MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Should I return the Onyx Note Pro? Did I make a mistake passing up the Note?

lumpynose · 05-19-2019, 07:15 PM

With their lights off the Kindle Oasis and Kobo Forma have the same dingey color cast as the Note Pro. Looking at an epub on the Note Pro is just as good as it is on the Kindle and Kobo; nice and sharp. I tried a PDF but couldn't figure out how to make the page bigger and the text is so tiny that it's nearly impossible to read.

But I didn't buy the Note Pro for PDFs; I was hoping that the large screen would be easier to read. My problem is that for me the Note Pro software is just really crappy. I think it's too slow for Android and Android has a very poor user interface. And it's never obvious how to do what I want to. A dedicated e-reader has a better user interface. Between the Kobo and the Kindle the Kobo is far superior and its 8 inch screen is better than the Kindle's 7 inch screen.

05-19-2019, 07:15 PM	#2
lumpynose Wizard Posts: 1,086 Karma: 6719822 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Palm Pilot M105	With their lights off the Kindle Oasis and Kobo Forma have the same dingey color cast as the Note Pro. Looking at an epub on the Note Pro is just as good as it is on the Kindle and Kobo; nice and sharp. I tried a PDF but couldn't figure out how to make the page bigger and the text is so tiny that it's nearly impossible to read. But I didn't buy the Note Pro for PDFs; I was hoping that the large screen would be easier to read. My problem is that for me the Note Pro software is just really crappy. I think it's too slow for Android and Android has a very poor user interface. And it's never obvious how to do what I want to. A dedicated e-reader has a better user interface. Between the Kobo and the Kindle the Kobo is far superior and its 8 inch screen is better than the Kindle's 7 inch screen.