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Originally Posted by fafaforza
You do have to expect battery loss for such an old device. My little 5000mAh battery pack would likely recharge it a few times over so not a huge deal to carry that in my pocket. Most places have usb plugs anyway.
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Oh I agree, and it is doing "ok" at this point in its lifespan (wow, it came out in 2016!) - the main problem is remembering to carry a unique cable for it. Yeah, first world problems.
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Originally Posted by fafaforza
And scanning large format PDFs on the KA1 can be a chore, and sloooow, but reading on eink is much less fatiguing, better in sunlight, and the reader won't run as hot as lava at the beach the way an iPad does.
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Well I'd like to be able to access PDFs, and especially epubs with colour photos, but those are mostly bonus features. I can and have lived without them.
The issue of eye fatigue however is really important for me. Is it still the case that reading eink is less tiring than iPads with whatever fancy screen modes Apple uses? Erm, dark mode for one, and more subtle things like True Tone, Night Shift, etc etc.
The only time I've tried to read on a tablet was highly unsatisfactory, but I couldn't tell if it was Android's fault, the Android Kobo app's fault, or just the sheer awfulness of the particular tablet hardware. It was a short lived experiment, and I couldn't bear to use it enough to get any idea of eye fatigue.
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Originally Posted by fafaforza
The 8" mini is a good form factor: not too heavy and fits in the back pocket of jeans.
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Those are some big back pockets.
