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Old 10-17-2019, 03:13 PM   #22
rcentros
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop View Post
With the hardware for both being the same, I don't understand why anybody not living in Germany would buy a Tolino.
In my case because I can buy books directly from stores like Feedbooks (even Kobo) without having to use install ADE in Wine on my Linux computer.

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I also don't understand why Kobo doesn't replace Tolino's O/S with Nickle, even if they rebranded it like they do the hardware.
I would imagine because Tolino has a whole infrastructure built around the current software. They even use a non-Adobe DRM system (as well as ADE) for some libraries in Europe (something called LCP). So a Tolino is more versatile than a Kobo here.

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Originally Posted by ratinox View Post
Because... they... want the inferior software?
Or the fact that the Tolino has superior software for certain purposes.

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There's probably Germany region specific functionality that hasn't yet been fully integrated with Nickel.
Kobo and Tolino software is quite a bit different. I'm not sure Tolinos will ever have Nickel. (I personally hope not.)
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