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Originally Posted by jackie_w
Not really surprising as the Kobo Glo and Aura have the older Pearl screen and the Kindle Voyage and PW2 have the newer Carta screen.
If you're comparing screen clarity for Kobo vs Kindle Voyage you'd need the Kobo AuraH2O or GloHD which both have Carta.
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Possibly true but I'm trying to compare devices, not technologies.
Then again, my Paperwhite 1 has the Pearl screen and, while it's not as good a screen as the Paperwhite 2 or the Voyage it's still considerably better than the Kobos. I suspect this is more about the way the two companies have used the technology than about the technology itself.
I just finished another chapter on the Voyage. It's screen is significantly better than the Kobo screens and I think in the end that's going to make it the winner. But I find that the simplicity of the way the Kobo lets me move around in the book easily and the way the Kobos feel in my hand makes them a very close second. Really, the Glo is a very close second. The Aura is a not quite so close third place. I'm not really finished yet and I'm trying to leave my mind open till I am but I'm well past half way and I'll be surprised if I change my mind. So I guess my attempt at an open mind isn't going so well.
I'm also finding that the dictionary on the Kindles is considerably better. The Kobo dictionary is pretty good but it's definitions are much shorter and sometimes less clear and also occasionally just not there.
Both platforms are somewhat lacking in different areas on their translation feature. I can use the Kobo's built-in translation when I'm away from my Wifi. I can do that with the Kindle since it's 3G but if it was Wifi I couldn't. However, both platforms lack Latin translation and that's probably the most common other language in English books. My current book has quite a few Latin phrases in it and I have to run to the computer and find it there. I'd certainly be willing to pay a bit extra to have Latin included.
An interesting thing I'm finding is that at the end of each chapter when it's time to switch devices I'm tempted to stay with my current device. That's true regardless of which device that is. I'm really pretty happy with all of them and the one I'm using seems like the right one. It's only when I'm not reading but thinking about them that one seems better than another. I'm comparing excellent ereaders. I guess I knew that going in but I certainly know it now.
Barry