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Originally Posted by ratinox
Yeah... but if you normalize against the rendering resolution? PRS-600's CPU is 2-4 times as powerful as Aura ONE's.  But seriously, it's not entirely CPU. The software is a significant factor. Aura ONE certainly has the chops to handle PDFs but Kobo haven't put the effort into optimizing the reader software. On the other hand, Sony have put a great deal of effort into optimizing their PDF software. |
That optimization is what's missing in the Kobo software - it's like they took the basic Adobe renderer for Linux and dropped it in as is rather then optimizing it for eReader usage. As I said, Kobo really needs to put more effort into their software - if they'd done even half the work Sony did with their engine (both ADE and PDF) , they'd have the best reader in the market for both epub and PDF. The big screen and RAM are present - now they need to have the software learn to ignore the elements only used for printing books in favor of rendering what it can as efficiently as, possible.