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Old 12-15-2022, 12:52 PM   #8
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Device: Mobiscribe Wave B&W; Kindle Scribe; Boyue Mimas & 62+; KindleKeyboard
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The Gallery 3 screen is a bit slow on mono and terrifically slow doing colour. It's a tech intended for Retail premises display panels.
Yes, I've seen that color pages are slow to load with the Gallery 3 screens, but the majority of my usage will be black and white, so I don't think it will bother me. (But it would be nice to have the option to see color as needed.)

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The Kobo Sage is 8″ and 300 dpi. Unlike Scribe it's private (even registration can use a fake email). Unlike Scribe no server or special files needed. It's also got usable conversion to text, shapes, check boxes and formula from handwritten input.
The Kobo Elipsa is 10.3″ but at 227 dpi has slightly less pixels.
I am looking at the Kobo Sage right now. I love the 10.3 size of my current Mimas, but I think the sharper text of a 300ppi device will lessen any eye strain and be a much better choice for me.

I've heard that Amazon likely has exclusivity for the 10" 300ppi screens for a certain amount of time. I wish I knew how long it will be before other manufacturers can use it.

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Also Kobo is best for management and notes via Calibre.
I've various Kindles, a reMarkable (same Wacom EMR as Scribe), Sage and Elipsa.
You manage the notes you make on your Kobo with Calibre? Interesting.

My questions about the Kobo Sage: 1) Can I use the basic, unpowered Wacom pen I already have for my Mimas? 2) With the foldable Kobo Sage sleep cover, how do I store my pen? It doesn't look like there is any place to attach it. 3)Does the Kobo stylus, available separately, attach to the sleep cover by magnet?

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The Kobo stylus is MS Surface compatible and the cheap battery lasts about 6 months of use (longer shelf life). I find the official Kobo pen and the "Adrawpen" model sold for MS Surface to be identical to use and nicer to write with than Wacom EMR on reMarkable.
Questions about the Kobo Sage stylus: Is the battery rechargeable? Does the battery (or the whole pen) have to be replaced every six months?

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The Kobo Advanced Notebook uses Nebo and exports to docx, text (converted text only) or html, also you can copy the Nebo files. Nebo is also on Mac, Windows, iOS (with Pencil) and Android (models with digitiser).
That's good to know, thank you.

The Kobo Sage looks like it ticks a lot of my boxes, other than not having built-in speakers. I like to listen to a meditation recording before I go to sleep, for which I can use an old Android phone, but it would be nice to have that capability in one device like I do with my Mimas. The recording is mostly voice, so the speakers don't have to be particularly good, but it is a very useful feature for me.

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The Meebook P78 pro might be similar but with a digitiser/stylus.
I will take a look at the Meebook P78 too. They are related to Boyue, so the firmware is very familiar.

I also saw this brand Hyread, made in Taiwan, that is very similar -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzewqeSJirk

It looks like it's a little more expensive than the Meebook P78. GoodEReader sells it, but I'm wary of buying anything there -- https://goodereader.com/blog/product...lus-7-8-e-note

Last edited by blue_skies; 12-15-2022 at 01:13 PM. Reason: ETA: The first part of my reply to Quoth that I forgot to actually post.
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