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Originally Posted by johnnyb
Ever since I returned my Aura One, I've been longing for an ereader that is not only large in size (and has affordable yet useful hardware) but has stable software and a great ecosystem too!
What do you think: Should Amazon build a larger (around 8 inch) size reader and would you buy and use it?
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I would buy one in an instant. I received my new Kobo Aura One yesterday and so far I am not impressed. (I'm just off to look for your post about why you are returning your Aura One.)
Yesterday, I left it connected to my computer via Calibre and went and made a coffee. When I returned everything looked good and I put the grand total of 9 books on to it. Yet today, when I reconnected via Calibre it took 7+ minutes to "scan" books on the device. When I checked with a "USB Safely Remove" app it said the Kobo was being scanned by AVG anti-virus. I added the Kobo to the AVG exemption list, rebooted and tried again: SAME RESULT!
I then uninstalled AVG anti-virus and had another go. Same result: 7+ minutes to fully connect via Calibre whilst it "scanned" the books on the device.
After searching all over the Internet, I saw a comment [about Kobo HD Glo] that using the actual Kobo cable supplied with the reader improved things.
It worked! I cannot believe it! I always have a Kindle cable plugged into a spare USB3 socket and I use this for connecting a Kindle Voyage / Paperwhite / Kindle DX 10" and 2 different smartphones plus Lenovo/LG/Kindle Fire Tablets without any problems.
I find it hard to believe that you must use a Kobo cable to connect to a Windows 7 desktop, but it seems to have cured the problem.
It has not cured any other problems with the Kobo Aura One: very slow page turns when compared to the Voyage or Paperwhite; still a lot of wasted real estate on many screens; some strange lighting effects when lying in bed, reading in a "candlelit" room - red bleeding at the bottom of some pages.
All in all, for the money I paid (plus a Kobo sleep cover!) I am not happy with my purchase and suspect it will shortly be passed on to another family member just like my previous Kobos.
IMHO, Kindle is truly the benchmark for ereaders - *BUT*, it's time they listened to customers and increased the screen size. If a bigger screen Kindle comes out this Autumn/Winter, I will be first in the queue.