Paperwhite Disgust

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by booklover6

I have 2 Kobo Glo's. They are wonderful.

I'll back that statement.

Plus, the Glo's have an internal SD card. They originally had a 2GB card, but a lot of the newer ones have a 4GB card. But, Kobo have not changed the image they use to use all of it. This can be done without to much hassle. Or you can pull it apart and replace the card with a larger one. I know people have put 16GB cards in. I don't remember if anyone has tried a 32GB.

[conan50]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I'll back that statement.

Plus, the Glo's have an internal SD card. They originally had a 2GB card, but a lot of the newer ones have a 4GB card. But, Kobo have not changed the image they use to use all of it. This can be done without to much hassle. Or you can pull it apart and replace the card with a larger one. I know people have put 16GB cards in. I don't remember if anyone has tried a 32GB.

Thanks. That really sounds like the e-ink reader I'm looking for :-)

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by conan50

Amazon uses more ebook file types than anyone else: AZW, AZW3, PRC, Mobi, HTMLZ. I see no reason why they couldn't just use Epub.

Um... kinda wrong there...

AZW, PRC, & Mobi are all the same. HTMLZ is not an Amazon format. You mean Topaz and not many like it. Mobi, KF8, and PDF are about it. PDF is lousy on a 6" eInk screen even with a 1024x758 resolution screen.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

It is an excellent place for having a setting to toggle. But if it was one or the other, then since people seem to dislike it more than like it, Amazon has failed in their target of making a clean simple UI that appeals to the majority.

B&N clutter the nook STR's "desktop" with your store purchases and recommendations. It's horrible.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

B&N clutter the nook STR's "desktop" with your store purchases and recommendations. It's horrible.

By "desktop" I'm guessing you mean Home. Really it's not that ugly, but I hardly ever see it. When I turn on my NST, I'm usually in the book I'm reading, or in the Library -- there's never any real need to go to the Home screen at all.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by rcentros

By "desktop" I'm guessing you mean Home. Really it's not that ugly, but I hardly ever see it. When I turn on my NST, I'm usually in the book I'm reading, or in the Library -- there's never any real need to go to the Home screen at all.

Yes, i do mean the home screen. It really is that bad.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Yes, i do mean the home screen. It really is that bad.

It is to you, obviously ... but, fortunately, you never have to see it. Problem solved.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by rcentros

It is to you, obviously ... but, fortunately, you never have to see it. Problem solved.

Why do you never have to see it?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by rcentros

It is to you, obviously ... but, fortunately, you never have to see it. Problem solved.

I do own a nook STR. So if I want to use it, I have to see it.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I do own a nook STR. So if I want to use it, I have to see it.

No you don't. Shut down your NST while reading a book, when you turn it back on, you're back at the book. Shut it down on the Library screen, turn it back on and you're in the Library screen. Want to change your settings? Hit the Nook button and, unlike a Sony or a Kindle, you don't go to the Home Screen, you go get a Menu across the bottom of your NST, where you see a Settings button. Go there and change your settings, hit the Nook Button again, go back to the Library, or hit the little book symbol in the left, top corner and go directly back to the book you were reading. Or, if you turn off the Nook, when you turn it back on, you're still in the Settings Menu. There is no reason to go to your Home Screen, if you don't want to. (For those who don't have a Nook Simple Touch, when you hit the Nook button, you get five choices on the Menu, Home, Library, Shop, Search and Settings. The only way you go back to the Home Screen is by purposely selecting it.)

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Why do you never have to see it?

See my other post, responding to JSWolf.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I'll back that statement.

Plus, the Glo's have an internal SD card. They originally had a 2GB card, but a lot of the newer ones have a 4GB card. But, Kobo have not changed the image they use to use all of it. This can be done without to much hassle. Or you can pull it apart and replace the card with a larger one. I know people have put 16GB cards in. I don't remember if anyone has tried a 32GB.

I pulled one of mine open and there was a 4gb card in it. I wrote the image to and replaced it with a 16gb card. (Note, opening the device is not without risk! And since it has an SD card slot, the procedure is only for the adventurous.)

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

B&N clutter the nook STR's "desktop" with your store purchases and recommendations. It's horrible.

JS you ought to think about rooting yours and putting on Nook Manager and Mantano. Add your fonts folder, and there you go. No need to ever go to the BN home screen.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by booklover6

JS you ought to think about rooting yours and putting on Nook Manager and Mantano. Add your fonts folder, and there you go. No need to ever go to the BN home screen.

I look at the Library screen as the equivalent to the Kindle Home screen -- even in an unrooted Nook.

[Solitaire1]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Um... kinda wrong there...

AZW, PRC, & Mobi are all the same. HTMLZ is not an Amazon format. You mean Topaz and not many like it. Mobi, KF8, and PDF are about it. PDF is lousy on a 6" eInk screen even with a 1024x758 resolution screen.

PDF is fine on a 6" e-ink screen as long as the PDF is sized for that screen. The screen on my Sony PRS-505 is 3.5" x 4.62" (5.75" diagonal) and the PDFs I format for my screen look great.

However, I do strongly agree with you about PDFs looking bad when it comes to large PDFs that are not sized for a 6" screen (such as taking a 8.5" x 11" PDF and displaying it on a 6" screen). Even when using reflow my experience has been unsatisfactory when viewing large size PDFs on my ereader.