07-20-2010, 02:06 AM
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Junior Member
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Device: Kobo
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Borders Australia - Kobo Delivered
G'day all
A bit of news for anyone interested. I ordered by black Kobo online from Borders' web site 11 July, it arrived today. Unpacked and powered the beastie up. Connect to a Doze (W7) PC and it immediately took me through an 8 step, graphically rich, firmware 1.4 update process. There was even a little tour of what I could expect from the update before I started the process. Noice. Given the pain previous shared on this forum I was a bit nervous (despite 20+ years in ICT) but it was all silky smooth. Robooted and hey, presto. All good  The Borders desktop app refused to run post-upgrade but I just removed the app via ControlPanel and resintalled. So far so good. I'm now contemplating pushing my luck and ordering an eBook from Borders and see what happens... Cheers Stevo |
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07-20-2010, 04:09 AM
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Location: Adelaide, Australia
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Steve if you wish to get an ebook from borders to test, do a search for a public domain book and then sort by price. You should be able to find a free book you dont have and upload it that way (say Through the Looking Glass, to go with Alice in Wonderland).
Glad to hear it arrived, hmm 9 days, thats not bad for borders  Dont forget to get Calibre for those online news resources (such as Time, the Age etc) |
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07-20-2010, 05:56 AM
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Connoisseur
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Location: Downunder
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got mine today
not bad... Same size as my Cool-ER, only heavier... Any one find out how to read horizontal??? The Cooler can do that... with the display button... |
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07-20-2010, 06:23 AM
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Location: Sunshine Coast Australia
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If you are reading a PDF which is stored in Documents rather than Books you have the choice of reading in Portrait or Landscape.
No idea if it is possible when reading epubs. |
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