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Originally Posted by boswd
I wouldn't overlook the beauty and convience of wireless downloading. You don't get that with the Kobo.
It may seem like a " nice to have but ehh I can live without it" but seriously once you have it you won't look back and to have that feature at the same price.
being able to pop on to BN.com buy a book and then turn on your Nook and there it is. Sitting in an Airport, cafe where ever, and want to buy something and simple buy and have it under a minute.
No sideloading EVERY SINGLE book.
Color touchscreen, Color book cover art and cover flow, wireless connection, In store Barnes and Noble features, discounts etc.
Throw in the fact it also supports e-Pub, has a more advanced bookstore platform and the fact the screen contrast between the two is pretty big. The Nook has a far better screen.
at the same price as the no frills Kobo? I mean why would you buy the Kobo at the same price, unless maybe you ilved in Canada but besides that.
That would be like purchasing a Camary over a Lexus at athe same price.
To me it's just a no brainer, it really is.
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My original post was thus:
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Originally Posted by goinveg
I watched e-readers since the Kindle came out. I was looking for something specific in an e-reader - I wanted to read books.
I didn't want to surf the web.
I didn't want to read a newspaper or magazine.
I didn't want to listen to music or audio books.
I didn't want to look at pictures.
I didn't want to watch videos.
I didn't want to charge the battery every few hours.
I wanted to read books.
I am not able to get around on my own so I have a lot of downtime between places I have to be, so reading is my pastime.
Until the Kobo came out I was using a laptop. I couldn't see spending the money for connectivity, color screen, audio, etc I already had. With Kobo I can load the epub and PDF files from my computer without a lot of hassle and start reading.
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And my second post was thus:
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Originally Posted by goinveg
Well, it's been a week that I have had the Kobo and it has met my expectations; I can read books without a problem.
Yes, I have to fix some with the KoboBulkFixer.
Yes, I need to use Adobe Digital Editions for a couple of titles.
The Borders/Kobo Desktop is basically a storefront so, not yet a buyer of eBooks because I won't pay physical book prices for digital books, and because there are many books available in the public/personal use domain, this app will not get a lot of use.
Calibre is my app of choice for library management/Kobo injection.
So, no wi-fi, no cell phone, no touchscreen. No annotation/highlighting. No dictionary, notepad, calendar. One physical button to change pages. I can read a book without distraction.
I'm happy.
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I don't want the features Nook has.