New Kobo E-reading device scheduled for release Mothers Day!

[rkomar]

Originally Posted by davidfor

So, a type of pike. But "pickerel" sounds better.

I've seen pictures of "chain pickerel", and those look like pike. But what we call pickerel up here don't. More importantly, they taste way better than pike, and don't have those nasty pitchfork bones in them. "Pike" wouldn't be a bad choice for Canadian fish, but "Pickerel" is a good choice.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by rkomar

I've seen pictures of "chain pickerel", and those look like pike. But what we call pickerel up here don't. More importantly, they taste way better than pike, and don't have those nasty pitchfork bones in them. "Pike" wouldn't be a bad choice for Canadian fish, but "Pickerel" is a good choice.

My first search this morning for "Canadian fish" found lots of pictures of pikes. And after your post, pickerel pointed to pike as well. But, looking up "walleye" now, I find out it is not a pike, and that in Canada it is called a pickerel. That looks like the only place that "pickerel" is not referring to a type of pike.

And now I know far more than I ever wanted to know about Canadian fish. I think I'll go back to whistling that Monty Python song. But that of course makes me wonder, if I'm going to slap someone with a fish in Canada, pike or a pickerel?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by chrisridd

The only Kobo-related news I can see is that Overdrive support will be coming directly to the devices "relatively soon".

http://www.teleread.com/easier-downl...ders-and-apps/

That's why we've not seen a new firmware in a while. Kobo is working on Overdrive integration.

BadERaeder botches things yet again saying Kobo was supposed to be releasing a new Reader for Mother's Day.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by HarryT

It's something that Onyx and Pocketbook have both supported for years.

But isn't that because of being able to install the Overdrive app?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I've just worked out why Kobo haven't released a new device. It's fish. They can't decide what to use. It can't be tuna, as everyone would accuse them of copying Amazon. So, they have to come up with something else. If they were English, it would be easy: cod. For Australians, it would barramundi. Or prawns*. If it they were completely Japanese, it would be whale**. But, what is if for Canada? Salmon maybe? Or would they skip the fish and just dip it in maple syrup?


* Australians have never thrown shrimp on a barbie.
** Yes, I know, but I rarely let facts get in the way of a good joke. And NEVER for a bad joke.

In the UK it depends what part of the UK. It could be haddock, salmon, or Arbroath smokies. If you had to choose one fish only, go for haddock. But in Scotland, you could have all three.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by MGlitch

I posited the same thought over in the Kobo forums in a thread about not hearing anything from Kobo.

Seems like a feature we should have seen by now, given how long Rakuten has owned Overdrive. Maybe there were some legal things to work out. And then the technical aspects.


I hope it's a fully functioning app like experience, which allows us to download the epub file either directly, or indirectly through the acsm file.

I was thinking maybe there was some internal changes being made to Overdrive and Kobo had to wait until these were done before they could work on the feature.

[chrisridd]

Originally Posted by lkmiller

I would hope it would be a little more seamless...like the Kindle/Overdrive library books.

For those outside the Kindle ecosystem, can you describe how Overdrive works on those devices?

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

That's why we've not seen a new firmware in a while. Kobo is working on Overdrive integration.

BadERaeder botches things yet again saying Kobo was supposed to be releasing a new Reader for Mother's Day.

Or they just made shit up - again.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by chrisridd

For those outside the Kindle ecosystem, can you describe how Overdrive works on those devices?

Borrow a book (choosing Kindle for the format) on your computer or smart device. You're then taken to Amazon to complete the transaction. Once done, the book is now in the cloud. From your Kindle ereader, turn wifi on, go to the cloud and download your book. That's it.

[MGlitch]

The way they announced it initially, when Rakuten bought Kobo, and the way they briefly describe it in the article linked in this thread, makes me hopeful that we'll have something built in to the Kobo firmware that will let us bypass the need to use anything other than the Kobo itself. This would, of course, not be true for the iOS and Android reading apps, but devices using those have the means to utilize Overdrive already, as long as the app is able to access the downloaded file that should work.

[Yolina]

Originally Posted by davidfor

The problem with my earlier post, is that I now have a picture of the Kobo production line:

The new devices are moving upstream in a maple syrup channel and there are big hairy men wearing red-checked shirts and Mounties style hats scooping them out of the syrup with their hands while singing a Monty Python song.

I think you're missing a moose and possibly a bear somewhere in that production line

[Canuck_in_Japan]

Hey guys, great news!! GoodEreader hasn't predicted a new Kobo being released AFTER Mothers' Day! If they're always wrong then that basically means that a new ereader is on the way!

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by davidfor

The new devices are moving upstream in a maple syrup channel and there are big hairy men wearing red-checked shirts and Mounties style hats scooping them out of the syrup with their hands while singing a Monty Python song.

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Borrow a book (choosing Kindle for the format) on your computer or smart device. You're then taken to Amazon to complete the transaction. Once done, the book is now in the cloud. From your Kindle ereader, turn wifi on, go to the cloud and download your book. That's it.

They also make it easy to buy it if you decide you want to keep it after the lending period. Your place in the book and any notes are saved.

[rkomar]

Originally Posted by davidfor

But that of course makes me wonder, if I'm going to slap someone with a fish in Canada, pike or a pickerel?

Depends on how badly you want to hurt them. The spiny fins on pickerel could produce some nasty cuts. Slapping someone with a pike would be gentler, as long as the wicked teeth weren't involved.