Just a quick note, from, what I gather Monday is a holiday (Victoria day) in most of Canada so it's likely there will be no action for any orders, help requests etc.
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Originally Posted by aceflor
It is better in overall size, which is not necessarily an advantage
The display real estate is bigger BUT not used properly.
It is heavier, and thicker.
It has a weird, weird back.
The Light is as good as the second series of Glo.
So globally, it only comes to : it has a bigger dpi.
Nope, that is not worth the $.
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I don't really understand the point about 'The display real estate is bigger BUT not used properly'. Are you complaining about the header and footer? Or the interface when browsing your books or doing stuff with them? If it's the former, as I understand it, the Glo also has the same thing and while we can debate whether or not it's useful and should be able to be easily disabled, it doesn't seem that you can really say the Aura isn't using the extra display real estate properly, AFAIK it's not like they've made the header or footer bigger so you lose all the real estate. In other words, you still gain the extra compared to the Glo.
If you meant the later, ultimately the primary purpose for these devices and what most people are going to spend most of their time on is reading books. The other stuff is useful and definitely Kobo should always consider how they can improve things particularly with the bigger screen andd it's going to be rather annoying if it isn't used effectively but I don't see that many people are going to want the bigger screen and all that entails just for the benefits when it comes to doing other stuff. And the real estate is there and used when reading, whether it's PDFs, manga, large fonts or just fewer page turns or personal preference. Now whether you would actually want this real estate is another matter, obviously some people don't care or would prefer the smaller size reader. But that doesn't mean the Aura isn't using the real estate, it is it's just that not everyone wants it.