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Old 12-02-2020, 10:35 PM   #1
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Any ETA On A New Kobo Device?
Just curious.

I'm planning on getting a Libra H2O soon as it's the closest to what I want, but have no idea what Kobo's release cycle is like, so just want to make sure I don't buy it only for something better to get released for the holidays.
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Just curious.

I'm planning on getting a Libra H2O soon as it's the closest to what I want, but have no idea what Kobo's release cycle is like, so just want to make sure I don't buy it only for something better to get released for the holidays.
They only released the Nia this year, and there has not even been any vaporware chat here about another one. Which guarantees that they will announce a 9-inch full-color e-ink device with USB-C and audiobook support 5 minutes after your credit card is charged for your Libra.
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Old 12-02-2020, 11:28 PM   #3
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They only released the Nia this year, and there has not even been any vaporware chat here about another one. Which guarantees that they will announce a 9-inch full-color e-ink device with USB-C and audiobook support 5 minutes after your credit card is charged for your Libra.
Par for the course.
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Old 12-03-2020, 12:34 AM   #4
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Old 12-03-2020, 12:42 AM   #5
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Old 12-03-2020, 01:16 AM   #6
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The next one until we get a new kobo.


If I had to guess I’d say earliest we’d see would be late spring early summer or late summer early autumn.

That would likely be for a Forma and/or Clara upgrade since the Nia is new this year, the Libra was released late 2019, while the Forma and Clara HD were both 2018.

But at least as of this post I’m not aware of any reports of FCC filings from Kobo for an as of yet unreleased device. I don’t stalk such posts though they have a tendency to be rather noticeable both here and in the news forum.
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Old 12-03-2020, 11:25 PM   #7
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Nevertheless, I've seen multiple signs of a new device in development with significant improvements over the current ones, both in the firmware and elsewhere.
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Old 12-04-2020, 06:13 AM   #8
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[...]Which guarantees that they will announce a 9-inch full-color e-ink device with USB-C and audiobook support 5 minutes after your credit card is charged for your Libra.
Very likely the new device will also provide the nice smell of a fresh printed book (see similar smell announcement here) and 3D-fonts.

As the Libra currently got price-cuts over here (to make space ?), that future might be very near
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Old 12-04-2020, 06:44 AM   #9
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Very likely the new device will also provide the nice smell of a fresh printed book (see similar smell announcement here) and 3D-fonts.
Ye gods, I hope not. I hate that smell.

Now a nice cinnamon smell or something of that ilk would be welcome.
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My guess is fall 2021.
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Old 12-05-2020, 12:19 PM   #11
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Nevertheless, I've seen multiple signs of a new device in development with significant improvements over the current ones, both in the firmware and elsewhere.
What signs?

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Very likely the new device will also provide the nice smell of a fresh printed book (see similar smell announcement here) and 3D-fonts.

As the Libra currently got price-cuts over here (to make space ?), that future might be very near
Starting to sound like I need to take one for the team and just get the Libra. Then we'll get our announcement as soon as I open the box.
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Old 12-05-2020, 01:17 PM   #12
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There's some evidence that they're looking at Bluetooth audio support, both in the firmware and on GitHub. There's also some unusual churn with lighting in the firmware and for the patents. Note that most of the patent changes have just been wording changes and some restructuring, but I didn't look at all of them. And, in addition to a few other relevant changes, there's been a lot of init script refactoring implying there could be another device soon, and with significant changes compared to the existing ones.
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Old 12-05-2020, 09:03 PM   #13
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Old 12-05-2020, 09:06 PM   #14
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I think I read somewhere that after they sell 634 units, they'll come out with a new model to replace the old one. (Or was that the Onyx Boox line?)
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I don't know much about e-readers that do exist, let alone those that don't yet exist.

But, for what it's worth: I decided to pick buy a reader months ago, but was torn because of this same aversion. Nothing better (for my needs) came out since then. And no one has posted anything in this thread pointing to a particular date, month, model, or feature.

If you were planning on getting the Libra soon anyway, it probably does what you want it to do. Does waiting for the next one definitely do what you want it to do?
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