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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
With the hardware for both being the same, I don't understand why anybody not living in Germany would buy a Tolino.
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.
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Tolino offers different functionalities than Kobo. They're partnered with different stores, which change depending on the country (it's IBS in Italy, Thalia and possibly other shops in Germany according to their website - not sure if they're sold anywhere else), and they also offer a 5GB cloud space to store and sync personal documents across devices. Nickel would probably need a overhaul to be able to support this, not to mention that Tolino existed and had customers before being bought by Kobo, which means that there are people who are used to and might prefer their software to Nickel. My bet is that they decided that if it works, there's no point in changing it.