Thread: A new Kobo reader
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Old 08-31-2013, 08:05 AM   #135
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For me it's their voices. Michael sounds like he talks while someone is holding his nose closed.

Actually they both have very "nasaly" and high-pitched voices to me, both of which I find annoying in reviews.
Their voices are definitely part of it, but...
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And after listening to the review anyway, doesn't the Kindle Paperwhite have capacitive touch? They go on praising that the Kobo Aura is the very first capacitive touch e-ink screen.
errors like this are a lot of it as well.
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And all I see still is a lot of wasted space in the text.

There's really nothing about the new Aura that tempts me in the least. Especially the bit shinier finish which gives more glare.
The Paperwhite they show had as much glare as the Aura. And the other Kobo wasn't that much better. But yes, apart from "new toy" syndrome, it doesn't tempt me much. But, if I didn't already have a Glo...
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