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Teardown: A look inside Kobo's eReader
For those of you tech heads who are interested, here is a couple of links to what's inside that pretty little piece of plastic your holding.
![]() http://www.wirelessgoodness.com/2010...kobos-ereader/ More Pictures of the Kobo's inards: https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/oet/f...ive_or_pdf=pdf Enjoy. |
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Actually, I think the FCC pictures are the originals of all of those. Too bad they are sort of fuzzy. I haven't tried to figure out how to open up my Kobo. I think it is snap together, but it might have glue or ultrasonic welding, too. I don't want to break it
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If the Kobo comes out with WiFi capabilities - will it be call the i-Kobo? Yak, yak, yak.
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I believe the case is snapped together. I accidently dropped the Kobo & the case broke & a small piece came off (sh*t). I just snapped it back in place.
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The images are also available on our local wiki. https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kobo...r_disassembled
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Ahh... the first person to drop one. was it a bad drop? Does the KOBO still work? I have been wondering about this since I was battered about on a busy subway ride. Ebooks are all good and fine but, if I drop a paper book it still works afterward.
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Thanks for the look inside. I'm still trying to decide what to get. If they improve the sans-serif font and add full-justification, I'd gladly go with the Kobo.
The pictures have me curious about replacing the 1000mAh battery with a 2000mAh one for longer time between charges. The switches in the 5-way button look pretty standard. I think it would be easy to replace them with a "softer" one that doesn't click. Also, removing the bluetooth board would likely give longer battery life since I would never be using bluetooth anyway. I might just have to get one to "operate" on it. |
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Yea, it still works fine. I've also read somewhere else here that the bottom left corner appears to be somewhat "flimsy". Guess which corner broke on mine!
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Personally, I totally approve of the clicky switches. I like the tactile feedback. (But then I'm using a model M keyboard!)
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I like that the buttons are pretty 'tough', so I don't accidentally hit them all the time. On the other hand tho, sometimes the presses just don't registers.... even when I feel and hear the 'click'
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After looking at the pics it looks like it would be pretty easy to fit a new battery when it eventually becomes necessay. The only thing that would worry me is getting the cover off without breaking it, anyone done it yet.
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