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Originally Posted by maximus83
Really makes me not want to buy their devices.....they're not one nit better than what Amazon is doing with Kindle, with the sole exception that they support more formats of other kinds. Using 'support' loosely, as in kind of a 2nd class experience on the other formats.
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IMO, Kobos are way better than almost every other brand, especially Kindle. Their firmware is more customizable (and fun to patch), they have a cleaner interface, they at least support other formats, and some of the kepub features are quite nice. I wish they didn't implement their own epub version, but I see the reasons why they did that (and probably would do it myself if I were them). Their kobo spans are a lot easier to handle than CFIs and also make it way easier to implement some of their other features. Also, they don't have much control over Adobe's RMSDK, and this is a nice way to balance compatibility (RMSDK is the most widely used) with extra features (using a different file extension) and ease of implementation. Also, they didn't deviate from epub too much, and it was pretty easy (and fun) to write a converter.