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crissman · 07-03-2015, 09:03 PM

Thanks for everyone's opinion, I place my order for the Kobo Aura H20, I just don't like the direction that Amazon is taking the kindle. I guess what I really don't like is the fact that they forceably updates a product that you have ownership over. Silent updates that force you to jailbreak and install the backdoor hack in order to prevent the updates is just bad. To make matters worse not being able to customized it to suit the customers needs and, and to go to such lengths to prevent this, is ultimately what made me say good bye to the kindle product line.

I chose the Kobo Aura H20 because I do read in the tub, and do read alot at the beach with the sand and water. I also chose it because of the Micro SD card which is a feature I wished I had on the Paperwhite.

As for the price, well thanks to GOAT https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ght=kobo+codes

Using the Code: "PERKOPOLIS gives (Canadians only?) a 10% discount on Kobo Glo HD, H2O and the Aura."

Which I can confirm works in the US gave me $18.00 off and July 4th "Free Shipping at Kobo (us) gave me an extra $7.00 off for a total price of $162 well worth it in my opinion.

Now just need to wait for it to arrive to test it out.

Thanks
crissman

07-03-2015, 09:03 PM	#6
crissman Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 3090 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: California Device: Kobo Aura One, Kobo Aura H20,Kindle PW1	Thanks for everyone's opinion, I place my order for the Kobo Aura H20, I just don't like the direction that Amazon is taking the kindle. I guess what I really don't like is the fact that they forceably updates a product that you have ownership over. Silent updates that force you to jailbreak and install the backdoor hack in order to prevent the updates is just bad. To make matters worse not being able to customized it to suit the customers needs and, and to go to such lengths to prevent this, is ultimately what made me say good bye to the kindle product line. I chose the Kobo Aura H20 because I do read in the tub, and do read alot at the beach with the sand and water. I also chose it because of the Micro SD card which is a feature I wished I had on the Paperwhite. As for the price, well thanks to GOAT https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ght=kobo+codes Using the Code: "PERKOPOLIS gives (Canadians only?) a 10% discount on Kobo Glo HD, H2O and the Aura." Which I can confirm works in the US gave me $18.00 off and July 4th "Free Shipping at Kobo (us) gave me an extra $7.00 off for a total price of $162 well worth it in my opinion. Now just need to wait for it to arrive to test it out. Thanks crissman Last edited by crissman; 07-03-2015 at 09:11 PM.