07-13-2017, 04:41 AM | #1 |
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H2O2 Edition 2 Release Date? (Australia)
Hi, Has anyone seen an updated Australian release date for the Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2? Originally they just said "July", but I haven't been able to find anything more specific. Thanks.
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07-13-2017, 06:40 AM | #2 |
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Sorry, I haven't seen anything, I don't even remember seeing the July date.
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07-18-2017, 07:18 AM | #3 |
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I’m also awaiting availability. July is halfway gone already...
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07-19-2017, 03:46 AM | #4 |
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The release date is August 10th :/
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07-19-2017, 03:49 AM | #5 |
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So, late July. Very, very late July.
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JB HiFi are now listing the Aura H2O Edition 2 on their website: https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-...ration/469614/.
They show them as in stock, and at a lot more shops than the Aura ONE. The one I was in briefly* this morning still had the original on display. * In this case, "briefly" is defined as the amount of time it takes to buy a Kobo Aura ONE. |
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Picked up mine from JB HiFi just over a week ago when I was in Sydney (nobody sells Kobo stuff where I live). I would have happily bought it online but I wanted to be able to easily return it if it was flaky.
I must say, JB really aren't trying to sell the things. The display models were tucked away out of site. They consisted of a broken Aura One, an Aura Edition 2 stuck on the registration screen and a working first generation H2O with a price tag/information sheet that said it was an Edition 2 . This was in the Pitt St store in the CBD. Anyway, they had the new H2O in stock, I bought one, and I'm happy with it. I'm coming from a Kindle 3 (Keyboard) so I guess I'm easy to please . Actually I was quite happy with the Kindle, I just wanted a reader with a light for night reading. The larger screen and font options on the H2O have spoilt me now and I could never go back. It took me a while to figure out the Calibre dance (all my books are sideloaded) to get the page layout just right but it looks good now. No real-world battery numbers yet, but extrapolating from what I've seen I think I'll get at least two weeks. That's similar to my six-year-old Kindle, so good enough for me. I even like the touch screen, which I expected to be annoying after using real page turn buttons for so long . The only things I think the Kindle did better are: - In-book search. It's very slow on the Kobo. It seems to be scanning the text each time rather than using an index. - Dictionaries. The dictionary is just another book on the Kindle, so while you're viewing a definition it's easy to highlight a word within the definition and get a definition for that word. There is no limit to the rabbit hole . I guess these may have changed on modern Kindles anyway. H2O mk2 gets a from me. |
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I did notice that, but as you said it only goes one level deep before you have to start typing search terms in. Not a big deal in practice, I just liked the way the Kindle did it. (Sometimes I would surf the dictionary from word to word. I know, I'm a nerd.)
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