Why did Kobo abandon the capacative touch flat screen? - Page 7

koboy · 06-30-2015, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by dickloraine

But I need 16gb storage!

hi, ok 32GB will that make you happy? it's easy enough and cheap enough to do these days.

best wishes koboy.

invention13 · 06-30-2015, 05:01 PM

Slightly off topic but the big one for me would be inductive charging - given the low power requirements of the reader.
If they did that, with wireless updates, you would need no openings in the case.

Desdinova · 06-30-2015, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by koboy

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

best wishes koboy.

But both are amongst the most successful in their niche.

User expandable storage isn't a big issue it seems. There's no market demand for it, as shown.

koboy · 06-30-2015, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Desdinova

But both are amongst the most successful in their niche.

User expandable storage isn't a big issue it seems. There's no market demand for it, as shown.

hi, please would you take a look at this post regarding the battery of a kobo aura

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Originally Posted by arathar

Hello,

I'm new here and I'm looking for anyone that has cracked open their Kobo Aura to replace the battery. Mine is almost 2 years old and will only hold a charge for an hour or so.

Kobo tech support basically told me to buy a new one which seems awfully wasteful.

I have pried at the flush bezel but it hasn't come loose.

Thanks,

Arathar

this is a situation that no owner of a e-reader should have to put up with wouldn't you agree?

best wishes koboy.

robko · 06-30-2015, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by koboy

hi, please would you take a look at this post regarding the battery of a kobo aura

this is a situation that no owner of a e-reader should have to put up with wouldn't you agree?

No one should have to, BUT how many would be willing to actually pay more up front for a replaceable battery? My guess, like the SD card question, is only a small minority. It doesn't matter what you or I want (believe me, there are a number of firmware changes I've bitched against in beta's that have stayed in because while I might not like/want it, they feel the majority do). It matters what the "bigger" market wants. Sure there's lot of people on here that want SD card expansion. That doesn't mean the majority (or even a large number) of actual purchasers want it. Yes, you do and some others do. The ereader companies obviously don't feel that the majority cares. Are they always right in what they think? Not likely, but if they survive long term they likely have to be right more often than wrong.

koboy · 06-30-2015, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by robko

No one should have to, BUT how many would be willing to actually pay more up front for a replaceable battery? My guess, like the SD card question, is only a small minority. It doesn't matter what you or I want (believe me, there are a number of firmware changes I've bitched against in beta's that have stayed in because while I might not like/want it, they feel the majority do). It matters what the "bigger" market wants. Sure there's lot of people on here that want SD card expansion. That doesn't mean the majority (or even a large number) of actual purchasers want it. Yes, you do and some others do. The ereader companies obviously don't feel that the majority cares. Are they always right in what they think? Not likely, but if they survive long term they likely have to be right more often than wrong.

hi, i would definitely pay more but of course i would say that, i agree with you that my opinions only matter to me and perhaps a small few, if and it's a big if or when anyone of the major players in the e-reader market take on board my points and bring out an e-reader with the capabilities that i have mentioned in earlier posts, then time well tell as it always does if what i was saying will be true or not that i think it would a massive seller for that particular company. and btw thanks to all of you that responded to the points i made.

best wishes koboy.

DNSB · 06-30-2015, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by koboy

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

best wishes koboy.

A fool and their money are soon parted? Seems as if an awful lot of people whom you would consider fools out there who are voting with their wallets--the only votes that manufacturers really listen to--that lacking replaceable batteries or expandable storage is not a deterrent to sales.

koboy · 06-30-2015, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

A fool and their money are soon parted? Seems as if an awful lot of people whom you would consider fools out there who are voting with their wallets--the only votes that manufacturers really listen to--that lacking replaceable batteries or expandable storage is not a deterrent to sales.

hi, they most certainly are, they would sell even more if they had my suggested improvements, thanks for your response.

best wishes koboy.

davidfor · 06-30-2015, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by koboy

hi, they most certainly are, they would sell even more if they had my suggested improvements, thanks for your response.

