Clara HD Next Kobo Model - Kobo Clara HD

[latepaul]

Originally Posted by datanoise

Is the touchscreen sensitive enough / is it easy to click with the finger on the small number to see footnotes?

On paper Kobos are very good, for everyday use I prefer to use my Paperwhite as I can read footnotes very comfortably while it's almose impossible with Kobos. Does this new ereader fixes that issue?

Thx

Funnily enough the book I'm reading, The Three Musketeers, Pevear translation, has a lot of footnotes. And they are all (so far) single digit or character. I have had no problem clicking on them. But that's true for the same book (which is an epub) on the Clara as well as the Glo HD.

I don't think I have particularly thin fingers.

[latepaul]

pictures - the Clara HD is on the left.

[Ripplinger]

Originally Posted by latepaul

How do I tell that?

Update: So I tried tapping both with a pencil. The Glo HD responds whereas the Clara HD does not. I guess that means the Clara is using capacitive touch. The bezel is noticeably less high.

Thank you for checking that. Yes, it's capacitive then, which leaves it definitely out of the running for me if I ever need another ereader.

[Mrs_Often]

Originally Posted by Ripplinger

Can you confirm if the touch is infrared or capacitive? I think I read somewhere it was going to be capacitive, but that info is usually left off Kobo's website.

Here maybe

Originally Posted by Mrs_Often

So is the device itself! And it can be pre-ordered**. More than 300 dpi*. And interesting looking back in the video. Exciting!

Hah the black cover is already sold out...


EDIT: *1448 x 1072 pixels... and the site says capacitive touch screen... Shame if that's true, I liked being able to turn pages with gloves on with IR

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Originally Posted by Ripplinger

Thank you for checking that. Yes, it's capacitive then, which leaves it definitely out of the running for me if I ever need another ereader.

I also prefer IR (for the reasons stated above mostly, but since I don't travel with public transport in the cold much any more I might change my mind once the slow postal service finally delivers my Clara later today), but not so much that capacitive would prevent me from buying... I'm curious, would you care to share why you don't want to use a capacitive screen?

[Liesse]

Originally Posted by Mrs_Often

I'm curious, would you care to share why you don't want to use a capacitive screen?

I'm in the same boat, preferring the IR on my h2o v1.

I do a lot of my reading in bed. I go to bed wearing cotton moisturising gloves, because I have patchy eczema. The gloves stop any unwanted scratching while I'm asleep. I also have nice moisturised hands.

I suppose I could put the cream and gloves on before I sleep, but I like reading on the dark and just having to put the reader down and go to straight to sleep. I'd have to put the room light on and other undesirable things.

I also don't like page turn buttons. My first kindle had them and I found the Click sound really annoying. The other half used to make daft comments about the speed of my reading.

Does anyone know what the last IR touch model Kobo made was please?

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by Liesse

Does anyone know what the last IR touch model Kobo made was please?

Kobo Aura Ed 2

[Ansl]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Kobo Aura Ed 2

Sadly, this is not true. My sister has the device and it's definitely not IR despite numerous claims to the contrary. Not even her stylus (that works on every other capacitive screen in the household) is functional on it. So the last IR Kobos would actually be the Glo HD and Aura H2O v1.



On the Clara HD: Can someone report on the Clara HD's battery life please? It's listed on seemingly every site as "weeks" - is this merely Kindle-style advertising or do prior models really last markedly longer per charge? (The Glo HD's promised 8 weeks/28 hours equals about a week of reading to me, and much less than that would be a downside, if not a deal-breaker.)

[raduc]

Originally Posted by latepaul

pictures - the Clara HD is on the left.

Is the contrast slightly worse on Clara HD vs Glo HD (since it has a capacitive screen so an extra layer on top of the screen), or it the difference not noticeable?

Thanks.

[latepaul]

Originally Posted by raduc

Is the contrast slightly worse on Clara HD vs Glo HD (since it has a capacitive screen so an extra layer on top of the screen), or it the difference not noticeable?

To my eyes there's no noticeable difference.

[Mrs_Often]

Originally Posted by Ansl

Sadly, this is not true. My sister has the device and it's definitely not IR despite numerous claims to the contrary. Not even her stylus (that works on every other capacitive screen in the household) is functional on it. So the last IR Kobos would actually be the Glo HD and Aura H2O v1.

I don't quite understand this... what do you mean exactly? A stylus would be designed to work with capacitive screens as you say yourself, so how would it not working on an IR screen mean that the screen is not IR?

Originally Posted by Liesse

I'm in the same boat, preferring the IR on my h2o v1.

I do a lot of my reading in bed. I go to bed wearing cotton moisturising gloves, because I have patchy eczema. The gloves stop any unwanted scratching while I'm asleep. I also have nice moisturised hands.

Ah yes that makes a lot of sense. Thank you for sharing. (Maybe you could put something conductive over the top of your cotton glove while reading, like the cut off tip of a nitril household glove or something, if you do end up with a capacitive screen somehow...)

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by latepaul

pictures - the Clara HD is on the left.

Thanks for the pics! The bottom corners of the Clara HD look to be more rounded than the Glo HD which bodes well for increased comfort. Really wish it was available in retail stores so I can test in-hand, though.

[Ansl]

Originally Posted by Mrs_Often

I don't quite understand this... what do you mean exactly? A stylus would be designed to work with capacitive screens as you say yourself, so how would it not working on an IR screen mean that the screen is not IR?

Sorry, I should have said that it has none of the advantages of IR so it probably is not IR. My Glo HD can be used with (some) styluses and almost any other object besides fingers. The Aura 2 only ever responds to fingers, and is even then more inconsistent than the Glo HD.

[Mrs_Often]

Originally Posted by Ansl

Sorry, I should have said that it has none of the advantages of IR so it probably is not IR. My Glo HD can be used with (some) styluses and almost any other object besides fingers. The Aura 2 only ever responds to fingers, and is even then more inconsistent than the Glo HD.

Thanks for clarifying! How strange...

[Ripplinger]

Originally Posted by Mrs_Often

I'm curious, would you care to share why you don't want to use a capacitive screen?

Capacitive screens often don't play nice with my skin for some reason. I visit some office buildings that have it in their elevator buttons and I often just wait for someone else to come along to finally push it.

And the glove issue... I take my reader with me everywhere, reading on public transportation, stopping to read while out hiking, and in cold weather. I live in a temperature range of 100° down to -15°F, there's no way I'm spending money on 4 or 5 different weight gloves with the special conductive material in a finger, nor will I ruin my gloves by sewing it in myself, some get pretty expensive for cold weather. There's also the times when you're wearing 2 pairs of gloves, would that even work then? Those special gloves also limit you to using the one designated finger, and how I swipe depends on how I'm holding it, I even use my thumbs on both hands at times.

A capacitive reader just isn't workable for me. The glove issue makes me wonder why anyone would want one, unless of course they only read in their warm and cozy homes.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Liesse

...I also don't like page turn buttons. My first kindle had them and I found the Click sound really annoying. The other half used to make daft comments about the speed of my reading.

I have the Nook ST and the Nook Glowlight 3 and I don't think I've ever noticed a click from the page turn buttons. Also, both sport IR screens.