Kobo Sage first impressions- Newbie to Calibre and Kobo

[pypeke]

I have used Nooks, Fire tablets, and Android tablets. I have never sideloaded anything. This post is my first impressions as someone brand new to Kobo.

If anything is my fault (user error), please let me know, and I will edit.




I know the Sage's battery life is not that great, but I thought it would last more than 1-2 days. I bought a reconditioned Sage, but I thought the battery would be new.

I read last night on Dark mode with the light at 10%, Wifi off, and Bluetooth off. I had it set to go to sleep after 5 minutes.

This morning the Sage is at 25%. Not good. I charged it yesterday in the morning, but did not use it until about 8:00 p.m. When I plugged it in to me laptop to send Calibre books to it, it charged while I downloaded books.


So far what I don't like about the Sage...besides the battery:

1. Auto rotate is glitchy. Sometimes, when I set the device down, the screen turns sideways and stays there when I pick the device back up. Other times, the auto rotate works fine. I have to choose either Portrait or Landscape or auto rotate freezes....sometimes. I lean the ereader against one leg and seldom hold it. Auto rotate was the most important to me, after font size, and clarity.

2. I really hate the right side of the Sage. The right side curves upward very close to the page turning buttons. I found myself pushing that curved up area instead of the buttons. Over and over. Not comfortable at all. I went back to swiping.

3. Dark mode box needs easier access. I wish they would have put the checkbox for dark mode next to the orientation, light, and fonts. I have to go through settings.

4. Font Settings Advanced: What a mess! I tried to change the WEIGHT of the font, but it was screwed up. For some reason, using the + and - did the same thing. BOTH made the font width bigger. The minus button should have made it thinner, not bigger.

5. Refresh: I set it to refresh at every new chapter. Could not make it refresh any less. When in dark screen mode and when I turned the page to begin the next chapter, the screen flashed to regular mode then reverted to dark mode. It flashed way too bright after looking at a dark gray screen. I had to remember to close my eyes before turning the last page in a chapter. It does the reverse when in regular mode - flashes to dark mode then back to regular mode. Dark mode is a medium gray, not really dark or black. I prefer dark gray or black.

6. When reading a downloaded book or a Kobo Plus free book, the upcoming page number appeared superimposed on the last letter of a word on the right side of the screen. In dark mode, the page number is in a gray box. In regular mode, the page number is normal black font. It is just irritating.

7. Justification: I don't think the OFF button works at all. Some books had 2 or 3 spaces after a contraction's apostrophe. "Can't" showed up as "can' t", etc. This was on Calibre books and Kobo Plus books. Left justification did better, but it still had extra spaces after an apostrophe.

8. Ghost image: I have no idea why or how this happened.



So #6, 7, or 8? Is this a Kobo issue or a Calibre issue? User error?

Thanks

[issybird]

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