Thread: Why the Kobo Aura One is the best eReader available
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Old 03-12-2018, 06:06 PM   #15
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I have both (and love both), and this pretty much sums it up! To the OP, I don't agree with all of your reasoning. Sometimes I prefer the Oasis 2 for complex reading with its more efficient note-taking and lookup tools. However you have clearly analyzed with much thought about what are the important characteristics for you. Therefore you should be excited to receive that shipping package! I am sure you will love it! We all know how exciting it can be to wait to open that box with a new gadget inside.
I couldn't agree more. And I count myself lucky to have an Aura One as well as the latest generation of Oasis. Both have a few things I'd like to see get better, and the point is, the technology is steadily improving, so I'm very bullish on e-readers in general.

Here's a thought on one thing I'd like the Aura One to improve on. I read some fairly esoteric stuff at times, and know that some of the terms won't necessarily turn up in the Kindle dictionary, much less the dreadful Kobo one. On my Oasis, I've learned that if I switch on WiFi, the jump to Wikipedia is seamless. I click on a word, and if the dictionary can't find it, the Oasis switches to Wikipedia.

And here's the difference: Whereas I can search Wikipedia with my Kobo, the Oasis pulls my search word and doesn't simply present me with a fairly unmanageable Web page. It snips the first paragraph from the Wikipedia article -- very fast -- and presents it in the same little inset box as it does dictionary lookup definitions.

Very cool. I use this all the time. I've tried the same search on the Kobo and I do get the Wikipedia web page for whatever topic it is, but without the seamless experience of the Oasis. So on this count, I give the Oasis the win. On many others, especially customization, I lean toward the Aura One, and all the rich font choices.

Re dictionaries: I do switch dictionaries at times -- the Aura One is great for this -- except that every time I sync the Aura One, it downloads the old dictionary. Very annoying! I have to sync a lot because I also use the Overdrive integration to download lots of library books. So I hope they fix this.
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