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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Hey Oren, I forgot to reply to your comment earlier.
I understand you can upgrade the SD card in the Glo HD, but really, you shouldn't have to. I wonder why they left expandable memory out of the HD, when it is a feature on just about every other reader they make?
To me lack of an SD card slot is a signal from the maker that they want to lock you into that ecosystem only (which of course, they all do, but they don't have to wag it in your face). The only company that can currently get away with that (in my opinion) is Amazon. And I wouldn't buy one of their readers anyway.
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I really think removing the SD card slot is a cost saving measure and not an attempt to lock anyone in to an ecosystem. I have over 800 books--all side loaded kePubs (converted with Calibre) on my Kobo Aura HD. I've only filled up about 1/3 of the onboard memory and can't see any need ever to have an external micro-sd card. Now for people who want to use their reader for comics or large PDFs, I understand the need for a reader with expandable memory--but in those circumstances the user would need more memory no matter where they were getting their reading material from.