04-30-2013, 04:02 AM | #586 |
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I feel that Kobo have created here what is possibly the best ereader yet for the elderly, infirm and hard of vision. The size of the screen being slightly larger than most others is a real advantage for people who really need to use as large a font size as they can manage, and the ease of holding the thing - obviously the front lighting is a tremendous advantage also.
The fact that it offers no less than 25 font sizes is superb, as to judge by the emails I receive on my blog from elderly readers hunting for an ereader that can not only offer them very large fonts, but also enough screen space to take advantage of those large letters will ensure that in that section of the ereading public at least they are sure of many customers. |
04-30-2013, 04:22 AM | #587 | |
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04-30-2013, 04:43 AM | #588 | |
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That's the second bad Aura review from Gizmodo counting Gizmodo Australia. Once I could see but twice seems like an official line. Does Gizmodo have some kind of stance they're trying to promote? |
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04-30-2013, 05:14 AM | #589 |
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Quite a few myself included. I believe there is a thread floating around mobileread where Glo owners talked about just this. So far I'm loving using the Aura. I can hold and use it one handed. The sculpted back isn't as severe as the pics/videos make out and is very comfortable to hold. Ergonomic I believe it's termed. I see where the slippiness is a concern but so far it's seems that the sculpted back makes it easier to hold the reader and avoid slippage where I believe if it was a smooth back I would experience grip problems with the back of the device. My shelves from my Glo synched up and turned up on my Aura with it's first synch. The Aura updated itself which was very quick and I sideloaded a lot of books I had ready to transfer. As I sideload most of my reader content via Calibre how it preformed here was essential to me. When I ejected the Aura it refreshed the library very speedily given I had sideloaded over 40 books to it. Very pleased so far. |
04-30-2013, 06:22 AM | #590 |
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Are you sure he wasn't doubling up and reviewing the herb vaporizer depicted under the review at the same time? Somehow, it seems more likely -maybe it's just the photo and how he looks like his Mom just found his stash... "Honest Mom, I'm just researching for this article I'm writing!"
I think he'd benefit greatly from learning to state facts, and indicating when he's stating opinions, but I'm picky that way. Most of what he said was merely his opinion. |
04-30-2013, 07:08 AM | #591 | ||
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http://gizmodo.com/kobo-aura-hd-revi...rapped-5995330 He finds it too large to hold comfortably (as do I) and the back's very odd angled design making it even harder to grip (as do I; in addition, I find the slick plastic to be too slippery and I have to grip it a LOT harder than I do devices with quilted backs and matte plastic fronts like my Touch). He says the extra screen real estate isn't worth the larger body (an opinion, and reviewers are allowed to have those, by the way, I happen to agree with). He finds Reading Life to be "cute but superfluous" (that's giving Reading Life too much credit, IMHO, as it's just there to try and convince people that their data collection is for the users' benefit). He finds the infrared screen to be a performance limiter (as do I). He dislikes the use of sliders on an IR device (ditto - they're extremely imprecise) and that the buttons you can use as alternatives are small and easy to miss (probably a result of the higher resolution). He loves the screen itself (I'm meh on the issue), but doesn't feel it makes up for the Aura's design faults (of which there are many). He says you don't need a screen like that to read (that's pretty much the only point where the review misses the mark - he seems to have not tested the marginal case uses, technical PDFs, comic books, and other reading material that's heavy on graphics and thus benefits from the higher resolution). Frankly, I see nothing wrong (except maybe the last item) or biased or inflammatory about the review. Quote:
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04-30-2013, 07:34 AM | #592 |
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You forgot the part where he hadn't even used the reader enough to know how to change the font sizes. You're right though-everyone is entitled to an opinion, even if it's ignorant.
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04-30-2013, 07:39 AM | #593 |
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I wrote a comment 24 hours ago, which is still not approved or displaying on the page.
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04-30-2013, 07:46 AM | #594 | ||
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Now I know why Gizmodo isn't on my list of tech blogs:
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04-30-2013, 09:19 AM | #595 | |
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04-30-2013, 11:11 AM | #596 |
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Give it a rest with the ad hominems, the guy's making some valid points. And the most contestable of his comments, are at least debatable. Nothing he said is blatantly inaccurate or an extreme exaggeration. All you are doing is showing your class, or lack thereof, by trying to offend the reviewer while ignoring the review.
edit: A much better response than mine above. |
04-30-2013, 11:33 AM | #597 |
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Has anyone heard if Kobo considers the Aura HD a success in terms of sales? From this forum, it seems to be wildly popular, but I haven't seen anything that indicates if it is selling slower or faster than they expected.
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04-30-2013, 11:44 AM | #598 |
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It cannot be determined yet. It's been out for just 5 days, and then only in Canada, the US, and the UK. It needs to be released in more countries and be on sale for a somewhat longer time.
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04-30-2013, 01:41 PM | #599 | |
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I ordered but haven't received an Aura, so I can't compare for myself, but are those numbers not accurate or what? His complaints about the back seemed weird too, since one of the things that sold me on that were that it seemed (on the sides, anyway) similar to the sculpted back of the Nook, which I find very comfortable to hold. Too skinny is not a good thing. Losing the great rubbery-feeling back, now, that IS something that I'm nervous about. |
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04-30-2013, 02:06 PM | #600 |
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