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Old 08-18-2016, 02:15 AM   #46
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Link to Aura One cover? Haven't seen it.
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Old 08-18-2016, 02:30 AM   #47
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about this big:

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http://the-digital-reader.com/wp-con...8/P1040427.jpg

I would embed the photos here but for some reason the uploader isn't working.

And sorry for the fuzzyness; it's late at night and my camera and eyes aren't coordinating very well.
Thanks. The size increase mostly went out of the bezel, it seems. Now I want one even more...

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I do like the looks of it, but for me it wouldn't work. The angle is too steep, I prefer to keep my device at a lower angle when I read with the device propped up (think about 20 degrees instead of 70...). Unless I'm reading in bed, but then I hold the device in landscape (while the text is in portrait) as I always lay on my side.
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Old 08-18-2016, 02:46 AM   #48
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I think a lot of people here would assume that if GoodEreader said something like this, then the opposite was true

At the end they have:

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I think in all honestly this is a second generation Kobo Glo HD and not a true spiritual successor to the Aura 1.
With the overall specs, it's seems to be more a "Glo Edition 2" than a successor to either the Aura or Glo HD.
Lol!
Edit: We have to see if thay are right or wrong about the internal SD.
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Old 08-18-2016, 03:34 AM   #49
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My only problem with my Kobo is the way to organise and find books in its library. Will it be the same for this new one? I wish it could be like koreader where it is organised by folders.
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Old 08-18-2016, 03:42 AM   #50
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Sorry if it has been posted already but here's a "review" from Engadget. The only reason for the quotation marks is because there's no final score or anything like that so it may actually be in-depth first impressions rather than a full on review.
https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/17/...nd-waterproof/
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Here are a couple more reviews:

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It will be available in soft black and will retail for $249.99 CAD (MSRP) in Canada exclusively at www.kobo.com and with Indigo in-store and online at www.indigo.ca from August 30 to September 29 (pre-order from August 30 to September 5; September 6 in-store availability); the device will be available at Best Buy beginning September 30; and as of September 6 in the US, the UK, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Belgium, Japan, and Turkey; October/November in Australia, New Zealand and Mexico; and March 2017 in Brazil.
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My only problem with my Kobo is the way to organise and find books in its library. Will it be the same for this new one? I wish it could be like koreader where it is organised by folders.
I would be very surprised if the new firmware managed books differently to the current firmware.

But the current way works pretty well if you use Calibre's plugins to set up "collections" using book metadata.
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from the PCmag review:

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the display has a somewhat shadowy effect at the edges that takes some getting used to
that seems to indicate that the frontlight isn't perfect. I wonder if it is a "problem" with all devices or we're getting a "frontlight lottery" game like with some of the Kindles.
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In Goodereader thay say that there is internal SD on the Kobo Aura Edition 2 6" redear.
It's a good sign that Aura One have one too.

http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...aura-edition-2
Given what else they say in that post, I think they're blowing smoke again.
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the display has a somewhat shadowy effect at the edges that takes some getting used to
that seems to indicate that the frontlight isn't perfect. I wonder if it is a "problem" with all devices or we're getting a "frontlight lottery" game like with some of the Kindles.
I prefer to hear from e-ink oriented sites first - I find PC/tablet focused sites often have little of use to say about e-ink devices, because they're expecting the lighting evenness and speed of high-powered LCD/AMOLED devices.

I love how their video demonstrates the lighting temperature controls... with the device in full sunlight. Doh!

And they claim that the device is poor value because it offers "the same experience" as a Paperwhite. Ooookay then, PCMag.
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It will be the same collections as we are using now.
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