My review of the new Oasis version 2

[TheSmitty]

Nice review, I've only had mine for 4 days and like it a lot. The shape is fine with me, I loved he shape of the Oasis 1. Then again I have the discontinued "official" cover that results in the back being completely flat when it is on.
The bigger screen is a big plus, waterproof didn't matter to me. Battery life does seem to be less than the Oasis 1 but then again the combined battery size of the Oasis 1 and its case I believe is bigger than the battery of the Oasis 2. I saw somewhere a chart that listed history of current and past Kindles that include the battery size/rating and the Oasis 2 was a little smaller than even the Voyage battery.
I will have to charge mine today but I have downloaded some big books (2 Delphi Collections) that had to index and it ate the battery up pretty good and I did not plug it in while it was doing as I wanted to see the impact.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by LoganW

Has anyone else noticed that sometimes a button press won't register? My eyes flick up to the top of the page after pressing the button, and I end up confused for a moment because I've read this before. This has happened dozens of times on two units, albeit during probably 100 hours of reading.

Yes, it happens occasionally, but not very often.

[HLS]

Button press delaying or whatever happens sometimes but usually its when its downloading at the same time.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by kcladyz

Button press delaying or whatever happens sometimes but usually its when its downloading at the same time.

Mine is never downloading anything and it still happens, so that's not the reason.

[LoganW]

Originally Posted by kcladyz

Button press delaying or whatever happens sometimes but usually its when its downloading at the same time.

Nope, it's not a button delay, it's not registering the button press. And nothing's waiting for indexing or being downloaded, nor is wifi on. And the button press registers immediately the second time. It's infrequent but noticeable if you use it a lot. It's almost like I sometimes hit the button in between clock cycles or something.

One other thing I forgot to mention is that every once in a while I will come back to a book and it will be on the previous page, as though it didn't store my last location but the previous location. Usually this happens when I open a book again, not when turning the Kindle on. Again, wifi hasn't been connected in a month so whispersync isn't the issue.

[HLS]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Mine is never downloading anything and it still happens, so that's not the reason.

I never said it is your reason, it is MY reason that it happens to me

[johnnyb]

Originally Posted by kcladyz

I never said it is your reason, it is MY reason that it happens to me

You did not specify this at all. Your reply almost sounded like a general solution: “just wait for downloads to finish“

[HarryT]

Every device I've ever owned has occasionally missed page turns, whether it be physical buttons or taps on the screen. As long as it doesn't happen habitually (and it seems to be a fairly rare occurrence on the Oasis 2) I wouldn't regard it as a problem.

Very, VERY occasionally, my Oasis just stops responding to page turn button presses entirely. When that happens, going to the home page and then back into the book makes it start working again. I suspect that's a firmware issue.

The Haptic sensors of the Voyage are still my all-time favourite page-turning method, although I know they aren't to everyone's taste.

[HLS]

I agree I liked the page turns on the Voyage better except it was all too easy to accidentally turn a page

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by kcladyz

I agree I liked the page turns on the Voyage better except it was all too easy to accidentally turn a page

Jailbreaking, then disabling the touch screen takes care of that.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

Jailbreaking, then disabling the touch screen takes care of that.

You've slightly lost me there: how does disabling the touch screen alter the fact that the previous poster found the haptic page turn sensors to be too sensitive? She isn't talking about the touch screen.

[Pajamaman]

Originally Posted by badtux

1) I am comparing to the PW3 with the 300DPI screen. The PW3 to me is quite laggy, the PW2 was faster probably because it had fewer pixels to play with. The Oasis 2 is buttery smooth and quick despite the larger screen.

I find the PW2 zippy. Is the PW3 significantly slower?

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by HarryT

You've slightly lost me there: how does disabling the touch screen alter the fact that the previous poster found the haptic page turn sensors to be too sensitive? She isn't talking about the touch screen.

I have long suspected that most accidental page turns on the Voyage are touch screen events rather than page turn sensor events. For me, disabling the touch screen confirmed the suspicion.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

I have long suspected that most accidental page turns on the Voyage are touch screen events rather than page turn sensor events. For me, disabling the touch screen confirmed the suspicion.

But if you disable the touchscreen, how do you then do the things that require the use of the touchscreen, such as looking up a word in the dictionary, or even opening a new book?

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by HarryT

But if you disable the touchscreen, how do you then do the things that require the use of the touchscreen, such as looking up a word in the dictionary, or even opening a new book?

Re-enable with a long press on the page back sensor.