Glo Kobo Glo Review - from an eReader Newb - Page 3

9littlebees · 10-27-2012, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ashan

This is more like an enhanced user guide than a review...not saying it's bad or good though, good luck.

Yeah, I probably could have written a lot less on that User Interface section and I appreciate it does cover a lot, but that's why I hid a lot of it and left the summaries in place.

Anyway, I'm aiming to be more brief for the remaining sections.

Quexos · 10-27-2012, 03:37 PM

Pretty exhaustive review. Well done

jackastor · 10-28-2012, 09:27 AM

9littlebees, You have done a tremendous job of providing information on the KGlo and should be applauded for your work. I was wondering if When you complete your review if you would be able to provide a link to download the review as a non editable pdf so that we can read it at a more convienent pace? If its not too much trouble to do so that is.

regardless thank you for your efforts and so far its a very promissing review.

regards

Jack

9littlebees · 10-28-2012, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Quexos

Pretty exhaustive review. Well done

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackastor

9littlebees, You have done a tremendous job of providing information on the KGlo and should be applauded for your work. I was wondering if When you complete your review if you would be able to provide a link to download the review as a non editable pdf so that we can read it at a more convienent pace? If its not too much trouble to do so that is.

regardless thank you for your efforts and so far its a very promissing review.

regards

Jack

Thanks guys. Jack, a PDF would not be a problem, though I will need to spend a bit of time with the styling so that it actually looks half decent. I'll plan this in at the very end, and provide a link to it at the top of the first post.

Oh, and thank you kindly for the Karma, Jack!

PeterT · 10-28-2012, 12:12 PM

Might I suggest that if you intend to make a downloadable version, that rather than PDF you go for an ePub?

9littlebees · 10-28-2012, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by PeterT

Might I suggest that if you intend to make a downloadable version, that rather than PDF you go for an ePub?

ePub, eh? Why not? Though I'll do it in addition to a PDF. I've been wanting to create an ePub for a while, and this would be a good opportunity.

9littlebees · 12-18-2012, 01:39 PM

Quick note to say I've left an update on the first post explaining my delay in finishing this review.

TL;DR - I'm finishing my final project for a C Programming course tomorrow night and because of Christmas won't be able to return to this review until the new year.

Apologies to all those who were expecting a finished review in October.

Happy Christmas,
Matt

Shardancalibre · 12-25-2012, 02:49 PM

Hello everybody. I've just unwrapped my kobo glo. I had a kindle 3 but it died for screen breaking. First thing I've noticed: you can't add bookmarks. Am I right or is it just that I still haven't managed to find them?
second thing: search function inside the book. Let's say I want to go to a certain page, but I don't know the location, I just know a word, or a phrase. I use the search function, find the word I'm looking for, but when i try to go there it doesn't go exactly there. why's that?
3: how can I fetch my annotations and my higlights? I mean when I plug the device to my computer? is there a file? How can I read it?
4: my kindle battery lasted a month (give or take) and I read more than 2 hours a day (more or less). How long does the kobo battery last?

Thanks in advance for any suggestion

robko · 12-25-2012, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Shardancalibre

Hello everybody. I've just unwrapped my kobo glo. I had a kindle 3 but it died for screen breaking. First thing I've noticed: you can't add bookmarks. Am I right or is it just that I still haven't managed to find them?
second thing: search function inside the book. Let's say I want to go to a certain page, but I don't know the location, I just know a word, or a phrase. I use the search function, find the word I'm looking for, but when i try to go there it doesn't go exactly there. why's that?
3: how can I fetch my annotations and my higlights? I mean when I plug the device to my computer? is there a file? How can I read it?
4: my kindle battery lasted a month (give or take) and I read more than 2 hours a day (more or less). How long does the kobo battery last?

Thanks in advance for any suggestion

1 - to bookmark you just tap in the top right corner of the page and it will "dog ear" it (looks like you bent over the corner of the page). To get back to it tap the middle bottom and you can find them under annotations.

2 - as long as you are using show on page it should get you to the proper page, but there is currently a bug in some epubs that mean it isn't going to the proper page when reopening a book. Wonder if this is related.

3 - no direct easy way to do this, but if do a search you'll find some work arounds.

4 - battery life might be slightly shorter, but should get you a good long time.

Shardancalibre · 12-25-2012, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robko

1 - to bookmark you just tap in the top right corner of the page and it will "dog ear" it (looks like you bent over the corner of the page). To get back to it tap the middle bottom and you can find them under annotations.

