03-26-2020, 10:10 AM | #46 |
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03-27-2020, 07:58 AM | #47 | |
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Examples: Kaiti Songti If you zoom in on the screenshots you might think there are some aliasing issues but in fact it's not noticable on the E Ink screen, all looks well. (Taken on the Shine 3, should not be worse on other devices with the same or better pixel density.) You might also notice the spacing is off but this is expected as your ePub file uses the standard space. As long as you use the ideographic space (Unicode U+3000) it displays fine as well (I modified the file to test it): If you read mostly Chinese, you can also consider changing the default fonts. I posted how to do this in another thread. |
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04-08-2020, 10:52 AM | #48 |
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Could anyone give me the run-down of some of the software differences between Kobo and Tolino? I've only heard that many features on the Kobo are missing on the Tolino, but I'm curious what these specific features are.
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04-08-2020, 12:09 PM | #49 | |
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Kobo is based on Linux, Tolino on Android 4.4.2 and it is easy to install other apps than the Tolino App, which is designed for 2 different DRM Versions - Adobe Digital Editions and CARE based on Readium LCP for Onleihe. I am using Calibre Companion for library management and for reading AlReader. My Kobos are lying around somewhere. |
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04-08-2020, 01:08 PM | #50 | |
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04-08-2020, 01:45 PM | #51 | |
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But the differences are big. But both, Kobo and Tolino Firmware is from Kobo-Rakuten. |
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04-08-2020, 02:14 PM | #52 |
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04-08-2020, 02:40 PM | #53 | |
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The differences I notice most are: 1. The Clara has more gradations of font size and also more line spacing and font choices, as well as the ability to change the weight of the font. Some people here have reported that it's not difficult to add new fonts to Tolinos if you are not happy with the preinstalled fonts. 2. Search within a book: on my Clara, if you search for a word you get a list of all instances of that word within the book, starting at page 1, and you can page through this list. On my Tolino, it will say "1 of 10" (or however many there are) and you press arrows to go backward or forward to the next instance. 3. Overdrive library: Syncing the Clara will get library books you have checked out IF the Kobo store has the exact same edition as the library. If this doesn't work, you can use a computer and Adobe Digital Editions to load the book onto the reader. The Tolino accesses your Overdrive library directly - it looks like what you see on a desktop computer but since it's e-ink it's a lot slower. Any books you check out can be downloaded directly onto the Tolino. For either reader, I generally prefer to use my computer or phone for browsing my Overdrive library and checking out, then I get the book on the ereader by the methods described above. 4. Page numbers: Tolino uses ADE page numbers. Kobo switched to numbers of screens per book a while back. Some people like this better. Others hate it. There's a long thread in the Kobo forum arguing both sides of this issue so we probably shouldn't start discussing it here, but if you want to read the arguments you can go to: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=323591 Hopefully some more people will come along and tell you what differences they notice the most. |
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04-09-2020, 12:31 AM | #54 |
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But the Kobo devices cannot be used without registration with Kobo.
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04-09-2020, 07:22 AM | #55 |
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04-09-2020, 07:48 AM | #56 |
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To be able to do this you have to be a specialist - and if you are such a specialist, it is even easier to get a Tolino to install other Android applications, which in turn are far superior to the Kobo reading application.
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04-09-2020, 08:24 AM | #57 |
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With the fake registration for Kobo, can you download anything from Kobo? Can you download library books? Can you buy and download books? If you can download library books, how can you do so without giving out any of your info? And if you are able to download library books and are doing it, why then the fake registration?
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04-09-2020, 09:20 AM | #58 |
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I give up. Of course.you cannot download anything from Kobo including library books. If you're paranoid enough not to register why on earth would you want to borrow traceable library books.
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04-09-2020, 11:07 AM | #59 | |
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Yet, somehow this is not easier than the work flows I've seen in this forum and online? Open up your Tolino and make a copy of the SD card? Resize the system partition to have space to install apps? Have fun with ADB, twrp, et alia? Remembering to clean out the tmp folder? We would seem to have different definitions of easier. And lest we forget, SD cards are becoming a thing of the past so no more easy storage space upgrades. As for ereading applications? I've used a lot of ebook applications and very few of them would be, IMNSHO, superior to the Kobo reading application. Admittedly, I tend to ask little of a reading application other than it displays the text following the ebook's CSS/styles. It sometimes strikes me as strange the sheer number of times I've read posts that proclaim the superiority of an ereading app which is either unable to do this essential task or needs some arcane tweaks to even come close to doing so. |
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The big differences for me are:
Overall, I feel there is a lack in the UI of the tolino. A lot of that is comparing it to the Kobo that I am very familiar with. I'd have probably been happy with it if I had used if first. But, the missing metadata would probably have been something that I would have complained about. |
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