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Originally Posted by taming
I am staking a claim on a new Kobo Rocks thread and hope that it will be used to talk about the things we are enjoying on our Kobo eink devices.
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I bought the first gen Kobo when it came out May 2010. Due to severe gadget lust, I'm now onto my third Kobo device, a Glo. The firmware is often buggy and using a Kobo device isn't always straightforward, but I like how Kobo ereaders often have a pleasant balance of aesthetics and customisation. I love also how Kobo has had an international focus from day one and how the first gen Kobo, no matter its mediocre tech specs, was so incredibly cheap and easily available in retail stores compared to other ereaders at the time. Each generation has usually improved on the previous, and for the moment I'm happy with my Glo.
It's been interesting to watch and speculate on the growth of the company over the past three years, especially when Kobo was bought out by Rakuten. Strange to see in those years that Kobo's presence in the ereader market has grown whilst Sony's and (possibly) B&N's presences appear to be stagnating.