2 - as long as you are using show on page it should get you to the proper page, but there is currently a bug in some epubs that mean it isn't going to the proper page when reopening a book. Wonder if this is related.

3 - no direct easy way to do this, but if do a search you'll find some work arounds.

4 - battery life might be slightly shorter, but should get you a good long time.

Thanks a lot robko. You've been enlightening. I hope I'll be able to make up for the annotations problem through calibre's function "fetch the annotations"

davidfor · 12-25-2012, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Shardancalibre

Thanks a lot robko. You've been enlightening. I hope I'll be able to make up for the annotations problem through calibre's function "fetch the annotations"

Calibre's fetch annotations function adds the annotations to the comments field in calibre. You are probably better getting the annotations file from the device. Search for my posts with "annot" and "xml" in them for details.

Shardancalibre · 12-26-2012, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by davidfor

Calibre's fetch annotations function adds the annotations to the comments field in calibre. You are probably better getting the annotations file from the device. Search for my posts with "annot" and "xml" in them for details.

Thanks David, I tried last time, but I couldn't find that file. I'll try again and see what's the best solution.

davidfor · 12-26-2012, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Shardancalibre

Thanks David, I tried last time, but I couldn't find that file. I'll try again and see what's the best solution.

It should be in the "Digital Editions\Annotations" directory on the device. Inside that, it is the same as where the epub is on the drive.

I did assume an epub. If you are reading a kepub, the annotations are in the database.

Shardancalibre · 12-27-2012, 06:15 AM

Hello.
One more question: How come I set the option "standby - never" and it keeps going at that mode when I slide the power off?

davidfor · 12-27-2012, 06:24 AM

The option is "Automatically go to sleep after". Setting that to "Never" means that it won't go into sleep mode automatically. It doesn't affect what the switch does. Pushing the switch over puts the device to sleep. Hold the switch for a few seconds to turn it off.

Or have I missed what you are asking?

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10-27-2012, 03:37 PM	#32
Quexos Member Retired Posts: 1,999 Karma: 11348924 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Limbo Device: none	Pretty exhaustive review. Well done

10-28-2012, 09:27 AM	#33
jackastor Wizard Posts: 1,847 Karma: 3212428 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: iphone stanza, kobo touch,ASUS TF300,KOBO GLO, Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Mini	9littlebees, You have done a tremendous job of providing information on the KGlo and should be applauded for your work. I was wondering if When you complete your review if you would be able to provide a link to download the review as a non editable pdf so that we can read it at a more convienent pace? If its not too much trouble to do so that is. regardless thank you for your efforts and so far its a very promissing review. regards Jack

10-28-2012, 12:12 PM	#35
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,262 Karma: 78869092 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Might I suggest that if you intend to make a downloadable version, that rather than PDF you go for an ePub?

12-18-2012, 01:39 PM	#37
9littlebees Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 161138 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Bristol, UK Device: Sony Xperia Arc; Kobo Glo	Quick note to say I've left an update on the first post explaining my delay in finishing this review. TL;DR - I'm finishing my final project for a C Programming course tomorrow night and because of Christmas won't be able to return to this review until the new year. Apologies to all those who were expecting a finished review in October. Happy Christmas, Matt

12-25-2012, 02:49 PM	#38
Shardancalibre Member Posts: 20 Karma: 8644 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: kobo glo	Hello everybody. I've just unwrapped my kobo glo. I had a kindle 3 but it died for screen breaking. First thing I've noticed: you can't add bookmarks. Am I right or is it just that I still haven't managed to find them? second thing: search function inside the book. Let's say I want to go to a certain page, but I don't know the location, I just know a word, or a phrase. I use the search function, find the word I'm looking for, but when i try to go there it doesn't go exactly there. why's that? 3: how can I fetch my annotations and my higlights? I mean when I plug the device to my computer? is there a file? How can I read it? 4: my kindle battery lasted a month (give or take) and I read more than 2 hours a day (more or less). How long does the kobo battery last? Thanks in advance for any suggestion

12-27-2012, 06:15 AM	#44
Shardancalibre Member Posts: 20 Karma: 8644 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: kobo glo	Hello. One more question: How come I set the option "standby - never" and it keeps going at that mode when I slide the power off?

12-27-2012, 06:24 AM	#45
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	The option is "Automatically go to sleep after". Setting that to "Never" means that it won't go into sleep mode automatically. It doesn't affect what the switch does. Pushing the switch over puts the device to sleep. Hold the switch for a few seconds to turn it off. Or have I missed what you are asking?

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