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Old 09-21-2013, 07:36 AM   #241
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Can someone give more details regarding selecting several words or lines? It's quite tricky on the Mini and the Aura HD, but I can't figure if it should be better or worst with a capacitive screen.
Note that selecting only one word wasn't an issue.

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Old 09-21-2013, 07:50 AM   #242
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Thanks for sharing your pics. The Mini is still quite a bit smaller. I love the size. Too bad Kobo didn't add a light to the Mini. The Aura is still quite a bit larger.
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Thanks for sharing your pics. The Mini is still quite a bit smaller. I love the size. Too bad Kobo didn't add a light to the Mini. The Aura is still quite a bit larger.
But the Aura is thinner... I wonder if the volume is similar overall
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Old 09-21-2013, 08:16 AM   #244
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In the pictures I see Aura has better contrast better contrast than Mini with blacker blacks. Aura will not fit in my shirt pockets.
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Old 09-21-2013, 08:32 AM   #245
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I do find the text a lot more washed out on the Aura than my Paperwhite though - it's less black and more grey. For some reason I find that distracting. Anyone else notice find the same?
Have you tried increasing the Weight slider in the Advanced fonts settings?
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Have you tried increasing the Weight slider in the Advanced fonts settings?
Yes it increases thickness but is still greyish. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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Old 09-21-2013, 09:00 AM   #247
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The screen is being handled differently so that they don't have to refresh as often. To really see the difference, you would need compare them immediately on the page after a refresh.
I have to say that the text does seem to stay a lot sharper now than it did on the glo. On the glo, until the full refresh, the text would be patchy. With the new refresh system on the aura, that does not seem to be the case anymore, the text stays a solid color throughout, which improves the contrast.

Background is still darker, but overall contrast is similar, if not marginally better than it was on the glo.

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I do have a couple of very large collections. I just tried deleting them on the device (as Calibre will re-create them anyway on sync.) It does make a difference, but it still takes too long. Without them it seems to take it down to 30 seconds to load the collections list from about a minute, which is nicer to be sure, but it's still something that should just be cached.
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Old 09-21-2013, 10:05 AM   #248
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So I've taken my Aura into the sun and looked for this diamond pattern on the screen. Really, whichever way I look at it, I can't see it.
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Old 09-21-2013, 10:07 AM   #249
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About the pinpricks disappearing...I know it worked for me, but lightly pressing the place made mine disappear and i remember someone else on MR mentioned the same. So maybe as you used it, you inadvertently lightly pressed the ones that disappeared? just an idea
Maybe, one of them is back now 3/4 of the way up and just under a cm in from the edge. Only visible when the brightness is above 50%.

Not overly bothered but given what I paid I may pop into whsmith and see if they have replacements in, would be good to get a perfect one if they are out there. If not though I will not send it back.
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Thank you for the pictures!
The improved lock screen is very interesting for non-Kobo users who are not familiar with the software.
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Old 09-21-2013, 10:34 AM   #251
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Too bad Kobo didn't add a light to the Mini.
This!
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Old 09-21-2013, 10:40 AM   #252
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Curious - is your Mini updated to the last firmware, 2.8.1? Because I found that the text seemed much darker than it did on 2.6.1. (I received and upgraded mine two days ago).
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Can anyone let me know what the fingerprint retention is like please?

Is it the same/better/worse than the old Kobo Touch?

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So I've taken my Aura into the sun and looked for this diamond pattern on the screen. Really, whichever way I look at it, I can't see it.
If it's anything like the Paperwhite Blotch Debacle of 2012, you'll soon have people telling you it's because your eyes are simply incapable of seeing the pattern. It's really there.
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Took mine back to whsmith's today, they had 2 in stock and both had pin pricks, one of them had 3. Even the display model had one.

Felt a bit guilty as I walked out with my original one and left them with 2 unsellable models.
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