Kobo Touch $129 - Page 6

mcrow24 · 05-23-2011, 07:29 PM

Looks like my next eReader is going to be a Kobo. When I wear out the cheap one I have now, I'll get this one. I read mostly books from Kobo anyway so it would be handy.

Don0801 · 05-23-2011, 07:31 PM

Damn ... If only they had it out last Sept....
The PDF panning is really something.

JSWolf · 05-23-2011, 07:33 PM

I am hoping the bugs in ADE on the non-touch Kobo are fixed.

Latinandgreek · 05-23-2011, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Don0801

Damn ... If only they had it out last Sept....
The PDF panning is really something.

I love the PDF panning. I hope it has PDF reflow, too. I'd love to get all of the ebook readers: the Kindle, the Nook colour, the Kobo...

RockdaMan · 05-23-2011, 08:26 PM

Now what do I do with my Kindle library?

Harmon · 05-23-2011, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SensualPoet

Very well, as far as I can see.

Amazon Kindle is only available mail order -- no stores distribute it.

My recollection is that ive seen a K3 in Best Buy.

I have to say that from the pictures posted, it looks to me like Kobo has the screen proportions laid out very nicely.

I'll bet Amazon is feeling some pressure right now.

SensualPoet · 05-23-2011, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I am hoping the bugs in ADE on the non-touch Kobo are fixed.

Kobo doesn't need ADE. Books are unpacked in native Kobo format.

SensualPoet · 05-23-2011, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Harmon

My recollection is that ive seen a K3 in Best Buy.

Your recollection is incorrect. Amazon Kindle is not sold in any stores in Canada, including Best Buy.

ApK · 05-23-2011, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

The ergonomics of the page swipe beats the buttons. And as for fingerprints, not to worry. You'll hardly see them.

I have a Kindle and I have a Sony. You are 100% wrong on both counts.

If you had qualified either of those points as pertaining to YOU rather than to ME you may have had a chance of being at least partially correct.

Maybe our fingers have more oil than yours, or maybe I just notice finger prints more than you.

From an ergonomics standpoint, it would be hard to convince me that having to move your thumb in the way of the page area and out again every page turn could be more ergonomic then keeping it one place and slightly rocking it. Maybe some prefer it, but it seems like an RSI waiting to happen. I certainly don't prefer it.

JSWolf · 05-23-2011, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by RockdaMan

Now what do I do with my Kindle library?

Strip the DRM and convert to ePub via Calibre. And don't forget to do that for F&SF as you'll no longer be wanting Kindle eBooks.

JSWolf · 05-23-2011, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SensualPoet

Kobo doesn't need ADE. Books are unpacked in native Kobo format.

Yet another useless format?

Kobo supports ePub via ADE and the bugs do need to be fixed.

ApK · 05-23-2011, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Yet another useless format?

I'm confused on the 'kepub' format thing...it's the only format of books the internal kobo dictionary work with, apparently, but I can't find details about it. Is it some kind of closely guarded secret, or is it just that no one cares enough to hack on it yet
The new kobo specs only mention epub and pdf support.

JSWolf · 05-23-2011, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ApK

I have a Kindle and I have a Sony. You are 100% wrong on both counts.

If you had qualified either of those points as pertaining to YOU rather than to ME you may have had a chance of being at least partially correct.

Maybe our fingers have more oil than yours, or maybe I just notice finger prints more than you.

From an ergonomics standpoint, it would be hard to convince me that having to move your thumb in the way of the page area and out again every page turn could be more ergonomic then keeping it one place and slightly rocking it. Maybe some prefer it, but it seems like an RSI waiting to happen. I certainly don't prefer it.

Which Sony do you have? Anything before the x50 series doesn't really count in this case.

And keeping your thumb in one place pushing the same button won't maybe cause RSI? It's like getting RI from using a mouse.

As for the finger prints, you'd hate anything with an LCD screen as you'd be really bothered by the fingerprints there since the hardly seen fingerprints on a Pearl screen are a real bother.

kiwipippa · 05-23-2011, 09:07 PM

Does it look like these new kobos will be physically smaller than the existing wifi? Just wondering if I need to factor in the cost of a new case as well....

ApK · 05-23-2011, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Which Sony do you have? Anything before the x50 series doesn't really count in this case.

PRS350. It's a great screen and a great touch system for a reader, don't get me wrong, but I do need to keep the cleaning cloth handy, especially after playing chess on PRS+.

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And keeping your thumb in one place pushing the same button won't maybe cause RSI? It's like getting RI from using a mouse.

Maybe an ergonomics expert or a doctor can chime in.
I prefer the buttons like on the Kindle or classic nook. My wife doesn't seem to mind the touching page turns on her iPod Touch, but she already has arthritis, so what does she know.

My 8-year old son's the main reader on the Sony, and he things the touch thing is cool for turning pages.

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As for the finger prints, you'd hate anything with an LCD screen as you'd be really bothered by the fingerprints

Yes, I am. I hate it when people touch my computer screens.
We do have a protector from the Apple store on the iTouch that does a remarkable job, though, but I'm not the main user of that. Maybe it would bug me if I had to use it more.

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Originally Posted by kiwipippa

Does it look like these new kobos will be physically smaller than the existing wifi? Just wondering if I need to factor in the cost of a new case as well....

The exisiting wifi is the same size (and fits many of the same cases) as the K3, and this Touch is clearly a very different size than the K3.

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05-23-2011, 07:29 PM	#76
mcrow24 Connoisseur Posts: 82 Karma: 35788 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle,Augen "The book", Nook	Looks like my next eReader is going to be a Kobo. When I wear out the cheap one I have now, I'll get this one. I read mostly books from Kobo anyway so it would be handy.

05-23-2011, 07:31 PM	#77
Don0801 Member Posts: 20 Karma: 18504 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: MA Device: Kindle 3 wi-fi	Damn ... If only they had it out last Sept.... The PDF panning is really something.

05-23-2011, 07:33 PM	#78
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,721 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I am hoping the bugs in ADE on the non-touch Kobo are fixed.

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RockdaMan Banned Posts: 1,644 Karma: 213512 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: On the other side of over there Device: Pandigital Novel, Kindle G1 (broken), iPod Touch	Now what do I do with my Kindle library?

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kiwipippa Fanatic Posts: 578 Karma: 613022 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: New Zealand Device: kobo glo, kobo touch (dead), kindle touch, android phone	Does it look like these new kobos will be physically smaller than the existing wifi? Just wondering if I need to factor in the cost of a new case as well....