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Page turns are indeed about the same speed, but pretty much everything else is a lot slower on the KT, not to mention the fact it can take several attempts to turn a page on the KT, thus my comment about the touchscreen (although accidental page turns are less likely than on the Kindle). If they use the same processor then someone in the Kobo Secret Command Bunker needs to feed a few coders to the piranhas to get the rest to up their game.
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I don't own a Kobo but have played with the display models of the WiFi and the Touch side-by-side a few times, the Touch feels lightning fast compared to the WiFi. The WiFi model put me right off buying a Kobo, but the Touch made me think "oooh that's pretty good actually"!
Although I haven't yet compared the Kindle Touch to the Kobo Touch in the flesh, apart from the battery life on the Kindle maybe being slightly better, and ditto to AnemicOak's comments about perceiving the Kobo to be a bit more flakey than the Kindle, there doesn't seem much to choose between the two. |
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Is there a new Kobo on the horizon?
Well, it's May and the Kobo Touch is discounted to $99 at Indigo. Does this mean a new device is about to be announced? Seems to be their MO. If there is a new ereader coming, what features could it possibly have that are not already implemented on the KT?
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I think it's years until we see a good color eInk device. Glolight is a possibility though.
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To be honest I don't really see the need for a colour eReader at the moment. Unless the screens are going to increase from the average sizes of 7" to something larger (to accommodate for colour publications such as magazines or comics), there isn't really a demand, as most books are predominantly text, and magazines and comics (which require colour) don't really read that well on 7" screens.
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As a note on eInk colour screens, here's an interesting review on an eReader with one. Let's just say, I hope the new Kobo, if one is coming out, has a flexlight but skips the colour eInk screen this time around.
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I am wondering if the colour technology is targeting more advertising and more $$$ for the makers of these e-Readers from the adverts? Adverts look more appealing in colour than in black and grey.
For me, I like the e-Ink on my KT the way it is and I have a great reading light that I can angle perfectly without glare. |
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If Kobo wanted to release a new ereader with a more accurate name, they could call it the Kobo Bug.
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