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Originally Posted by strico
Joining this conversation a bit late, but was impressed from some videos I saw on Youtube about the new Tolino.
It seems like there are very few owners out there, but my question is for owners of Kobo Aura H2O. Does it worth an upgrade? Is the resolution of the Tolino better than the H2O?
Another question is about a dictionary - Is there an english-english dictionary, or an ability to side load custom dictionaries?
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I have both the Tolino and the H2O. I use the Tolino all the time, but that is because I prefer its smaller size and lighter weight. My Tolino screen is excellent, and the best I have used, but I was very happy with the H2O screen.
The Tolino has a decent English to English dictionary, (it uses Wiktionary).
The Kobo reading software has more fine tuning functions and extras (particularly if you use Kepubs) but, now that the Tolino allows user added fonts and a way of maintaining Collections via Calibre, the Tolino serves me very well. That said, one failing another poster found a deal breaker is that it has no way of expanding any images within a book - so a book full of diagrams, plans etc would be very hard to read easily on the Tolino.
I tried the Tolino because my Macbook and Kobos were not happy partners - resulting in frequent database corruptions on my Kobos. As soon as I started using the Tolino I loved the screen, and the ergonomics of it, and it is a very good alternative to a Kobo, but that is all it is - it is not a Kobo killer.
Be aware that, as an English user, one is cut out entirely of the Tolino book store, cloud support environment - it is impossible to even register the Tolino with my UK address. This is not an issue for me, since I side load everything with Calibre, but would not suit those who like to buy and download directly to their reader.
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