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Originally Posted by soulfuldog
Interesting. An upgrade to the Glo and not the Aura sounds very much like Kobo are shelving the capacitive touch screen after it clearly didn't work on the Aura. Looks like being a good competitor to the Paperwhite though?
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They may be abandoning capacitive touch but I'm not sure that relates to whether this is an upgrade to the Aura or Glo. After all, neither of the other Auras had capactive touch. Design wise, the Glo HD is more similar to the Glo, I guess they decided it works better but I'm not even sure that's it. Surely the main problem with the Aura name was more that they had no good path forward. Glo HD is a simple name that works. Aura HD was already taken.
Anyway looking at this and the Canadian price, don't think I'll be purchasing an ebook reader for at least a few weeks (was looking for a birthday present, decided the PW with $20 discount wasn't worth it compared to to buying it locally, but now I think this is a good option).