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Originally Posted by Marinolino
Not just usable, though, installing Koreader app thereon shall make it the best 8" e-ink pdf reader at the moment for many users (e.g. those who don't miss the lack of the scribbling much), which can easily show every A4 or A5 sized pdf in the print or reflow mode, reflowing even images (scanned pdfs without an ocr layer) that then can be highlighted, and if we want, performing ocr on those reflowed images as we read, to use it with dictionaries.
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I just acquired a Kobo H2O. Comparing it to Pocketbook, well, any Pocketbook with the same or similar hardware wins, because Pocketbook's software is much better.
Software-wise, I can now say from experience that the only good thing about Kobo is Koreader. Koreader works on it like a charm. Which is nice.
On Pocketbook, Koreader does not work with equal charm, e.g. screensavers are glitchy, but everything that matters still works. And even without Koreader, Pocketbook is fully usable.
For example: To start up a Kobo, you evidently must first of all connect to wifi and log in/create a Rakuten account. In Pocketbook you can skip this step, go to the home screen and just start reading (it comes with some free books pre-stored on the drive). Much better first impression.
There is one important (important to me) missing feature in Koreader: It cannot do arbitrary columns when the pdf consists of, for example, old-time newspaper with five or more irregular columns, feuilletons and whatnot. Pocketbook's inbuilt reader can navigate those very well. If Koreader implements this, it could very well be the app to meet all the needs.