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Originally Posted by WillW
Kindle really isn't closed and limited if you use it with Calibre. I've never downloaded a book directly onto my Kindle PW2 - the only time it was ever connected to wifi was to register it, years ago. Everything on the device, hundreds of books, has been side loaded via Calibre. That includes many converted epubs from many sources.
I've not found it any more "closed and limited" than Kobo.
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Yeah, it is really closed and limited. You can't organize collections without either doing it on the cloud or via jail-breaked systems, and they're a pita (no disservice meant to the developers.) I mean, hey, why can't we just use folders that is a feature of the base operating system, like in Koreader? And then you have to have a big old margin around the text. I like my text to use the whole screen. Maybe you can recompile the aw3 to do it in Calibre, but I don't want to have to. I just want to do a quick recompile of the epub and dump it on. No fuss.
To say Kindle is not "any more "closed and limited" than Kobo" is just plain wrong. Kobo doesn't even need rooting, so you can install what you want on it. Whereas Amazon has spent huge sums of cash limiting root on Kindles, to the point where it looks like the battle is lost and Kindle users will be limited to the standard UI whether they like it or not. Bye Koreader for Kindles
In short, Kindle, nice hardware, crappy company policy. Kobo, slightly crappy hardware, much better company policy. Choose your poison. I bought an Onyx, but there's always the danger you'll get a lemon and have to send it back to Asia (unless you're in Europe, where you can get decent support from the German re-seller.)