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Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan
I'm a fairly hardcore ereader user and I don't even know what you're talking about! This is a review for normal people, not Mobile Read members. I can guarantee that there will not be a single reference to that on any upcoming H2O reviews.
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I disagree, because average readers don't change fonts* and don't take notes or highlight text**?
These are basic features not requiring any technical skill and part of the stock firmware.
These functions should work flawlessly* no matter what or an average user uses them or not. And if the reviewer had really done a critical review he would have noticed.
* limited to embedded fonts only (requires no technical knowledge) and not related to poor book formatting by a publisher (which very likely would break the option to change fonts all together).
** I'll bet the reviewer didn't bother to take notes or highlight text at all. He totally assumed it would work.
Which is indeed correct for basic OEM/ODM stock firmware on Chinese ereading devices and their branded versions for Western markets. The drawbacks with some of the OEM/ODM stock firmwares are that these might be less ergonomic or less intuitive to use. But the basic functions do work.
Note: this is not meaned to be rant or any like it against Kobo. No reader is perfect (if you change from ereader brand you'll win and lose some, which is not a dealbreaker per se. If you are aware of the possible "cons" beforehand to make an informed decision.)
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The only point I'm making here is that many reviews are very not so critical or don't deliver facts but you probably have to own a device or be familar with the brand.
Especially when the reviewer claims to have done some "heavy testing" I expect more.
And the font and annotation issues are well known and documented.