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Old 10-26-2021, 05:50 PM   #95
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It's a project for a different day, and maybe a different thread.

Back to first impressions.

It's really just a first impression since I haven't had time to actually read a book with the Libra2 yet (I've yet to set it up with fonts and everything), but apart from its gunky innards, I like it so far.

The display seems a shade darker than my 1st gen H2O. The H2O's infrared touchscreen is good for something, I guess. But with frontlight on, it makes no difference and the adjustable light color is nice, on the H2O you were stuck with whatever it looked like [I've seen H2O's with blue, white, and yellow light, there was some fluctuation there].

The difference in display size (0.2"-ish) is negligible, as for the higher resolution (265 vs 300 ppi) it remains to be seen. The Libra2 display is certainly much faster to update than the H2O's. They both have ghosting in menus and when typing Wi-Fi passwords and the like, though. EInk is still EInk.

I'll have to get used to the power button on the back, it doesn't seem to click or anything so you never know if you're holding it right or not (edit: I must have done something wrong yesterday, the power button works fine!). The structure on the back does not help much with grip. It's flat and smooth plastic, quite unlike the geometric-rubbery finish on the H2O. USB-C is nice, I'll probably use a different cable than the one Kobo supplied though, its plugs are on the bulkier side.

If there's a dedicated reset button (like the pinhole on H2O) I haven't found it yet. You can trigger a factory reset by holding power and page turn buttons simultaneously.

The H2O had an amazing display for its time, but I'm glad to have a white reader with buttons again, it's what I had with the iriver Story HD before the H2O. I'm hoping for the Libra 2 to show its worth in due time, and I haven't even touched the bluetooth functionality yet.
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