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Old 04-06-2015, 07:53 AM   #31
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Old 04-06-2015, 10:50 AM   #32
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Presumably the Kobo front-light will be better than the Voyage light, and obviously the UI and more open FW will be superior to the increasingly horribly restrictive Kindle UI and FW. Want bold fonts? People will have to get one of these and not a Voyage. If Kobo can significantly beat the price of the Voyage, then we'll see some action in the market. Probably Amazon will be forced to lower the price of the Voyage.
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Old 04-06-2015, 03:37 PM   #33
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The Glo HD was created to complete against the Kindle Voyage.

The Glo HD specs are better than its current Kobo line-up.

Glo HD Specs:
6” Carta E Ink HD touchscreen
1448×1072 resolution, 300 dpi

Aura H2O Specs:
Extra-large 6.8” Carta E Ink HD touchscreen
1430 x 1080, 265 dpi

Aura HD Specs:
6.8" Pearl E Ink Screen ClarityScreen
1440 x 1080, 265 dpi

Aura Specs:
6" High-res Pearl E Ink ClarityScreen with low-flash waveform;
1024 x 758, 16 level grey scale

Glo Specs:
6" XGA Pearl E Ink touchscreen
1024x768 resolution, 16-level grey scale
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Kindle Voyage Specs:
6" display with Carta e-paper technology
1430 x 1080, 300 dpi
A little nitpicking here . Kindle Voyage resolution is 1448 x 1072 according to the online user's guide. So the screens are seemingly identical.
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Old 04-06-2015, 03:39 PM   #34
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A little nitpicking here . Kindle Voyage resolution is 1448 x 1072. According to the online user's guide.
My Voyage screenshots measure 1448 x 1072, too.
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Old 04-06-2015, 03:40 PM   #35
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FYI: Kobo is announcing something tomorrow at 10am eastern.
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Old 04-06-2015, 04:38 PM   #36
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FYI: Kobo is announcing something tomorrow at 10am eastern.
Awesome! I knew it would be soon.
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Old 04-06-2015, 04:50 PM   #37
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Guess I won't have to wait patiently for Amazon to release Voyage in Canada.
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Old 04-06-2015, 05:30 PM   #38
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Guess I won't have to wait patiently for Amazon to release Voyage in Canada.
You know the Kobo Glo HD will be better, and cheaper, anyway!

I'm wondering if Amazon will lower the price of the Voyage soon. I'm hoping they do, and give me a credit for the difference. (I'm on the 5-payment plan, so I think that puts me in a special "window"). If they don't want to do that, I may return it....my Voyage has a pin prick. I've been ignoring it, but I do wonder if it will get bigger. I really do like the Voyage, but I feel pretty confident I will like the Glo HD better....so....
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Old 04-06-2015, 05:34 PM   #39
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In GoodEreader it's whriting "Kobo Glo HD and will be retailing for around $149" it's the same as kobo aura.

http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...ilable-may-1st
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Old 04-06-2015, 08:11 PM   #40
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Just some thoughts/observations:

The cover that Kobo is showing off with the Glo HD is really nice. I wonder if it will become available for H2O as well. Also, I prefer the name Glo instead of Aura. And furthermore, I could always use another eReader.

I'm sold.
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Old 04-07-2015, 12:10 AM   #41
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FYI: Kobo is announcing something tomorrow at 10am eastern.
By tomorrow you mean Tuesday the 7th? As it is already "tomorrow" here, that puts it at midnight for me (assuming I did the timezone calculation right). So, I'm probably going to wake up at about 2am and think "What was announced?" and not be able to go back to sleep. And if I get up and check, it will be an "exciting" announcement like the last one with Oprah.
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Don't forget the announcement could have something to do with making Overdrive available to the Kobo devices. It would certainly be more relevant to their customers than the Oprah announcement.

It's now 12:25am EST on Tuesday morning, so 9 1/2 hours give or take and we'll find out.
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I want microSD. It is really important for me, my manga needs it.

IR of Glo was very nice too, but Carta screens don't offer it. I am afraid IR touch is dead.
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I want microSD. It is really important for me, my manga needs it.

IR of Glo was very nice too, but Carta screens don't offer it. I am afraid IR touch is dead.
The H2O has a Carta screen with IR touch, and looking at this pic from post #1 the inside edge of the Glo HD's bezel looks a lot like the H2O's.

But if there is no SD slot and no IR touch then I think I would go for the H2O instead of the Glo HD when it comes time to replace my Glo.
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