Next model kobo? Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2

[snoeki]

I bought two today, replacing our Kindle paperwhite and our Kobo glo HD. Just loaded both of them with books and let's start reading now. The orange light is really orange if you put it at 100% (amazing!), but you can turn it off and I have to see how this feels for me. I do like this option on the ipads, so I think I am enjoying it sooner or later.

I couldn't connect the new H20 using an usb 3 port, but the usb 2 port worked fine. I have a new laptop, so perhaps it's a setting in Windows, I have to see.

[Wicked John]

Hello everyone!

I’m looking for ebook reader, I recently sold my Kobo aura and now I’m thinking of buying H2O2 or One, @snoeki I would like to ask you how many hours can u pull through with one full charge and if it is discharging while on sleep, I almost never powered off my Aura also some times I would do “marathon” reading all night and some more, I would rly hate it if it needs charging after 15-20 hours of reading with low light on.

[JSWolf]

The original H2O with the same battery as the H2O2 lasts much longer than 20 hours. I would expect the H2O2 to last about the same.

[snoeki]

Originally Posted by Wicked John

Hello everyone!
@snoeki I would like to ask you how many hours can u pull through with one full charge and if it is discharging while on sleep, I almost never powered off my Aura also some times I would do “marathon” reading all night and some more, I would rly hate it if it needs charging after 15-20 hours of reading with low light on.

I find it difficult to test, I think it's difficult: there are a lot of light settings on this new device and if you have the brightness really high and I have it low, I can tell you perhaps it last 1000 hours and if you buy it and use full light settings it will perhaps last for 100 hours.

We attach our ereaders to the usb powercable every week, so after reading about 15 hours. Is there perhaps an option in the firmware to see how long you read? Can I use the reading statistics for this? I am not sure because I was a Kindle fanboy and only this new firmware with the new home menu made me think: I need a kobo now.

I will come back on this question in the near future when I have tested the new device. It will take a few weeks though because I fall asleep after reading more than one hour. I wish I could marathon read, it would be great for my study, but I like to sleep...

Discharging while in sleep mode is interesting. I can easily test this next week, but I need to upload first all my books to the ereader and it's incredible hot overhere at the moment, so I am not much behind the computer uploading new books to the ereader the next few days, but I will test it in my garden in my little swimming pool.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by snoeki

I bought two today, replacing our Kindle paperwhite and our Kobo glo HD. Just loaded both of them with books and let's start reading now. The orange light is really orange if you put it at 100% (amazing!), but you can turn it off and I have to see how this feels for me. I do like this option on the ipads, so I think I am enjoying it sooner or later.

I couldn't connect the new H20 using an usb 3 port, but the usb 2 port worked fine. I have a new laptop, so perhaps it's a setting in Windows, I have to see.

Congratulations on your two new H2O2s. I think you'll love them. The larger screen is so much nicer then a standard 6" screen.

[snoeki]

Well John, the webbrowser on the kindle is better due to the article mode option (like on the safari webbrowser on the ipad), but all other things are way better on the kobo, finally I have all the font settings, but I have to admit, you changed the bookerly font for me last year (or in 2015) and I was still enjoying your work on my kindle every day. But I do like the new kobo firmware so much I bought a kobo today. And I have to admit, this new H20 is a really nice upgrade. The font and margin settings are amazing. Although... I just downloaded a book from the kobo store with faults in the margins... well, let's say it's almost perfect.

And I do like the larger screen soooooo much, too bad a much larger screen is way to expensive. I would love to get a A4 / letter size in my home, but I was chocked about the pricing when I looked it up. Hope the future will bring us cheaper devices and I would love to get the headphone jack back like in my old ereaders I used to test for work 10 / 15 years ago. Well, you can always wish for some nice new options, but this was and is a great new step for our family in the future of ereading.

[meeera]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Yes, the H2O2 is already shipping. It's available from Kobo and Chapters.

I didn't realise anyone other than reviewers had them in their hands! thomas, others, I'd love to see great photos of the lighting at various colour temperatures, if you ever have the time/inclination.