I doubt it. To make the battery user changeable will increase the size of the device and the cost to manufacture. And this will be at little benefit because most of these devices are replaced a long time before a replacement battery is needed.

koboy · 06-30-2015, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by davidfor

I doubt it. To make the battery user changeable will increase the size of the device and the cost to manufacture. And this will be at little benefit because most of these devices are replaced a long time before a replacement battery is needed.

hi, i would agree that the e-reader would be slightly thicker but i see no good reason why the other dimensions would have to change that much, but has i have already stated on numerous occasions and to numerous people like yourself obviously my opinion is only relative to me, so that said unless kobo make a much more advanced e-reader that i consider has SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS over my kobo aura the only way i will ever buy another kobo e-reader is if my aura broke down for whatever reason and even then i would be looking to buy a second hand aura to replace it, thanks for your response.

best wishes koboy.

koboy · 06-30-2015, 10:35 PM

hi, just incase any of you are wondering why i am so keen to see at least some of the improvements ive been talking about possibly being implemented in any future kobo e-reader release it is because unlike the kindle the kobo e-readers are good but they could be GREAT.

best wishes koboy.

davidfor · 06-30-2015, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by koboy

hi, they most certainly are, they would sell even more if they had my suggested improvements, thanks for your response.

best wishes koboy.

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Originally Posted by koboy

hi, i would agree that the e-reader would be slightly thicker but i see no good reason why the other dimensions would have to change that much, but has i have already stated on numerous occasions and to numerous people like yourself obviously my opinion is only relative to me, so that said unless kobo make a much more advanced e-reader that i consider has SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS over my kobo aura the only way i will ever buy another kobo e-reader is if my aura broke down for whatever reason and even then i would be looking to buy a second hand aura to replace it, thanks for your response.

If you look at what I quoted in my reply, I am not commenting on whether you are likely to buy a new ereader. I quoted again, and highlighted, what I was replying to: your opinion that changes such as adding a user changeable battery would sell more product. I disagree with this as I believe the increase in size and price would mean that the one next to it that was significantly cheaper and probably noticeable smaller, is the one people would buy.

As to the size increase, it really depends on how they do it. If they put a hatch on the back and use standard batteries, I think the difference would be quite noticeable. If they use a custom battery and pull the whole back of like a lot of phones, the difference would be there, but not as much. Of course, using a custom battery would at least partly defeat the point as that means the custom battery has to still be available and a reasonable price when the new one was needed.

meeera · 07-01-2015, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by invention13

Slightly off topic but the big one for me would be inductive charging - given the low power requirements of the reader.
If they did that, with wireless updates, you would need no openings in the case.

I could go for solar, like calculators have had forever. If the design was right.

dickloraine · 07-01-2015, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Desdinova

But both are amongst the most successful in their niche.

User expandable storage isn't a big issue it seems. There's no market demand for it, as shown.

I wasn't serious. I just wanted to show that you always can get higher and that 8gb is a totally arbitrary number with which he would be satisfied. It was intended as a joke.

oren64 · 07-01-2015, 04:56 AM

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Originally Posted by meeera

I could go for solar, like calculators have had forever. If the design was right.

Excellent idea!!
way not glue Solar panel to the back and wire it to the battery that way you never need to charge the battery.

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06-30-2015, 05:01 PM	#92
invention13 Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Mission Viejo, CA Device: kobo h20	Slightly off topic but the big one for me would be inductive charging - given the low power requirements of the reader. If they did that, with wireless updates, you would need no openings in the case.

06-30-2015, 10:35 PM	#101
koboy Wizard Posts: 1,198 Karma: 4027538 Join Date: May 2014 Device: Kobo Aura, Mini, Touch, Amazon Kindle.	hi, just incase any of you are wondering why i am so keen to see at least some of the improvements ive been talking about possibly being implemented in any future kobo e-reader release it is because unlike the kindle the kobo e-readers are good but they could be GREAT. best wishes koboy.