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Originally Posted by taming
Anak, they work with hardware manufacturers for a very long time. Their wishes can morph into the hardware folks' reference designs.
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True, they can change/choose to use (some) other components than the basic reference design to make it fit within Kobos existing product line or target it for a special user core, like hardcore readers. Like they have done with the Aura HD.
I'm currently looking at The Onyx BOOX T68 Lynx, which is basically (very similar to) a Aura HD. I find this an attractive device and is IMO a good Aura HD alternative.
Mainly for these reasons:
- PDF reflow, it makes reading of PDF files alot easier on smaller screens. I consider 6.8" a small screen, but it is bigger than the traditional 6".
- header/footer size is smaller. This leaves more space to display book content and makes navigating PDF files easier.
Note: I could not find a manual for the T68 Lynx but I assume that the firmware is not much different from other Onyx Boox models, thus displaying header and footer can be disabled.
- preinstalled reading apps: FBReader, OnyxReader, Cool Reader.
I don't really care if it runs on Linux or Android, or has audio or bluetooth support, these are nice extras but I probably won't use it. It may prove that these extras are inexpensive to add.
The biggest question for me is, how open the Kobo firmware of the new H2O will be and allows the installation of third-party apps, reading apps like FBReader, OnyxReader, Cool Reader. Without hacking. This would eliminate almost all, if not all mentioned differences.
Then I would happily buy the new H2O because I'm familiar with the build quality of Kobos hardware.