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As for navigating, things have changed since. There is now sorting by series and less need for collections. The Libra 2 is the smallest Kobo with buttons. Pocketbook has some 6" Readers with buttons, but they are at the bottom and that's a rather poor place for buttons. |
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04-18-2023, 07:01 AM | #17 |
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I would say no to the 350. Slow, low-res, screen quality not as good as current screens, and they can be really slow with hi-res images and sometimes reboot or lock because not enough RAM.
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Elfwreck likes 5" screens and wants page turn buttons, so this is one possibility. And, honestly, the PRS-350 still provides a pretty good reading experience. |
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04-18-2023, 10:18 PM | #20 | |
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That said, I don't know how much harm could come from registering with Kobo. But it's still a matter of choice (or should be). |
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Not much longer if I'm getting one or two books. If I'm collecting a swarm of them, it adds substantial time to the process. And I could only do it on a computer with my version of Calibre installed. (My tiny low-capacity travel laptop doesn't have much at all installed.) I know I could put Calibre in Dropbox but I don't think I could run it through a browser. So far, the benefits haven't been worth the hassles. |
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But the screen quality is fine, and I don't read much that has images. I'm more concerned about emoji support, since I've discovered that my pocketboook will freeze/crash in ebooks that contain some emojis. I don't know if the older readers will just nicely skip them, or freeze up trying to read characters they don't support. |
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Depends. I have the flash (full refresh) on for every page on all my ereaders (well, the pair of them, at the moment, as I sold the rest), and have for years. While it was slightly annoying for the first few days, I no longer remember when I actually saw it last. My brain just filters it out. For me, the text quality (sharpness and darkness) is well worth the flash, which is invisible to me now anyway.
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No hi-res screen. No side loaded fonts. No real italics (simulated). No margins and line-height. No ePub 3. There is no way I would go back to a Sony Reader. |
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If your travel laptop had a card reader, you can get a memory card to put your Calibre library on. |
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