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Originally Posted by anarcat
[...] A friend has a fairly recent Kobo Aura (~1 year old?) which I was able to test for a while. I was not that impressed. For sure, the resolution is better, but it was already pretty good for my taste on the Sony. The main problems I saw with the Kobo were:
* trouble following footnotes: sometimes, i need to tap repeatedly on a link so that it's actually recognized, particularly hard for "star" ("*") notes that are too small to tap. never was a problem on the sony
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i like the backlighting, but it does take up more power, so it's not a real requirement for me. i also like the idea of a waterproof one that came out some time ago, but it's a little heavier and a bit on the bulky side.
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Just to address a handful of points:
- you have broken the glass substrate on your Sony. I doubt that repairing it would be a cost-effective thing to try to do.
- LED frontlighting uses very little power, and makes a big difference to contrast.
- To make it easier to tap on footnotes it's a fairly simple matter of reading kepubs not epubs (either buy/download the book direct from Kobo, or convert with Calibre using the Extended driver).
- The Kobo Aura H2O is larger and heavier because it has a significantly larger screen. This is a big advantage if you're reading PDFs without reflow. To reflow them, you can install Koreader.
For buttons without a Kindle, you might look at some of the Android eink readers. I believe there's a big tradeoff in battery life, however.