Newspaper issues/comments

robko · 10-28-2010, 12:58 PM

Trying the 14 day trials and it's interesting, not a bad experience but a couple of issues:

With the National Post when you click on "return to article list" the activity circle spins then it hangs until you press the d-pad (doesn't matter which part), then it goes to the article list and hangs again until you press the d-pad and then opens the menu. This doesn't happen on the Globe and Mail. Very annoying and makes it hard to read.

A few other things I'd like to see changed: it would be reeeaaaaalllllly nice to have a way to delete read papers on the Kobo itself (I haven't found it anyway). I am accumulating previous days papers in the I'm reading list.
It would be nice to have a way to force it to check for updates (if you don't have automatic checking on or if you aren't near your network at the appointed time).
It would be nice if when you finished an article and clicked on back to article list it would go to the page you were on (i.e. not go back to the 1st page of the article list if the one you picked was on the 4th page and force you to scroll thru the other 3 pages again.).

One other thing (not sure if it's good or bad) is that if you want to resize on the newspapers you have to use the side menu button and go into the display menu. The up/down is used to scroll between options on the screen so it doesn't re-size the newspaper.

Robert

pli · 10-30-2010, 03:17 AM

i tried to shop for newspaper on my kobo wireless but it says that it is still unavailable in my area... is this service only available in N.America and Canada? It doesnt even appear on the kobobooks.com for me or on the desktop application?

evilmonkey · 10-30-2010, 04:00 AM

I was only able to make the newsstand appear correctly on the website using a proxy to fool it into thinking I was in the US instead of New Zealand. Seems to be a bit of an oversight to not mention it in the press release.

taming · 10-30-2010, 06:57 AM

I hope they can get some non-North American choices going soon, but right now, it's heavy in Canadian newspapers with a few US resources available as well.

pli · 10-30-2010, 10:32 AM

thanks for the tip evilmonkey, and i can see the newsstand now. very exciting indeed. I wonder why they cant just release it to everyone (internationally), especially cuz the kindle 3 can access newspaper and magazine subscriptions here. hopefully theyll open it to international access soon!

10-28-2010, 12:58 PM	#1
robko Wizard Posts: 2,454 Karma: 5469320 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kobo	Newspaper issues/comments Trying the 14 day trials and it's interesting, not a bad experience but a couple of issues: With the National Post when you click on "return to article list" the activity circle spins then it hangs until you press the d-pad (doesn't matter which part), then it goes to the article list and hangs again until you press the d-pad and then opens the menu. This doesn't happen on the Globe and Mail. Very annoying and makes it hard to read. A few other things I'd like to see changed: it would be reeeaaaaalllllly nice to have a way to delete read papers on the Kobo itself (I haven't found it anyway). I am accumulating previous days papers in the I'm reading list. It would be nice to have a way to force it to check for updates (if you don't have automatic checking on or if you aren't near your network at the appointed time). It would be nice if when you finished an article and clicked on back to article list it would go to the page you were on (i.e. not go back to the 1st page of the article list if the one you picked was on the 4th page and force you to scroll thru the other 3 pages again.). One other thing (not sure if it's good or bad) is that if you want to resize on the newspapers you have to use the side menu button and go into the display menu. The up/down is used to scroll between options on the screen so it doesn't re-size the newspaper. Robert

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10-30-2010, 03:17 AM	#2
pli Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Wireless	i tried to shop for newspaper on my kobo wireless but it says that it is still unavailable in my area... is this service only available in N.America and Canada? It doesnt even appear on the kobobooks.com for me or on the desktop application?

10-30-2010, 04:00 AM	#3
evilmonkey Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kobo	I was only able to make the newsstand appear correctly on the website using a proxy to fool it into thinking I was in the US instead of New Zealand. Seems to be a bit of an oversight to not mention it in the press release.

10-30-2010, 06:57 AM	#4
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	I hope they can get some non-North American choices going soon, but right now, it's heavy in Canadian newspapers with a few US resources available as well.

10-30-2010, 10:32 AM	#5
pli Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Wireless	thanks for the tip evilmonkey, and i can see the newsstand now. very exciting indeed. I wonder why they cant just release it to everyone (internationally), especially cuz the kindle 3 can access newspaper and magazine subscriptions here. hopefully theyll open it to international access soon!

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