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Old 03-16-2021, 10:12 AM   #31
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Kobo already has a plastic-substrate device, and colour LEDs (ok not all colours, but adjustable-temperature.. I'm not interested in a purple or green reading page, but some people might be)

"page turning from the bezel" -> do you mean page turn buttons? They have those too.

I couldn't be less interested in a foldable device, but mileage varies!
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I mainly wish better performance in general, more uniform front light at a contained price.
I don't even wait for color ebook readers anymore.
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Old 03-16-2021, 02:27 PM   #33
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"page turning from the bezel" -> do you mean page turn buttons? They have those too.

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Like the Kindle Voyage had. I believe they called it haptic buttons.
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Old 03-16-2021, 08:00 PM   #34
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Like the Kindle Voyage had. I believe they called it haptic buttons.
Those and the excellent display are the reasons I still enjoy my Voyage. The haptic buttons are outstanding, IMHO.
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Old 03-16-2021, 10:34 PM   #35
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Kobo already has a plastic-substrate device, and colour LEDs (ok not all colours, but adjustable-temperature.. I'm not interested in a purple or green reading page, but some people might be)
You can actually do that on the Aura ONE. Setting it to green was quite, unsettling. It didn't last long.
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"page turning from the bezel" -> do you mean page turn buttons? They have those too.
The Voyage had some sort of touch sensitive area rather than the physical buttons. I don't remember seeing a Voyage, so I don't know what they were like.
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Like the Kindle Voyage had. I believe they called it haptic buttons.


I didn’t realize that the Voyage had those. Haptic buttons as opposed to physical ones sounds like a great idea. I suppose Amazon removed them because of cost and redundancy with an already touch sensitive display.


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Not a Kindle Killer because it's a niche market, but you were on the right track with your "unrealistic" suggestion: accessibility features. Possibly via Bluetooth, pairing to an optional large hand switch, foot switch, sip/puff interface, and/or Voiceover integration or equivalent, and/or other access devices (including eye-glance operated devices). And a charger-cable plug that doesn't require perfect coordination and eyesight.


Those are great ideas. Accessibility is a good niche to pursue because it isn’t being met by other eReaders, and doing it via Bluetooth is a great way to implement such support.

Your last suggestion is a pipe dream, though. Haha Don’t mention wanting a USB-C jack on your Kobo. It’ll start a new USB interface flame war here. 😅 (Secretly, I completely agree with you. I dislike miniUSB)

But what about wireless charging? Is there an ereader that already features it? Most modern phones now support it. Why not a Kobo?


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Plastic substrate. Foldable.

eInk already offers bendable displays. Why not a foldable eReader? Would you like to see a 6” eReader that folds into 3” and fits in your pocket, or a 6” ereader that expands to offer two 300dpi pages?


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I would like a plastic substrate for the durability; we could forego all the comments of "you have to get a cover".

Personally, I'm not as interested in a foldable reader, or a reader that displays 2 pages at once.
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Kobo already has a plastic-substrate device, and colour LEDs (ok not all colours, but adjustable-temperature.. I'm not interested in a purple or green reading page, but some people might be)

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I would want a plastic substrate on a 6" reader.
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Old 03-17-2021, 08:20 AM   #41
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I would like a plastic substrate for the durability; we could forego all the comments of "you have to get a cover".
A cover is not just for protection. A cover also makes the Reader easier to hold and you sleep/wake by closing/opening the cover.
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I’d like to get back two things they eliminated: a drop-down menu accessible from within a book and kepub page-numbering that relates to the text and not to the screen. The loss of these make my reading experience noticeably worse. I can’t say they’re Kindle killers, though.
I'm with you on the page numbering. Since I know some people like the current per-screen numbering (I'm sure you remember the long thread we had arguing about it!), ideally Kobo would offer both options and we could choose the system we prefer.
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More RAM would be great too; I think it's time to move away from 512mb...
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