Mini Kobo said to be considering a 5" Mini 2

[k9reeder]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

This forum does not modify your link. You can post it without issue. Also, without the link, the thread falls flat. It's almost like the times when someone has a problem and it gets solved and the OP edits the post to remove it because it's solved.

I don't mind if the thread gets deleted if it's "fallen flat," but it was certainly educational for me, and possibly for others in the future, concerning this source. And I certainly don't, and still don't, want to be party to sending any kind of traffic to a bad source.

JS, I'm not sure if you understand links, but the URL shortener that you use in your signature for posting (the link labeled "click HERE") for example, is specifically disallowed by the posting rules of this forum, likely for the same reasons I've specified earlier. That URL shorteners, and yes hotlinks, can disguise for nefarious purposes the actually URL an unsuspecting user might be taken to. I do it because I care for you. And others, truly. <kiss>

Proper forum etiquette, as you call it, would be to not have this discussion in this thread at all, but by private messaging, but since you've started it here, I respond. But enough here, please.

[JSWolf]

There is nothing wrong with posting a link to BadEReader. Even if you don't post a warning, someone will soon come along and do so. Like in this thread. So please, put back the link and the the thread be as it will be.

[Tarana]

I honestly think there is a good market for pocket sized ereaders. I have to have a medium sized purse to take along my ereaders. I imagine this is inconvenient not only for women who use smaller purses but also pretty much most men sans backpacks. I need the larger ereader, but most do not.

[issybird]

I'd love a Mini 2, but not as described. A Pearl Screen? I think not. Carta plus light would be mandatory, as well as a "reasonable" display; if not 300 ppi, no less than about 250. The smaller the screen, the greater the need for acuity. But this is pie in the sky; I doubt the screen would be made.

I never used my Mini much. It was sufficiently bulky in its OEM case that I preferred the sleeker 350 and in fact, the Mini thus encased isn't much smaller than the Glo/Glo HD. But a Mini with a smaller bezel and form-fitting case? I'm not in the market for a new ereader, but I'd make an exception if the display wasn't from the Stone Age.

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by issybird

I'd love a Mini 2, but not as described. A Pearl Screen? I think not. Carta plus light would be mandatory, as well as a "reasonable" display; if not 300 ppi, no less than about 250. The smaller the screen, the greater the need for acuity. But this is pie in the sky; I doubt the screen would be made.

I never used my Mini much. It was sufficiently bulky in its OEM case that I preferred the sleeker 350 and in fact, the Mini thus encased isn't much smaller than the Glo/Glo HD. But a Mini with a smaller bezel and form-fitting case? I'm not in the market for a new ereader, but I'd make an exception if the display wasn't from the Stone Age.

I would rather have an updated Pocketbook 360.

The Kobo Mini si a boring black rectagle, while the 360 has awesome page turn buttons.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I would rather have an updated Pocketbook 360.

The Kobo Mini si a boring black rectagle, while the 360 has awesome page turn buttons.

Page turn buttons (using issybird's term) are from the stone age. Besides, the software is better on the Kobo than it was on the PB 60.

[kyteflyer]

I would be all over any ereader with a frontlit screen, high res text, and a small form factor. I've tended to use my phone more than anything because of its smaller size, a 5" reader would take over from that.

[koboy]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Page turn buttons (using issybird's term) are from the stone age. Besides, the software is better on the Kobo than it was on the PB 60.

bring back the stone age.

best wishes koboy

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Page turn buttons (using issybird's term) are from the stone age. Besides, the software is better on the Kobo than it was on the PB 60.

yes, the Kindle Oasis and the Kindle Voyage are from the stone age

sure

[JSWolf]

Kobo doesn't do buttons. So that'll never happen.

[koboy]

their loss imho.

best wishes koboy

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I would rather have an updated Pocketbook 360.

The Kobo Mini si a boring black rectagle, while the 360 has awesome page turn buttons.

No way, I sold the 360 as soon as I tested it, too much bulky And I dislike buttons Everyone his/her way.

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

No way, I sold the 360 as soon as I tested it, too much bulky And I dislike buttons Everyone his/her way.

but can you play Doom on a Kobo Mini?

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

but can you play Doom on a Kobo Mini?

I don't play Doom even in a computer

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I do not wish to come down on the OP, but that site is known for lying and ripping off sources.

Here is the actual source of the rumor. It's a blog post published about 4 hours before the ripoff story:
http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/201...a-kobo-mini-2/

Man, these guys really are news thieves – I've seen them do with stuff posted here (at Mobile Read) as well. But, aside from that, I completely agree that Kobo needs an entry level eReader. I don't even think it needs to be a Mini 2, just re-release the Minis and I would be happy. I wonder if the deal with Walmart will result in an entry level Kobo. Probably not.