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Old 05-30-2017, 01:39 PM   #16
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You don't need to root a Kobo to add software, so that's a non-issue.

All eink devices are fragile, more fragile than tablet screens. You will need to get a good case and treat it more carefully.
That all E Ink devices are fragile is no longer true. All or nearly all of the 13.3" screens use E Ink Mobius screens which are flexible. Now that E Ink Carta has been made to work on the Mobius backing I would expect that the problem will go away in the next generation of devices.

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Old 05-31-2017, 03:18 AM   #17
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That all E Ink devices are fragile is no longer true. All or nearly all of the 13.3" screens use E Ink Mobius screens which are flexible.
I didn't get the impression the OP was looking for a huge, expensive device, given that they're replacing a T1.

I'm looking forward to this problem going away completely (not that I've managed to break one yet).
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Old 05-31-2017, 04:27 PM   #18
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As you're in the US you could also look at Pocketbook (http://www.pocketbook-int.com/us).
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As you're in the US you could also look at Pocketbook (http://www.pocketbook-int.com/us).
So how do you buy a Reader from that site?
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Old 05-31-2017, 05:24 PM   #20
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So how do you buy a Reader from that site?
I looked and couldn't find a way. AFAIK there hasn't been an online seller for Pocketbook's and a few other brands since Dulin's and a couple of others shut down.



The new US distributor for Onyx Boox is now directing people to Ectaco for US purchasers of Onyx readers which may or may not be useful to the OP.
http://www.ectaco.com/eBook-PDA-Dictionaries-items/
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I found the pocketbook is sold by amazon or at least on amazon
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Pocketbook does not ship to the US. (I wrote to them to ask.) If you can get them from Amazon, it's through third-party sellers.

I bought an Inkbook Prime a few days ago, and wrote an initial-thoughts review of it. It's Android-based and has physical buttons; can't speak to Calibre collections support. (I can barely operate Calibre, and my Calibre library is cluttered by multiple versions of the same books, which have slightly different requirements to be submitted to different online distribution sites. I've never taken the time to use it as an organizing tool instead of a converter.)
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You don't need to root a Kobo to add software, so that's a non-issue.
There are a couple of Android apps that measurably improve system performance, that require root.
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There are a couple of Android apps that measurably improve system performance, that require root.
Which would be completely useless on a Kobo e-ink device as they don't run Android. They do run a Linux distro and it is easy to enable telnet or add other files to the OS.
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