09-07-2013, 11:19 AM | #16 |
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9 months on and I'm impatiently waiting for the new Sony T3 and Kobo Aura to come out so I can get rid of my Paperwhite. I can't wait to get back to a reader that plays well with Calibre and works properly when never connected to wifi. The PW was my first and last foray into the world of Kindle. At the moment I think I'll be buying the new Aura with capacitive touch, lovely screen and small light form factor.
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09-07-2013, 11:59 PM | #18 |
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Why get the glow when you could wait a bit and buy the Aura. I am still very weary of PW because of the lighting problems. But at the same time I worry about the touch screen on the Aura. So I am not really sure what to do.
I suspect you won't be able to turn off the light on PW2 either and on the Kobo model you can. |
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09-08-2013, 05:17 AM | #20 | |
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I can understand the irritation that if you reset your Kindle and the clock is wrong you need to connect to wi-fi to fix it, but apart from that? I'm tempted by the new Aura and the Paperwhite and will be waiting until both are out to decide. But the continual firmware updates (and bugs) that are typical of Kobo put me off far more than having to connect to wi-fi from time to time. |
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09-08-2013, 05:25 AM | #21 | |
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I don't have "very sensitive eyes", just normal ones. I also have a Glo with the current (2.8.1) firmware, and set to its lowest brightness setting (1%), I'm able to use it as a torch to guide me to bed after I've switched off all the lights. Maybe your Glo's LEDs are failing, or perhaps your idea of a "completely dark room" is one where the sun shines into your face from a slightly offset angle... but my Glo (still at 1%!) lights up my completely dark room like a decent-wattage lightbulb. It's *way* too bright for reading in the dark. If you're wanting a reader with a light that works better in the dark, I'd suggest either of Kobo's Aura or Aura HD models, or Amazon's Paperwhite. |
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These points together with the Home page cover view only showing 3 items, (the rest of the page being taken up by a tree and a request to register!), have been irritating me every time I open the PW. I have jailbroken and installed hacks to allow Calibre collections to work with the PW but this isn't an automatic process like it would be with a Sony or Kobo device - due to Amazon purposely blocking it in newer devices. All in all they may sound minor points, but when you encounter them on a virtually day to day basis, they are more than enough to make me sell the PW and look at Sony or Kobo for a replacement reader. I have previously owned Sony devices and find them very stable but limited in options. I have also owned Kobo devices and I find that it is the wide possibilities for customisation that can cause instability of the reader. I also found that by not changing too many things too quickly, my Kobo reader was very nearly as stable as other makes. At least you can customise your reader without going to the bother of jailbreaking and installing hacks; a big thumbs down to Amazon for deliberately limiting the function of the PW if you don't connect to their servers. Regarding Sony creating collections from Tags, it wasn't a problem for me as I just used Calibre to tell it to use another column to create collections from instead, problem solved once and for all. I like to choose how my collections are created and then expect it to work automatically each time I transfer books. Having said this, it would be fantastic to be able to have a hierarchical structure for collections, but I don't suppose it will ever happen on mainstream readers. |
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09-09-2013, 10:10 AM | #23 |
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Fair enough about the collections, but if it were me I wouldn't let those issues irritate me as I'd just register the thing and then never connect to wi-fi again......
If not registering an ereader and easy book organising is that important, I'd pay the money to buy one that suits my purpose. Ie, one that has no links to any bookstore, doesn't ask you to link your ADE account to it and uses folders. |
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Lyn2012, thanks for your detailed reply! I remember that I thought the way the Kindle handled the collections was really awkward and time consuming, which is why I never had more than a couple of books on it at any one time... I forgot about that. And the clock thing. Jeez...
The fact that you CAN jailbreak the Kindle and do stuff with it Amazon never intended you to do is actually an advantage in my opinion, but I also root my android device and I can see how it could be really irritating... |
09-09-2013, 10:37 AM | #25 | |
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If I could find an ereader as you suggest, but with the hardware quality of the mainstream ereaders and firmware stability, then I would certainly buy one. I have read reviews of all the new devices from many manufacturers over the past 9 months without finding a suitable one. |
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09-09-2013, 10:50 AM | #26 |
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Not even to McDonalds for a cup of coffee and some free wi-fi?
Yes to be fair, that's is the problem isn't it, none of the mainstream e-readers have the support of Amazon, the software stability of Sony and the overall hardware quality of Kobo, Amazon & Sony. For all that I'm a happy Amazon customer and can cut through the paranoid waffle about what info Amazon might but don't actually garner from a Kindle, a completely independent, easily customisable ereader is of interest, and I've looked at some of the options available elsewhere in Europe without being too impressed. I have to concede I'm a sucker for the customer support I get from Amazon though. Incidentally, I've just reread your earlier post and the bit about telling Calbre to use another column to create collections on your Sony has only just registered now ! I wasn't aware you could do that, is it easy enough to explain in a couple of sentences? If so, could you enlighten me, if it's more complex, don't worry about it. |
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I'd wait until the new models come out.
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New Paperwhite comes out very soon, I'd wait on that, and the new Kobo to make a decision.
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I recommend you try the Nook ST if you can get one cheap. It is very stable rooted and you just do what you want with it, no limits. I'd have a hard time going back to a non-Android (rooted) device now. Sadly it has no light. Wifi is dead handy on it because you can put books on it via Dropbox and coolreader is an excellent reading app. It seems now that it is possible to run Linux on a Kobo, so that would interesting, though I wonder if it would work as well as Android as Android is designed to be light-weight to work on portable devices. Still, it's better than being stuck in the base firmware. The big downer for me with the Kobo glo is that the minimum setting on the Glo is too bright. That's a show-stopper right there, though night-vision mode might help a lot. Last edited by Rizla; 09-11-2013 at 09:10 AM. |
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