New Voyage coming in November _ rumour [FALSE]

[doubleshuffle]

Errrm, well, okay, by linking to their site I indirectly linked to the pirate site they are linking to.

Should have thought of that... Sorry.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by cerem0ny

Meh, I never really saw a distinction between any of those ereader blogs, bar The Digital Reader (I think?) who appears to be the only critic alive who notices two toned screens, scratched displays and bad build qualities (for which he gets absolutely decimated by fanboys in his comments). I believe he's a regular on MR, his name is Nate.

Yeah, we're big fans of Nate here on MR -- notice he is one of the site moderators (green hats) here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showgroups.php

No idea why goodereader gets such hate here on MR though, they're pretty much just run of the mill reviewer-types? I think they got a bit overexcited by this voyage 2 'scoop' and jumped to conclusions too quickly (conclusions which I'm willing to venture are probably right anyway...)

Because goodereader has a bad rap for never being right except by accident (so why bother paying attention to them?) -- plus a big scandal a few years ago.
Basically, goodereader was a pirate site, and was then banned for sockpuppeting here on MobileRead once criticisms were raised.

EDIT: Need to start reloading the page before submitting delayed posts.

[Josieb1]

I did put a rumour in the title as it is Goodereader

[eschwartz]

You flatter them...

[doubleshuffle]

Originally Posted by Josieb1

I did put a rumour in the title as it is Goodereader

Oh, my post suggesting to discourage news threads based on goodereader links wasn't an attack on you. More like a general suggestion.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by doubleshuffle

Oh, my post suggesting to discourage news threads based on goodereader links wasn't an attack on you. More like a general suggestion.

I wasn't offended. I guess in my case it's wishful thinking.

[disconnected]

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

A 'Settle' company, huh?

Producing a new version of the Voyage that "will ascetically look the same".

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by mr ploppy

All I want is one that will let you set your own margins and let you choose your own font size without going straight from too small to too big. That's what they should sort out before adding silly animations.

In that case, you want a Kobo Glo HD.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by HarryT

They already had a large-screen eInk device (the Kindle DX), and it was a commercial failure. Amazon spend an awful lot of money of consumer research, and I'm sure that if they felt there was a viable market for large-screen eInk device, we'd see one. I think personally that that particular market has been overtaken by tablets.

9.7" is a lot larger than 6". My guess is that 9.7" is just too larger for too many people. Also, the fact that Amazon didn't update the DX might also have had something to do with it's failure plus the high price.

A 6.8" Reader can be sold for a reasonable price and 6.8" seems to be the sweet spot for a larger screen Reader.

[mr ploppy]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

In that case, you want a Kobo Glo HD.

I know I do, but I also need buttons to change pages and the Voyage is the only current one that has them.

[cerem0ny]

Haha wow I had no idea. And there I was thinking that Goodereader were harmless: the ir main dude looks like a wittle golden beary santa lol

[Phogg]

Originally Posted by cerem0ny

I must admit it is quite funny indeed that a blogger can write a news piece with no sources whatsoever... that being said the line about how this ereader is going to be more like a tablet frightened me a bit - I don't want a tablet, I want an ereader!!!

That follows exactly the standards set by newspaper and television journalism over the decades.

Jason Blair and Brian Williams are not flyers. They are representative of the bulk of their professions.

[soulfuldog]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

The Oracle of eschwartz predicts there will be a new Voyage. The same as there was a new Paperwhite (twice), the same way they came out with another baseline Kindle, etc. etc.

Whether it will be called a "Voyage" or receive its own name, the visions do not say.

There you go, I was at least as reliable as Goodereader, and what's more, I had just as many information sources!

I particularly liked goodereaders proclamation "what I am most excited about is the increased performance in all aspects of the software"....

.... yes because a new processor is the only bit of possible 'news' in the article, everything else is a complete stab in the dark, and there isn't even very much of that other than nonsense about animated page turns!?!

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by HarryT

A faster CPU would certainly make some things, such as web browsing and PDF rendering, a lot smoother. If it doesn't come at the expense of shorter battery life, it's a worthwhile improvement.

I'm not sure a pure ereader like the Kindle or Kobo needs a more powerful CPU. The Android ereaders do, yes, but then again Android requires a lot more resources.

Frankly, a pure ereader spends a lot of time just sitting there doing nothing while you read the screen. That would leave enough time to finish resource-intensive tasks, wouldn't it?

I'd think that Kobo would have put a dual-core CPU in the Aura H2O if it were worthwhile. They could have marketed it as being twice as powerful as any other ereader on the market.

Amazon could have done the same with the Kindle Voyage.

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by Phogg

That follows exactly the standards set by newspaper and television journalism over the decades.

Jason Blair and Brian Williams are not flyers. They are representative of the bulk of their professions.

Sadly, yes.