Kobo Glo HD

[ryuji35]

I knew it! I should've waited before buying the Voyage :'( I never believed that the high price of the Voyage is justifiable only due to the "HD Screen" but my mom bought it for as a Birthday gift so I relent. However, if only we just waited a couple more months...

Anyway, the SD slot is a must for me (at least in Kobo) since my old Glo's internal stopped working before and I relied on the SD card for additional books. Kobo's "latency" and lagging never bothered me but I can't help but say that I got used to the Voyage's snappy responsiveness.

But for me, the price is the big issue here. If they made this right, I believe Kobo just killed the Voyage's "eliteness."

I don't think Amazon will lower the price of the Voyage. It's their current premium reader anyway. The only option I see for Amazon is to call the current Voyage a "Paperwhite" this year and lower the price to PW price range and offer something very new in the next generation's "Voyage"

Gosh, I feel bad right now. I want to have this Kobo Glo HD so much :'(

[Ripplinger]

Originally Posted by Barty

As someone who currently has a paper white, what jumps out is it looks slower and less responsive to touch. On several occasions it seems the user had to touch twice to have it register. This is something kobo needs to improve.

That person obviously isn't familiar at all with the areas to touch for Kobo firmware. To bring up the fonts, he kept hitting in the upper left corner, which might flip the page back one, but that's not the area to bring up any menus on Kobo readers. Pages can turn slow if there might be a poorly formatted book on the device, also the temperature of the device will affect page turns. I've seen many reviews where the page turns were outright sluggish on readers that I use and know they don't have those problems and no way should have taken that long, so I'll wait until I can see one myself and not take that video as proof of anything.

Originally Posted by MGlitch

Even if you've got 20 pairs of gloves, the linked article in my post was to a DIY method. They provide a link to buy the capacitive thread by the foot, which should be more than enough to cover the tips of each finger for a reasonable price.

You probably missed the sentence where I said And no, I don't want to make all my fall/winter/spring gloves weird looking by sewing on conductive thread myself to save money. Yeah, I really have no interest in doing that for 20 pairs of gloves, especially on $50+ pairs of gloves for the really cold weather.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by John F

In case anyone missed it, they are saying the Glo HD will be available June 1 in the U.K. Seems soon to me.

That's a great release date I'm going on holiday shortly after so I can avoid the temptation for a few weeks.

[mr_nihilism]

Does Michael Kozlowski know something we don't? I ask because in at the bottom of his article regarding the Glo HD he mentions in the comment section that "he knows that the Mini 2 is coming out soon"

I would like to believe.

Anyhow, the article is here: http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...ilable-may-1st

[shootingMaNs]

Originally Posted by mr_nihilism

Does Michael Kozlowski know something we don't? I ask because in at the bottom of his article regarding the Glo HD he mentions in the comment section that "he knows that the Mini 2 is coming out soon"

I would like to believe.

Anyhow, the article is here: http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...ilable-may-1st

If that's true, I'm going to hold off on getting the Glo HD. I thought the Mini was awesome!

[mystika1]

I am thinking really hard about preordering the glo hd. My only quirk is that I remember all to well when using my glo and having multiple page turns. I also like how send to kindle has my fan fiction on my kindle in seconds.

Then, I look at the fact that I could have the resolution I want on the glo hd and get the cover included for less than the voyage with no cover. I also think that the battery life on the Kobo should be better because it has no haptic feedback, no page press sensors.

I'm going crazy trying to figure this one out. 😫 I can feel it...I will likely pre-order. Lol

Penny

[Nick_1964]

Originally Posted by booklover6

I was never happy with the way the ext cards worked in mine, either. I never used them for long, and never got close to filling the two Kobo devices I had that had 4 GB internal. So I am not at all unhappy with the lack of an ext card slot in the Glo HD.

Totally agree,Imho, why does a person needs all his/her books on the device only to see "completed" in the list.
In my case I made an extra entry on calibe with "read" on it, I transfer about 50 books to my device and when I have read them I remove them,setting read on yes in calibre.
I don't want to move in my library only to see a couple of hundred books on completed.
If I want to read them again I go online and retrieve them, or just put them back.
So the possibility, or the lack of it,to put an SD card in it (the system sometimes start to be very "laggy " too when accessing the card) is never something I would use to make a choice.
Most important is battery usage and the resolution.
The old Glo had 2 GB, the new one has 4 so it's storage is doubled.
Suppose I want to put all my books on it,and the device crashed or is stolen,I lost them all,and when you Use Calibre as a backup to get your books safe,you can always use it for a "refill."
That only time in 2 months or more I need to finish and reload the next stack of 50 books on it will never take this 4 GB, it will not even come near the 2 GB.
I do understand that some people will have their entire collection on a card to use them,just because it is possible, but does it make it more easy to handle it ??
I mean it in general ?
Even with the Sony's I never felt the need to use a memory card, with 4 GB on it,the much bigger resolution and the longer battery usage is much and much more important for me then the possibility to use a memory card.
Beside that, you can access your books by dropbox,by your account on the bookstore so even when in an impossible case I read more then the 50 books on it, I have easy access to my other books.

