Mini Kobo said to be considering a 5" Mini 2

[k9reeder]

GoodEreader reports, "Kobo insiders have disclosed to Good e-Reader that there is serious internal chatter about developing a second generation Mini."

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A H2O Edition 2 with a 5 inch screen sounds pretty perfect to me.

I love my H2O 1, and I know people also prefer the large screen size of the Aura One. Still, I miss being able to easily slip an ereader into a pocket. I still use my Sony PRS350, perfectly pocket-sized! but it lacks screen lighting among other things.

[Terisa de morgan]

Please, please, please, please!

[doubleshuffle]

Is there a serious source too?

[Terisa de morgan]

I thought the same but... illusion...

[k9reeder]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Is there a serious source too?

They have a bad track record, huh? Serious question.

[doubleshuffle]

Originally Posted by k9reeder

They have a bad track record, huh? Serious question.

Indeed. They started out as commercial e-book pirates and have run two Indiegogo campaigns with their own e-readers that have left a large number of backers waiting for the devices or a refund to this day.

An illuminating thread on the Indegogo campaign is here:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=272106

EDIT:

Here's a thread from their early days:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=85235

[k9reeder]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Indeed.

Okay, I had thought it was just an amateurish techy-type blog attempting real journalism. But noted "insiders" and "chatter" are pretty weak, which is why I included the full quote. Maybe it would have been more accurate for them to have 'reported': "We have random speculation that could be plausible and here's an article about it!"

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by k9reeder

GoodEreader reports, "Kobo insiders have disclosed to Good e-Reader that there is serious internal chatter about developing a second generation Mini."

https://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/the-kobo-mini-2-might-be-a-reality

A H2O Edition 2 with a 5 inch screen sounds pretty perfect to me.

I love my H2O 1, and I know people also prefer the large screen size of the Aura One. Still, I miss being able to easily slip an ereader into a pocket. I still use my Sony PRS350, perfectly pocket-sized! but it lacks screen lighting among other things.

I do not wish to come down on the OP, but that site is known for lying and ripping off sources.

Here is the actual source of the rumor. It's a blog post published about 4 hours before the ripoff story:
http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/201...a-kobo-mini-2/

[doubleshuffle]

Well, turning that into "Kobo insiders have disclosed ... internal chatter ..." just needed a tiny little sprinkling of fairy dust, didn't it?

[JSWolf]

k9, please make your link a proper link. Putting it in a code block is very bad forum etiquette.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I do not wish to come down on the OP, but that site is known for lying and ripping off sources.

Here is the actual source of the rumor. It's a blog post published about 4 hours before the ripoff story:
http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/201...a-kobo-mini-2/

What I'd like to see is a true article with some really new news from them where they did not rip-off another blog or MR.

[k9reeder]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

k9, please make your link a proper link. Putting it in a code block is very bad forum etiquette.

In fact I've removed it but only because folks seem to believe it to be a bad source.

That said, typically forums don't prefer hotlinks in my experience, ie hidden URLs links behind labels, as it facilitates misdirection, propagation of malware, spam and phishing attacks by bad actors. The code tag prevents URLs from being automatically converted into hotlinks by some forum posting features.

[doubleshuffle]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

k9, please make your link a proper link. Putting it in a code block is very bad forum etiquette.

I actually think it's a very good way to treat links to direputable sources.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by k9reeder

In fact I've removed it but only because folks seem to believe it to be a bad source.

That said, typically forums don't prefer hotlinks in my experience, ie hidden URLs links behind labels, as it facilitates misdirection, propagation of malware, spam and phishing attacks by bad actors. The code tag prevents URLs from being automatically converted into hotlinks by some forum posting features.

This forum does not modify your link. You can post it without issue. Also, without the link, the thread falls flat. It's almost like the times when someone has a problem and it gets solved and the OP edits the post to remove it because it's solved.

[pdurrant]

Idle speculation by a blogger turned into "Kobo insiders have disclosed" . Sigh.