Thread: Kindle Voyage vs Kobo Aura H2O
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Old 12-14-2014, 02:03 AM   #327
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Currently, what is the best English dictionary? Is it one of the custom ones or is it Kobo's own? I've found out that someone has converted the Kindle Oxford dictionary for Kobo. I have no idea how easy is is to convert.

Maybe someone can come up with a program to convert Kindle dictionaries. Then we could say that Kobo is as good as the Kindle for dictionaries.
You do realize that there is also a copyright on dictionaries, right ? And that you cannot buy the Kindle dictionaries we are talking about, you need to have a Kindle to get them ?

Not only the Dictionaries themselves are far, far better on the Kindle, but in languages where word or verbs are being declined / conjugated (my personal experience is with German, Spanish, French and English) they always find the words/verbs I am looking for. The Kobo Dictionaries don't always, more often than I need.

If you only read in one language, you don't see it. But as soon as you read in more than one (I read in 4, and although my level is advanced or proficiency in 3 of them, I still use dictionaries once in a while, and a lot when I am reading research essays), this is evident.

But if you don't need the dictionaries, than H2O does a brilliant job. It is just that I would like you guys to be accurate in your descriptions when advising a newbie.

So, uppopn2, again. :
  • Voyage is not hacked yet and might never be
  • H2O and Voyage have the same glare level which is minimal if at all
  • H2O allows for much customization, Voyage for very little
  • H2O has a bigger screen
  • Voyage has buttons and automatic lighting
  • H2O has a flawless screen, Voyage can have colouring
  • Voyage has a better resolution but you might see it or not depending on your sight
  • H2O has a microSD slot
  • Voyage is slightly quicker but you might see it or not depending on your sight
  • Voyage handles footnotes and highliting better
  • Voyage handles PDF better
  • H2O reads ePubs
  • H2O has Pocket integration
  • You can send books to Voyage very easily
  • Voyage has better dictionaries than H2O
  • H2O is bigger and heavier than Voyage due to its bigger screen size

There you go.
Last edited by aceflor; 12-14-2014 at 02:23 AM.
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