry five books of the size I regularly read with me everywhere... so let alone my entire library.)
I think many people think like this with regard to e-readers. It's used to read an electronic book in a comparable way to reading a paper book, with the mentioned added conveniences, and anything else is just cream on top.
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Originally Posted by GeoffR
Current Kobo readers can set the number of pages between refreshes from 1 to 99, the Aura should be the same.
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That's nice: 10 would be a good refresh cycle on the Paperwhite. It's these kinds of features that puzzle me. The Paperwhite can already set the refresh rate, but can only set it to 1 and 6. Why not put a textbox there, allowing you to put in a number between 1 and 99?
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Originally Posted by Scarpad
I agree I'm awfully tempted, it looks a bit better than the paperwhite....
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Being 240 grams, it is 30 grams heavier. Adding a case, which needs to be bigger by necessity, it'll add some more weight. Some people may not like that. However, it did turn out lighter than I would have thought. I wonder if I'd appreciate a 6.8 inch reader. 6 inch works for me; as my eyesight is poor, I hold the device close. I actually would need to use the Kobo to determine if I'd like a reader bigger than 6 inch. (I don't like smaller onces. I've tried it with a 5 inch phone already.)