07-16-2019, 05:27 PM | #61 |
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I only use "B" on the PW3.
I'd like even one page turn button. However in adding Touch they decided to save 20c and remove ALL buttons except power. They also removed the 3.5mm audio jack as a 50c saving. The USB based audio on PW3 is horrid compared to DXG and Kindle Keyboard. Software development has often been 10 to 20 years behind the Linux desktop. These do use linux + GNU or Linux kernel and Android (depending on make). Yet SW is focus on homescreen appearance, DRM and Marketing. Not the sorts of features easy 15 years ago. My kobo is supposedly waterproof, I'd not test that. I've rarely used lights on my Kobo or Kindle. Because I read lots of paper, I have room lights. I find customer serivce of all large corporations toxic and arrogant. Amazon is one of the top 10 arrogant international companies on abusing customer privacy and attempting to have monopolies. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ions_by_Amazon Last edited by Quoth; 07-16-2019 at 05:32 PM. |
07-16-2019, 05:39 PM | #62 |
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What is "turning completely off"? I'm fairly sure that the sleep mode Oasises go into halts the CPU, but the RAM is still powered because a full boot cycle takes about two minutes and nobody would want to wait *that* long.
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07-18-2019, 12:33 AM | #63 |
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My Kindle Oasis 2 is still on 5.11.2 and hasn't automatically updated. Shouldn't it have done so by now?
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07-18-2019, 06:13 AM | #64 |
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No. Automatic updates are slow (weeks) and in batches. It appears to be by manufacture date, or what Amazon decides to make sense. If there is something new you want now, you can always manually update.
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07-18-2019, 12:06 PM | #65 |
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I wonder why Amazon does not allow on demand Kindle updates like the Fire or a smartphone. Just say what the update is and offer to download. And option to turn off auto update.
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07-18-2019, 05:55 PM | #66 |
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I think the Sonys do turn completely off. They're definitely not "sleeping" in the traditional sense, but they only take about 40 seconds to reboot. So there may be something still turned on deep down in the CPU. I don't know. I do know that my Sonys can last a long time (months) between charges when not being used.
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07-18-2019, 06:02 PM | #67 | |
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07-18-2019, 06:27 PM | #68 | |
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I have not had any crashes with custom fonts either on my Voyage or my Oases. But then, all my books are sideloaded from Calibre, not direct downloads. |
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07-18-2019, 11:01 PM | #69 |
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I had the font issue a couple of updates back. I finally gave up and went back to using the stock fonts. I was tired of my kindles locking up and giving popups and not opening books or docs.
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07-19-2019, 07:11 AM | #70 | |
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Maybe it's the specific fonts, but they're the ones I want to use. Especially Deja Vu Serif E-Book. I don't think I'm having trouble with side-loaded books, now that you mention it. |
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07-19-2019, 07:14 AM | #71 |
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I don't want to go there. I don't like the built-in fonts. But at least it's good to know that I'm not crazy.
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07-19-2019, 07:28 AM | #72 | |
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07-19-2019, 08:04 AM | #73 | |
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If I know I'm not going to be using my Kobo for a while, I'll power it down. I cannot do that with a Kindle. That's one important feature Amazon seems to have forgotten to steal from Kobo. |
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07-19-2019, 08:10 AM | #74 |
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Frustrated Reader: "I find customer service of all large corporations toxic and arrogant. Amazon is one of the top 10 arrogant international companies on abusing customer privacy and attempting to have monopolies."
This reminds me of people obsessed with race and see everyone else as a racist. No large company has given me better service than Amazon. Over the years I've seen the Kindles change in many ways based strictly on customer requests and often catering to small factions in the customer base. Of course, you wouldn't want to pay for it and won't build it for you so you'll keep believing they're one of the top ten worst. Me? I'll keep reading on my Kindle Paperwhites. I actually think Kindle has recognized their error in trying to cater to elitists with the Oasis line. I suspect the Oasis line will die as the Voyage line has done. |
07-19-2019, 08:13 AM | #75 |
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Completely turned off is when it's not in sleep mode. When it's not slowly draining the battery while it's not used. It helps keep the batter in good condition longer. If you know you are not using your Reader for at least a few days, you can power it off to conserve the battery. Sony Readers had a feature that if it wasn't used after 3-days, it turned off. If you have multiple Kindles, one of them is most likely not going to be used and most likely has a dead battery. If it was able to be turned off, the battery would not be dead which is not good for the battery. If you don't use your Kindle for days, it slowly drains. That means more charging when you could have turned it off. It means your battery will last a lot longer then it does only being in sleep when not being used for some time.
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