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Old 09-21-2015, 10:46 AM   #1
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Aura HD initially designed by Sony??
I just read this somewhere online from a random user...

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That (Aura HD) was a one-off limited production run of a device Kobo hadn't actually designed, it was a Sony device that Sony dropped and Kobo was able to acquire dirt cheap.

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What is he/she talking about? Is it true?
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Old 09-21-2015, 11:04 AM   #2
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That would be interesting
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Old 09-21-2015, 12:02 PM   #3
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Link to source would be nice. I see ereaders prtotypes online each year from related shows. Company making eink skreens and company designing kobo readers resently formed partnership.
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Old 09-21-2015, 12:53 PM   #4
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I read it on Reddit. It is a comment posted by a random person so not from a reliable source. Was just wondering if anyone here read from a reputable source that this is correct. I have googled and have not read anything of the sort so I'm wondering if that person just made it up.
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Old 09-21-2015, 01:10 PM   #5
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This is not true. Aura HD was probably the Kobo-est of Kobo devices. It couldn't have been any more Kobo.

Source: I worked on the ereader design team at the time.
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Old 09-21-2015, 04:49 PM   #6
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I read it on Reddit.
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Old 09-21-2015, 08:19 PM   #7
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There were all kinds of rumours to that effect when it first came out. Do a search in the Mobileread forums here and you can find the details. Short version is that it was generally refuted, including, IIRC, by a Kobo rep.
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Sony did NOT design the Kobo Aura HD hardware.
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