[geekraver]

Does anyone have suggestions on covers for the new model? According to Kobo's site the cases for the edition 2 and original version are not interchangeable. I've seen some sites pushing original edition cases for the new version though, and I have not found any covers specific to the new version other than the one from Kobo itself.

[MGlitch]

It may take some time for cases for the new edition since it had a fairly quick release after the announcement about it.

[snoeki]

I bought the original kobo covers for the new H20 today (blue and black one). I don't like the flap on the right site, I hated it. But after some reading today I think I can live with it for now and perhaps I can understand why the flap is needed, I prefer a hard cover.

my wife hates her cover, but there is no other cover available at the moment, so we will use them and decide in the future if we buy new ones. I think after one day of testing we will spend another 40 dollars on non brand covers when avaiable (hard covers) and sell of dispose the original ones.

If anyone knows why the flap on the right site is handy. please let me know. It just feels stupid while reading. I enjoy to put my fingers between the ereader and the cover and the flap is now also there for I guess no reason.

But to be honoust, the quality and the looks of the original covers is really great. Too bad they are not cheap.

[k9reeder]

Originally Posted by snoeki

I bought the original kobo covers for the new H20 today (blue and black one). I don't like the flap on the right site, I hated it. But after some reading today I think I can live with it for now and perhaps I can understand why the flap is needed, I prefer a hard cover.

...

If anyone knows why the flap on the right site is handy. please let me know. It just feels stupid while reading. I enjoy to put my fingers between the ereader and the cover and the flap is now also there for I guess no reason.

...

I understand why you feel the flap is an annoyance while reading. I have an original cover for the original H2O, which has no flap.

While my cover is stiff, the spine isn't at all, so there's some travel the cover can do across the face of the device. And the only thing that keeps the cover closed is a fairly weak magnet. Now, the last thing I want to do is to get the screen scratched. When I travel, the device is susceptible to being moved around unattended.

Scratch/damage prevention is the major reason I bought the cover in the first place. So I tend to put a rubber band around the cover for a bit of extra security when I'm on the move with it. Sometimes I think a flap would have been a nice addition for extra security, but yes, it would probably feel like less of a "book experience" when reading with it on.

[Wicked John]

Originally Posted by snoeki

I find it difficult to test, I think it's difficult: there are a lot of light settings on this new device and if you have the brightness really high and I have it low, I can tell you perhaps it last 1000 hours and if you buy it and use full light settings it will perhaps last for 100 hours.

We attach our ereaders to the usb powercable every week, so after reading about 15 hours. Is there perhaps an option in the firmware to see how long you read? Can I use the reading statistics for this? I am not sure because I was a Kindle fanboy and only this new firmware with the new home menu made me think: I need a kobo now.

I will come back on this question in the near future when I have tested the new device. It will take a few weeks though because I fall asleep after reading more than one hour. I wish I could marathon read, it would be great for my study, but I like to sleep...

Discharging while in sleep mode is interesting. I can easily test this next week, but I need to upload first all my books to the ereader and it's incredible hot overhere at the moment, so I am not much behind the computer uploading new books to the ereader the next few days, but I will test it in my garden in my little swimming pool.

No pressure man, any feedback is welcome, what you said about the battery is right, I usually used dropbox to download books (it was buggy thought but it worked).

[greens]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The original H2O with the same battery as the H2O2 lasts much longer than 20 hours. I would expect the H2O2 to last about the same.

just to make an easy/fast comparison using the same "meter", if the H2O is 20 hours how many hours does the battery of the kobo aura one?
thx!

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by greens

just to make an easy/fast comparison using the same "meter", if the H2O is 20 hours how many hours does the battery of the kobo aura one?
thx!

More than 20 hours is what I said. I keep the light off when I don't need it. I'm not one that needs to have the background white.

[greens]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

More than 20 hours is what I said. I keep the light off when I don't need it. I'm not one that needs to have the background white.

Do you refer about a reply that you did me in the past in another topic about aura one? thx!