[Josieb1]

You only have easy access to your Calibre library if your PC is near and on. I don't have my PC on all the time and when I'm away it's not with me.

And on holiday I don't even have wifi access, plus I find downloading from Dropbox a pain.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Antioch

Well, looking at the images released thus far it does look chunky. Though, I'd rather say bulbous. It looks thicker than the H2O (but it's actually thinner) and the display looks more recessed. It's probably just a trick of the eyes because the width/height are smaller than the H2O.

Really want to see side-by-side pictures!

Edit: Also it seems like the back is more textured (is it still the same rubbery plastic?) and the front bezel is a matte black whereas the H2O, while not glossy, is still reflective.

The Glo HD is only 1.6mm thicker than the Kindle Voyage.That's negligible.

[Nick_1964]

Originally Posted by Josieb1

You only have easy access to your Calibre library if your PC is near and on. I don't have my PC on all the time and when I'm away it's not with me.

And on holiday I don't even have wifi access, plus I find downloading from Dropbox a pain.

I was not attacking you, Calibre has a servermode, so your pc is accible when you are not near, and on holiday,IMHO, I don't want to be in my hotelroom or at the beach reading all the time and before you go you can put >4000 books on it.
4000: 365 is 10,95 books.
A: you don't have 365 days a year holiday,and B: then you still have to read 11 books a day..

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by Nick_1964

I was not attacking you, Calibre has a servermode, so your pc is accible when you are not near, and on holiday,IMHO, I don't want to be in my hotelroom or at the beach reading all the time and before you go you can put >4000 books on it.
4000: 365 is 10,95 books.
A: you don't have 365 days a year holiday,and B: then you still have to read 11 books a day..

Unfortunately what I really want is a 3G Voyage, if they fix the display issues this year I may well commit. I had a 3G Paperwhite 2 before which hubby now has. I just like the Cloud storage for sideloaded books and most importantly whispersync. I love my Kobo H20 but the infrastructure for Kobo just isn't good enough for me.

[Nick_1964]

Originally Posted by Josieb1

Unfortunately what I really want is a 3G Voyage, if they fix the display issues this year I may well commit. I had a 3G Paperwhite 2 before which hubby now has. I just like the Cloud storage for sideloaded books and most importantly whispersync. I love my Kobo H20 but the infrastructure for Kobo just isn't good enough for me.

For sure, U have your personal reasons and I do understand them,I don't say Kobo is the leading reader for me,and a more adjustable front page would be one of my favorites and I am very sorry it isn't possible.
I was only acting on one of the reasons to say no to this device: The (maybe) not present card reader.
The choice between ,lets say a 200 dpi reader with a card reader, or a 300 dpi reader without card reader for me would be simple, the screen is what you see,every time you read... the menu or the card gives more comfort in use,but the screen gives you so much more then this.
If the choice would be 150 euro's for a 200 dpi and card reader, or 200 euro's with a 300 dpi screen and no card reader, I still would choose the 300 dpi,because the screen is what you watch every second.
But lets get back to the device itself

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Barcey

I've had horrible luck with reliability of SD cards on ereaders. Every time I've tried to use them I had to give up and move to internal memory. Random reboots, data corruption and having to reformat. This has been at least four readers and different brands. I can understand why Kobo dropped it in this model, 4 GB is more than enough for most people and it will cut down on support calls and improve user experience.

Since Kobo dropped the card slot and they use an SD type card for internal memory, I do think they would have been better off using an 8GB card instead of a 4GB card. That would have been a one up on Amazon in terms of internal storage.

[GERGE]

Originally Posted by Josieb1

You only have easy access to your Calibre library if your PC is near and on. I don't have my PC on all the time and when I'm away it's not with me.

And on holiday I don't even have wifi access, plus I find downloading from Dropbox a pain.

My Calibre library lives synced in my VPS, my smartphone and my Macbook. Mainly for data protection, but reachability is nice too.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by GERGE

My Calibre library lives synced in my VPS, my smartphone and my Macbook. Mainly for data protection, but reachability is nice too.

How do you do that, particularly with a MacBook, my smartphone and tablets are Apple.