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Originally Posted by sickntwisted
I have both the Kobo Aura and the latest version of the Kindle Paperwhite.
Regarding the annotations, I can't say much about it. Did it once to provide some feedback on a friend's book that I was reviewing and it was... OK.
As for the firmware, I couldn't disagree more. There are tons of things that I love about the Kobo that I can't seem to find on the Kindle (or maybe I just haven't searched enough).
For example, the fine tuning of the light. I love it on the Kobo, with its percentage scale. On the Kindle it's a slider that goes from 1 to 10(?) and it's a very higher grain of jumps between numbers.
The page count. On the Kobo I get a nice page 27/700. On the Kindle I have simply a 27. Why can't I have an easier access to the total number of pages there?
On the Kobo, I can see the cover of the book I'm reading with a simple tweak. On the Kindle this involves jailbreaking.
I import my books through Calibre. After each import, on the Kobo, I have the newly added books at the top of my lists. The same happens when I start reading a book, it goes to the top. With Kindle, I just need to connect to Calibre and the sorting is all ruined. Even if I start reading a new book, some random books jump to the top, according to the last time they were imported.
The battery life on the Kobo Aura is way better than on the Kindle, according to my usage.
I have my ereaders always in offline mode and the Kobo, from the start, simply provides me what I want - a list of books and easy access to them. The Kindle is so online oriented that I get popups of everything - "you finished reading this book, want to add it to Goodreads?" "Connect to the internet to see recommendations based on your reading habits", etc, etc, ad. nauseum. The majority of the options in the Kobo are related to the lists and the reading experience. Less than a quarter of the options in the settings of the Kindle are related to reading. It's accounts for this and that and some usability settings for things that aren't relevant for my market (chinese fonts, put the meaning of words on top of them to help guide new readers, etc). Nothing against these options, but Kobo's firmware is simply more tailored to provide a better reading experience - again, this is my opinion.
Then hardware-wise, the Kindle IS faster than my Kobo (although my Kobo Aura is the first or second version, not sure of it... quite some years and lots of bumps on it).
However... who on Earth thought it was a good idea to put the power button on the bottom of the Kindle Paperwhite? I go somewhere, I start reading and I put the ereader on a table at an angle to my face - as most often I would with a physical book - and the book is gone. This stupid button is the most stupidly designed thing in the history of all stupid stuff.
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Change Cases! I use this Style:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 & This for the Kobo:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
IF they do turn off the Kindle is just a swipe to unlock! The Kobo you have to re-start
! Both cases will put them to sleep when close depending on your device settings.