02-13-2021, 01:05 PM | #76 |
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That fizzled out pretty quickly when Amazon tried it on the Voyage, so I wouldn't hold out hope for an ALS .
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02-13-2021, 01:11 PM | #77 |
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02-13-2021, 01:51 PM | #78 |
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Assuming we both meant "Ambient Light Sensor", no it doesn't .
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02-13-2021, 01:58 PM | #79 |
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02-13-2021, 02:53 PM | #80 |
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Because I'd forgotten that the KA1 even had an ALS .
The fact that *both* lab126 & Kobo abandoned it only serves to prove my actual point, though. The exact devices affected were kind of irrelevant . |
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02-13-2021, 03:09 PM | #81 |
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02-13-2021, 06:15 PM | #82 |
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I hope you are correct as I don't want USB-C if I buy the new Kobo. I would have to find another adapter to go from USB-C to Lightning. And that would cost extra that's not needed as USB-C is not needed for a Reader.
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02-13-2021, 06:59 PM | #83 | |
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So I would have to buy USB-C cables which I really do not want to do. |
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02-13-2021, 07:11 PM | #85 |
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And for those of us that aren't stuck in 2015? If you don't want to upgrade, don't upgrade. Would you prefer if we still used floppy drives as well? Tech advances, don't adopt it until you're comfortable with it, but don't stand in the way if it. 2021 is long past the time that any USB connected device should be adopting the type C connector.
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02-13-2021, 07:19 PM | #87 |
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I see the logic behind audio book support, one device for all your book needs, but I can't help but wonder if it would really be practical.
A smartphone already seems to be the perfect device for listening to audio books. I don't think I can justify spending $300+ on another ereader when my 32gb Forma still works perfectly. I think I'll probably wait until we get a color model, but only time will tell. |
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02-14-2021, 05:17 AM | #90 |
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Imo there’s completely no point investing in usb-c for a few ebooks
I’m looking forward a lot to this ereader, based on @geek1011’s educated guesses Kobo have done a really good job with the firmware, it will be interesting to see if they can now take the hardware to a new level |
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