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Yep, I'm happy with my purchase. | 128 | 79.50% | |
No way! I want another eReader. | 3 | 1.86% | |
I will be with the right firmware update(s). | 30 | 18.63% | |
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09-13-2011, 09:21 PM | #46 |
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I also love my KT. My jealous sister is getting one too.
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09-15-2011, 12:16 PM | #47 | |
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People posting "I'm pleased with the Kobo Touch in spite of <fill_in_the_blank> issue" does not instill confidence in purchasing one. All that says is that KT buyers have a higher tolerance for issues. I was leaning toward the KT. Since we're talking honestly, some readers on the market are of higher quality than others. |
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09-15-2011, 05:26 PM | #48 | |
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Personally, I'm thrilled with my KT - I think I've got ~125 hours on it so far? Not a single error! No books disappearing, not loading, no storage errors, etc. Admittedly I don't use Calibre or the Kobo Desktop to load books, I just copy them directly to the on-board storage (too many weird stories early on about crappy software, plus it always seemed easier to me to just copy the file). Are there improvements I would like to see? Absolutely! But I've played with other eReaders (Nook, primarily), and there were things about it I didn't like either. Hopefully one of these days the Kobo Team will make all the improvements I'm hoping for, but I'm happy with what I have now Last edited by thp1017; 09-15-2011 at 05:31 PM. |
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09-15-2011, 05:55 PM | #49 | |
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09-15-2011, 09:49 PM | #50 |
Now you lishen here...
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Love the KT, but can't/won't use it until they fix the reflow problem of unDRMed epubs introduced in 1.9.10. It is pretty useless when it cuts off the last line of a page.
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09-15-2011, 11:29 PM | #51 |
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This is fixed in 1.9.11 due out shortly. However, if you change *anything* in the font settings (i.e. move up a font size and then move back) this problem should go away for your reading session.
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09-15-2011, 11:49 PM | #52 | ||
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We also have the following advantages over Nook STR: Our device costs $10 less, it's smaller, sleeker and lighter. Most customers love our Reading Life functionality, which allows you to track your reading, gain achievements and share these with your friends, making reading fun and game-like. It's not for everyone, but it's extremely popular. We have IMO the best PDF viewing experience on a 6" e-ink device out of any of the leading brands. We have amazing mobile applications, linked to your account, if you are so inclined. We regularly update the device with features that our customers specifically ask for. B&N's last update took ~2 months and introduced 3 bug fixes only. We listen and we act. We have some pretty cool features on our roadmap too. Quote:
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09-16-2011, 02:43 AM | #53 | |
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09-16-2011, 09:20 AM | #54 |
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I'm running 1.9.10, have some DRM-free epubs and have no idea what this reflow problem you mentioned is. I'm using the default font style and size, and haven't noticed any missing text.
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09-16-2011, 01:01 PM | #55 |
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I'm not sure what this text reflow problem is, but one thing I'd like fixed is that in certain text sizes, paragraphs will not appear on the page unless the entire thing can fit on the page. So I'm turning page after page that just has one small paragraph at the top of the screen. Again, that's only for certain text sizes, but I use a larger text size at work because the lighting is poor and I can't read smaller text, and the battery dies very quickly because I'm having to continually turn the page.
The battery is another issue, actually. It was supposed to last a month or two, wasn't it? I go about a week in between charges, sometimes less, which is just slightly longer than it took in between charges of my Kobo Wifi (about every two or three days). Not a huge problem, though. |
09-16-2011, 01:10 PM | #56 |
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I love how the marketing works for battery life on e-readers..... rather than measure how many hours reading time, they tell you how long the device lasts based on some immaginary average hours read per day.... (though I suppose in Kobo case, that number soon won't be immaginary.).... Regardless, it's a meaningless 'measure.'
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09-16-2011, 01:13 PM | #57 | |
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09-16-2011, 01:25 PM | #58 |
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09-16-2011, 01:56 PM | #59 | |
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Just as an example, they are having some of us test a new firmware, and one of the things I've been trying to do this week is run down my battery; I had been trying since Monday night, by running through a book over and over again while running the wi-fi,and leaving the device on all the time (only shut it off to go to and from work). I had started with a 3/4 battery, and I only got it to die this morning. I was able to run through a 525 "page" epub about 4 and half times in this period; it was actually over 1000 page turns each time through so over 4500 page turns, while barely shutting the device off and running with the wifi radio on. That's pretty good, but still hard to gauge reality because I was artificially trying to kill it. The amounts they claim (about 1 month), I believe, is when the device is in Standby, or possibly on, but not being used. once you start adding in page turns, it starts to drop, depending on how much you use it, with the drain increasing with radio usage, doing searches on it, etc... In the off state, it really should be able to last for months (the wife hadn't used her kobo much at the start, leaving it for a couple months at one point, and when she went back to it, it had about a half charge to it). Last edited by Psyke; 09-16-2011 at 01:59 PM. |
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09-16-2011, 02:05 PM | #60 |
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For battery life, nothing could be more irrelevant than number of hours read. To get a proper number, they must identify every operation that uses power (sleep mode, wifi, touch) and the power consumption of each. If you're a slow reader with your wifi close by and you have short sleep and power off settings, you may indeed get a month+ out of your battery. If you're a fast reader with your wifi farther away and long sleep and power off settings, you would be lucky to get 2 weeks. As the saying goes, "Your mileage may vary."
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