Nia Kobo Nia preorders just went live

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I have no idea what they did to get the browser on the Na to freeze.

Originally Posted by koboy

double the RAM on the Kindle is a noticeable advantage/plus.

True

I just wish the reviewer would have taken the time to learn any other details about the Nia before they compared.

[koboy]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

True

I just wish the reviewer would have taken the time to learn any other details about the Nia before they compared.

agreed. i wish they'd used a smaller font size.

best wishes koboy

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by koboy

agreed. i wish they'd used a smaller font size.

best wishes koboy

And an eBook that doesn't have such stupidly wide margins or stop making them so wide just to throw off the Kobo. I wouldn't put it past BadEReader to have edited the margins to make them look so bad.

[ps67]

This is an Italian Review of Nia (there are automatic subtitles so You can try the automatic translation). Synthesis: don't buy a Nia, buy a Libra

Another interesting thing is that the SD card has 16GB size but only 8GB usable.
But You can extract it, format it for the whole size and You will obtain almost 16 GB of usable space.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnRnOZbxjdg

Here the review on his site: again in Italian but with google translate...

https://riccardo.im/recensioni/kobo-nia/

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by ps67

Another interesting thing is that the SD card has 16GB size but only 8GB usable.
But You can extract it, format it for the whole size and You will obtain almost 16 GB of usable space.

Whether all the Nia's will have the 16GB card, is unknown. It's likely that what is used depends on the factories supply chain what they are getting at a good price and what they are using on other devices they build.

For resizing the storage, I'd recommend the Magic Memory Upgrade Mod. That can do it without opening the device.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by davidfor

Whether all the Nia's will have the 16GB card, is unknown. It's likely that what is used depends on the factories supply chain what they are getting at a good price and what they are using on other devices they build.

It's undoubtedly true. But the Nia is basically the Tolino Page 2 and that's also been made with a 16GB card. I'm not saying they will always be made with 16GB, but I do think it's a fairly safe bet.

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by ps67

Another interesting thing is that the SD card has 16GB size but only 8GB usable.
But You can extract it, format it for the whole size and You will obtain almost 16 GB of usable space.

Can you even buy newly manufactured 16GB microSD cards anymore? It seems like minimum size for flash storage nowadays is already 32GB or if they are selling 16GB they're only like 2 bucks cheaper.

I wonder if the smaller useful capacity is intentional for storage longevity (planar TLC and 3D QLC NAND have P/E cycles in the hundreds) or if it's because they don't want the Nia to have better features compared to the more expensive models.