Forma New Kobo reader: The Forma/Shape

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by JawadLeLogeur

Is there any advantage in preordering? What is the best store to buy this from in Canada?

I think the advantage of pre-ordering is, if you don't and they go out of stock, you might have to wait longer to get one.

[hel]

You can try to buy from Indigo Chapters. Normally they ship worldwide.
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca...7639-item.html

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

I just wish that Kobo would finish what they started so long ago. There's getting to be a build-up of "half-options".

They are just trying to keep up with amazon, which provides an awkward way to disable sleep, but absent a jailbreak, the only way to re-enable sleep is to reboot. And again, absent a jailbreak, the only way to power down a kindle has a side effect that trashes all settings and documents.

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by hel

Ordered today from Indigo Chapters. Delivery said "will be arrived by 23 October, 2018"

Cool. If they are shipping to arrive on release date in Canada, then maybe it will get to me in the US shortly after.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by rcentros

And I'm still getting this banner page (in Pale Moon, Firefox and Vivaldi, which is a Chrome clone). It must be a Linux thing, or maybe my ad blockers?

I wonder if it could be that I never go to Walmart and you do, so maybe it's cached in your browser history?

FWIW, I pulled that image using Edge at work that doesn't allow extensions, not even an ad blocker


How has Vivaldi progressed? I installed an early beta long ago, but decided between Firefox and Edge, I really don't need another browser.

Did they ever get their email client working? I liked having that in Opera.

[MGlitch]

I’ve got a bit of crow I have to eat guys. I just got an email from Kobo about my order for the Forma.

They provided an order number and tracking number and told me who they are shipping it with.

They expect delivery by end of the day Monday the 22nd.

I’ll be more impressed if they deliver on that estimate but I am in a major city and it’s UPS that’s shipping it.

Good on Kobo though this is much better than I’d anticipated with a ship date of the 23rd. Hopefully I’ll be reading on my Forma by then.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

I wonder if it could be that I never go to Walmart and you do, so maybe it's cached in your browser history?

I don't know what is happening. I tried clearing history (on the Fire, since I don't like to lose my this information on the computers) and it still goes to the old screen. Weird. I'll try the Windows partition on a laptop, but I have tried my wife's Windows computer (though I haven't cleared the history for the same reason I don't clear it on my own computers).

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

FWIW, I pulled that image using Edge at work that doesn't allow extensions, not even an ad blocker

I didn't know anyone actually used Edge.

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

How has Vivaldi progressed? I installed an early beta long ago, but decided between Firefox and Edge, I really don't need another browser.

Did they ever get their email client working? I liked having that in Opera.

Vivaldi is my 2nd backup browser. I basically use it for "Save to Kindle" (since it no longer works in Firefox). I also use it for some websites that want a Chrome-based browser for filling out forms. (Chrome isn't made for 32-bit Linux anymore.) For watching baseball or Netflix I use Firefox. But Pale Moon is my main browser because it looks like the old versions of Firefox and I like having more room for the web pages.

There's no built-in mail client yet in Vivaldi, though they've talked about it. We used to use Opera's mail client where in I worked in the mid-2000s. Vivaldi does offer free email accounts, but it's not the same.

I'm rambling ...

[jiminrussell]

Originally Posted by MGlitch

I’ve got a bit of crow I have to eat guys. I just got an email from Kobo about my order for the Forma.

They provided an order number and tracking number and told me who they are shipping it with.

They expect delivery by end of the day Monday the 22nd.

I’ll be more impressed if they deliver on that estimate but I am in a major city and it’s UPS that’s shipping it.

Good on Kobo though this is much better than I’d anticipated with a ship date of the 23rd. Hopefully I’ll be reading on my Forma by then.

I got email late last night from Kobo that my Forma has shipped as well. In my case with a Canada Post tracking number. Expected delivery of Friday the 19th, though it won't surprise me if it is delivered today as it was processed in Ottawa at 4:30 this morning.

[leaston]

I do wonder whether Kobo have solved the screen sensitivity with the Forma.

I loved the Kobo Glo, but the need for multiple taps on the screen for one page turn was a dealbreaker and why I bought the Paperwhite in the end.

Originally Posted by leaston

I do wonder whether Kobo have solved the screen sensitivity with the Forma.

I loved the Kobo Glo, but the need for multiple taps on the screen for one page turn was a dealbreaker and why I bought the Paperwhite in the end.

I can't speak for the Forma (obviously), but I have no need of double tapping on my Clara HD. It's every bit as sensitive as my PW2

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by rcentros

I didn't know anyone actually used Edge.

Actually, on my Surface and another Windows tablet I have, I like Edge quite a bit and use it for most of my browsing (though Firefox gets installed on any computer I have access to).

At work I use Edge all day, but we're tied to an older version of Windows 10 and are disabled from adding extensions to it.

There's no built-in mail client yet in Vivaldi, though they've talked about it. We used to use Opera's mail client where in I worked in the mid-2000s. Vivaldi does offer free email accounts, but it's not the same.

They'e been talking about the built-in mail client since very nearly day one

Vivaldi seems nice enough. I just don't know if I need another browser.

[MGlitch]

Originally Posted by jiminrussell

I got email late last night from Kobo that my Forma has shipped as well. In my case with a Canada Post tracking number. Expected delivery of Friday the 19th, though it won't surprise me if it is delivered today as it was processed in Ottawa at 4:30 this morning.

So in a little flashback to the Kobo of old, before I had received any email from Kobo I had reached out to them on FB messenger. They told me pre-orders were shipping on the 22nd. I guess they still are two departments not talking to each other.

I have two friends who also ordered Forma's, one from Indigo, another from Walmart. Indigo claims delivery for the 22nd this friend is also in Canada, walmart is saying shipping on the 23rd delivery the 25th.

Just kind of interesting that there's such a difference. I understand the delay for CA-US orders, but it's odd that Walmart can't match what Indigo is doing.

[Stevex]

Funny I‘m exactly the same as Zodwallop use Edge as my main browser and Firefox as backup. Used to be Firefox as my main browser but I moved to Edge more and more.

[lkmiller]

Funny...I only use Edge to download Chrome.

[patrik]

Hmm, did I miss Nate's review?