So where is Kobo+?

Canuck_in_Japan · 05-14-2013, 10:42 AM

Sony PRS owners tend to love their readers and I think a lot of those people have PRS+. I have a PRS-650 and I love it (except for the lack of front light) but to be honest if it didn't have PRS+ it would be a pretty mediocre device. A lot of Kobo owners are often up in arms over Kobo's firmware so I find myself wondering, where is Kobo+? Was the Sony Reader more hackable than Kobo? Surely there are as many Kobo readers out there now as there were Sony readers.

david_e · 05-14-2013, 11:09 AM

Different type of customer / user, more casual users now? Availability and low price of tablets makes some of it unnecessary, like games or comic viewing? The better ideas got adopted into official hardware?

ewphoenix123 · 05-14-2013, 11:14 AM

There are many projects all over the place, one problem is that kobos firmware updates often change basics that those projects rely on, so they get outdate much quicker then prs+.

I think we are on the 3rd or 4rd variant of the Kobo plugins/tweaks project by now.

I just stumbled over two major projects that are developed by japanese users, and posted the links in the Dev forum.
Might be very interesting but I haven't cracked the language barrier and am currently in trial and error mode to figure out if they are really useful. *g*

Also prs+ added functionality to a severly lacking device which had no prospect of a firmware update. Kobos software faults are minor annoyance in comparison to the early sony's. So the motivation to develop is probably much smaller.

Ankh · 05-14-2013, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewphoenix123

Also prs+ added functionality to a severly lacking device which had no prospect of a firmware update. Kobos software faults are minor annoyance in comparison to the early sony's. So the motivation to develop is probably much smaller.

That. Kobo is actively maintaining their software, and, more or less, listens to user requests.

05-14-2013, 10:42 AM	#1
Canuck_in_Japan Wizard Posts: 1,476 Karma: 14328611 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: Aura, Aura H2O, Kindle PW3	So where is Kobo+? Sony PRS owners tend to love their readers and I think a lot of those people have PRS+. I have a PRS-650 and I love it (except for the lack of front light) but to be honest if it didn't have PRS+ it would be a pretty mediocre device. A lot of Kobo owners are often up in arms over Kobo's firmware so I find myself wondering, where is Kobo+? Was the Sony Reader more hackable than Kobo? Surely there are as many Kobo readers out there now as there were Sony readers.

05-14-2013, 11:14 AM	#3
ewphoenix123 Addict Posts: 201 Karma: 42238 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Kobo: Glo, Aura , Aura H2O, Aura ONE, Forma, Elipsa	There are many projects all over the place, one problem is that kobos firmware updates often change basics that those projects rely on, so they get outdate much quicker then prs+. I think we are on the 3rd or 4rd variant of the Kobo plugins/tweaks project by now. I just stumbled over two major projects that are developed by japanese users, and posted the links in the Dev forum. Might be very interesting but I haven't cracked the language barrier and am currently in trial and error mode to figure out if they are really useful. g Also prs+ added functionality to a severly lacking device which had no prospect of a firmware update. Kobos software faults are minor annoyance in comparison to the early sony's. So the motivation to develop is probably much smaller. Last edited by ewphoenix123; 05-14-2013 at 11:17 AM.

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david_e Seriously? Posts: 529 Karma: 3347562 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Mini, iWhatever	Different type of customer / user, more casual users now? Availability and low price of tablets makes some of it unnecessary, like games or comic viewing? The better ideas got adopted into official hardware?

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