Glo Which is latest Kobo?

[miztiik]

Which is latest Kobo available in the market?

Basically, I m looking at these two. - Kindle Paperwhite & Kobo Glo, Leaning more towards Glo for the epub and extra storage functionality. (backlight is very important to me)

Is Glo the latest from Kobo(in the same price range)?

How easy is it to side load additional dictionaries in kobo?

[samhy]

In the same price range, the latest Kobo would be the Aura (not HD, not H2O).

[Joeldmtl]

Originally Posted by samhy

In the same price range, the latest Kobo would be the Aura (not HD, not H2O).

Aura is on sale at Best Buy, until December 4th, for $99 including case. Just got one for my wife. What a good trade - LOL.

[miztiik]

Probably naive question, Does the aura also have a backlight ?

Is there anything that i should be particularly mindful of kobo aura? and are there two different products aura and aura HD?

And when was the aura released?

Originally Posted by Joeldmtl

Aura is on sale at Best Buy, until December 4th, for $99 including case. Just got one for my wife. What a good trade - LOL.

Thanks for that, But i dont think the case is included? Do you mind sharing the link? this one doens't have cover/case

[meeera]

Originally Posted by miztiik

Probably naive question, Does the aura also have a backlight ?

No, it has a frontlight, same as the Glo, Aura HD, and Aura H2O.

Release order, from memory, is:
Glo
Aura HD
Aura
Aura H2O.

[miztiik]

Did the aura really come after the Aura HD? and Aura HD is little bigger than the Aura isnt' it?

For anyone interested here are the release dates for kobo - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobo_eReader


Does anyone of you have any problems with side loaded books in the Aura, I find in reviews that paperwhite2 by default most of the books appear in 'Justify' alignment whereas the Aura seems to be left side aligned? Is this the case?

for anyone interested

[meeera]

Books appearing in justified alignment by default is a problem for me, whereas left-aligned is not So no, no problems with sideloaded books and alignment!

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by miztiik

Does anyone of you have any problems with side loaded books in the Aura, I find in reviews that paperwhite2 by default most of the books appear in 'Justify' alignment whereas the Aura seems to be left side aligned? Is this the case?

The default justification is entirely up to the book's publisher, some are fully justified, some are left justified.

The book's justification can be changed from the book's settings (Aa) menu after it has been sideloaded, the choices are "off" (publisher's default), "left" or "justify". But how well it works depends on how the publisher has created the book. For some it works perfectly, for others the epub needs to be edited to allow the device to change the justification.

(The same applies to other things like line spacing, margins, etc. Some publishers create their books in a way that prevents them being adjusted from the device, but they can always be fixed by editing them in Calibre before sideloading.)

[miztiik]

Thanks guys for all your replies, I will go with 'Kobo Aura'

Does anyone of you know if it is worth to wait to get closer to christmas for any offers or just go ahead and buy the ones in best buy.

I travel a lot and usually carried my Sony PRS with me most of the times. Given the aura has a flat screen would it be necessary to get a cover ?( and is it really necessary to get a sleep cover?)

[danicca]

There was a discount or coupon mentioned in Deals forum, if it still works. And I would definitely recommend a cover.

[miztiik]

I couldn't find any deals/coupons for aura in the US, most of them were for canada.