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Originally Posted by samhy
Like others here, I can't tell if the LED is getting red when charging. For me that's because, when the Aura HD is plugged I can only see the bottom side. I use the screen to see the charging status, so I have no need to tilit it and look the top part.
The LED works for sure when I turn the Aura HD on and off.
Do you like your Aura HD?
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I like the Aura HD a lot. I've used it pretty much exclusively for the month I've had it, in order to get familiar and be sure it was working as it should.
Before this, my favorite reader was the PW1.
The first charge on the Aura lasted for 32 hours of reading, and while I was recharging, I went back to the PW. Of course the first difference I noted was the screen size - more real estate on the Aura, but perfectly OK for me on the PW.
Also, the PW page turns are noticeably faster, which was a surprise to me.
I noticed no difference in the crispness of the text, but the PW screen is more pure white, while the Aura is more a creamy white.
PW features I found I missed - the time left to finish the chapter feature, and the page flip feature. I don't often use the dictionary, but the book I'd been reading from the library had some words I wanted to look up. PW - brought the definitions right up, while the Aura got me nowhere. In looking through the Aura documentation, I read that sometimes the dictionary feature doesn't work with library books. I don't care for that much at all.
Aura features I really like - the way the device marks books as "finished", and gives the statistics of how many books read, and time spent reading. Lots more storage space too, though for me that's not really a big deal. I usually delete a book after I've read it.
I don't use wifi on either one, but use Calibre and sideload books.
Bottom line, after a month with the Aura HD, I am equally fond of reading on both it and the PW, but taking all things into consideration - cost, features, customer service, I'd have to give the edge to the Kindle.
Karon