06-16-2011, 06:49 PM | #1 | ||
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Kobo Touch review: 'flawed (at best) or nightmarish (at worst)'
Ouch. I wanted to like this, but ouch!
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06-16-2011, 07:22 PM | #2 | ||
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So Gizmodo wasn't a fan; Crunch Gear was more positive:
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And, yes, it's true: it doesn't play mp3s. But then, it's a Simple ebook ereader -- that IS the point of it. At the price point with wifi, touch screen (responsive keyboard, excellent tap response to turn pages), live bookmarking updates across multiple devices (contrary to the Gizmodo review, this DOES work), full epub support including public library access, a decent pdf renderer, and the ability to display deDRMed mobi files ... it's great value and very credible choice. |
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06-16-2011, 07:57 PM | #3 |
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For nothing more than a plain ereader, it looks fine to me.
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06-17-2011, 01:00 AM | #4 |
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I wish they were available in Australia. I might get one and donate the eclipse to DH. i'd certainly like to have a play with one.
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06-17-2011, 01:40 AM | #5 |
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I just got mine in today, and I'd say that the device is just fantastic for reading. A little limited on the formatting front and the store is a little slow (boh of these which will probably be fixed via updated firmware) but the actual reading experience I found to be nearly identical to the Nook STR.
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06-17-2011, 04:35 AM | #6 |
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I grow tired of those reviews that will give a reader a bad review because "its store is much smaller than ....".
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06-17-2011, 04:40 AM | #7 |
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The fact that the Kobo doesn't support hyperlinks is a killer for me. It makes it impossible to read footnotes in a book - many of the books that I read have extensive footnotes.
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06-17-2011, 07:55 AM | #8 |
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The article linked in the OP didn't seem that negative to me. I mean it starts by saying that in some areas it is better than the new nook and the kindle 3.
The negative points have to do with features that are not reading specific, and the fact that since it is narrower, his fingers touched the screen. And this last thing made me realize that I don't remember reading a review done by a woman. I am curious if there are in fact any reviews done by women. |
06-17-2011, 12:28 PM | #9 |
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06-17-2011, 12:41 PM | #10 |
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Kobo always seems to have a reading-specific bug that keeps me from buying.
Six months ago, when I bought my Sony 650, I spent a month shopping around. The 650 cost twice as much, but had what I wanted. The Kobo lacked a touch screen, but more importantly, could not jump to a page. Today, Kobo has a competitor for the 650, but if it can't follow hyperlinks in epubs, and still does not have comparable PDF viewing options, then it is still a bad buy. Kobo is a Canadian company, or at least a Canadian front, and I would love to support it, but they always come up short. I could say the same about their storefront vs amazon.ca, but since Kobo sells epubs and Amazon does not, I can at least say 100% of my purchases have been through Kobo. |
06-17-2011, 01:43 PM | #11 |
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The Kobo Touch does follow hyperlinks in ePUBs--at least for things like endnotes and in newspapers. I haven't tried any others.
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06-17-2011, 04:00 PM | #12 | |
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@outlander78: One of the reasons I'm interested in the Touch is that its ability to handle PDFs on a small screen seems better than the implementation offered by Sony. |
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06-17-2011, 04:09 PM | #13 |
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06-17-2011, 05:04 PM | #15 |
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Harry, I believe they consider it a beta feature, still, so it is not advertised. Newspapers and magazines supported hyperlinks for the WiFi edtion, as well.
One of the Kobo staff reading and responding in the Kobo forum mentioned it. In this way, it is like other things the reader does--for example, it supported additional file types in the WiFi version, but was never advertised as having that capability. |
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