Why did Kobo abandon the capacative touch flat screen?

[Desdinova]

Originally Posted by koboy

whatever happened to being trailblazers.

best wishes koboy.

With a multi million dollar market, everyone becomes cautious ;-)

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by koboy

whatever happened to being trailblazers.

Adding a user replaceable battery wouldn't exactly be trailblazing. It'd be resurrecting something that some devices used to have and manufacturers have now moved away from.

[frostschutz]

Originally Posted by Desdinova

Name an competitor e-reader with a replaceable battery.

txtr Beagle! The only reader ever to use regular AAA batteries...

[Desdinova]

Originally Posted by frostschutz

txtr Beagle! The only reader ever to use regular AAA batteries...

Show off lol

[koboy]

Originally Posted by Desdinova

Ooo I found a e-reader with removable batteries ;-)

http://www.jetbook.net

The Jetbook lite

Looks like the SD card is the only storage too ;-)

hi, sorry i should have put a e-reader worth buying, only my opinion on the jetbook of course.

best wishes koboy.

[Desdinova]

Originally Posted by koboy

hi, sorry i should have put a e-reader worth buying, only my opinion on the jetbook of course.

best wishes koboy.

Oh I agree. But it says a lot that's the only one I could find.

[filmo]

I have very old flip phone with replaceable battery but all batteries made for this phone have probably gone bad setting on shelf. Close enough fit and solder on leads from old battery will not work for this phone but would work for my Kobo readers.

[koboy]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Adding a user replaceable battery wouldn't exactly be trailblazing. It'd be resurrecting something that some devices used to have and manufacturers have now moved away from.

hi, of course there is and has been other e-readers that have a replaceable battery but none of which i would buy.

best wishes koboy.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by koboy

while i hopefully have your attention would you buy a mobile/cell phone without being able to increase the memory storage or change the battery without firstly having to pull it apart?


best wishes koboy.

Hmmm... iPhone -- no uSD card slot, no user replaceable battery Samsung Galaxy S6 -- no uSD card slot, no user replaceable battery. Yet they seem to be flying off the shelves at the local shops. Seems as if most consumers don't really care about either of those features.

[koboy]

Originally Posted by Desdinova

Oh I agree. But it says a lot that's the only one I could find.

hi, it certainly does, i know it's a different device altogether but imagine how many sony psps would have sold back in the day without being able to replace the battery or have a memory card slot, not that many i reckon.

best wishes koboy.

[Desdinova]

Originally Posted by koboy

hi, it certainly does, i know it's a different device altogether but imagine how many sony psps would have sold back in the day without being able to replace the battery or have a memory card slot, not that many i reckon.

best wishes koboy.

But then battery technology was worse than today. An ideal situation would be a fixed battery with a long life - one less part to worry about.

[koboy]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Adding a user replaceable battery wouldn't exactly be trailblazing. It'd be resurrecting something that some devices used to have and manufacturers have now moved away from.

hi, wrongly moved away from in my opinion.

best wishes koboy.

[koboy]

Originally Posted by Desdinova

But then battery technology was worse than today. An ideal situation would be a fixed battery with a long life - one less part to worry about.

hi,i set out my dream aura 2 the sequel in an earlier post i very much doubt that i will get anything like it, btw one feature that only the aura has is refresh every chapter which i very much like and use all the time, i wonder if anyone knows why they don't have that feature on there other e-readers? including the new glo hd.

best wishes koboy.

[koboy]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Hmmm... iPhone -- no uSD card slot, no user replaceable battery Samsung Galaxy S6 -- no uSD card slot, no user replaceable battery. Yet they seem to be flying off the shelves at the local shops. Seems as if most consumers don't really care about either of those features.

hi, more fool them is what i say, i wouldn't buy such a device.

best wishes koboy.

[dickloraine]

Originally Posted by koboy

kobo aura 2 would get my vote, all kobo have to do is improve the capacitive touch screen to a higher and clearer spec, also increase the 4GB of storage to 8GB add a battery compartment on the back of the device so that it is easy to replace the battery when it needs changing and retain the same flush design and sd slot JOB DONE, people would be queueing up in their droves to buy it and i would be first in line.

best wishes koboy.

But I need 16gb storage!