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Originally Posted by oj829
Then came the Arc which was not competitively priced, and as we all know now, was a black hole of support neediness with a crashing launcher and whatnot. (I love my original Arc, and still use it several times a week, but I personally opined to an indie bookstore owner that he should not even think about selling them, given the retail terms, the glut of 7" wonders on the market, and the caprice of consumers when it comes to simple things like not proving an SDcard slot.)
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The Arc was a funny device (well it started with the Vox) when it was released. I never saw exactly what its purpose or intended audience was. Ok funky tapestries but that is about it. What irked me beyond all belief was Kobo released their Android tablets, but the Kobo Android App is so far behind the iOS one it is beyond all reason. Simple features still don't exist such as basic justified (left, center etc) which has been in the iOS version since as far back as I can remember. They sold their flagship android tablet with a substandard reading app. As a consumer why buy one? Could buy a far better supported android tablet...or buy an ipad with a better Kobo app.
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Originally Posted by davidfor
Which shops? I've seen all the Kobo e-ink devices in any JB HiFi I have been in. And they have at least one of the Android based devices, but I can't think of which. OfficeWorks always had the Touch and the Glo. They used to have the Mini but I don't think they had the later devices. I don't think I've been in a Harvey Norman since the Aura was released, but they did have all the older devices when I was there.
Online, both Bookworld and A&R seem to list all the devices, both e-ink and Android.
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Bookworld and A&R have only recently had the new devices up for sale. Harvey Norman I have only seen the Touch/Glo/Mini (no tablets, Aura or Aura HD). Collins Books don't have any of the new devices. Havent been into a JBHiFi to know but last check the only Aura was pink. I would have thought that a retail partner would have all current generation devices in stock (or available).
But the Kindle PW and PW2 gets released, DSE and BIGW advertise weeks before hand accepting pre-orders. Can walk into any of those stores and there they are. Next Kindle to be released you can bet they'll be advertised. New Kobo gets released and unless one read the forums/news, partner advertising certainly wont inform anyone.