<p>The great thing about my kindle is its battery life. It can go weeks without needing a charge. Was In wh smiths the other day and the salesman was claiming the kobo had up to 8 hours battery life. To me that's a huge advantage of the kindle.</p>
<p>Tim</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 14 Dec 2011 16:13, "Smylers" <<a href="mailto:Smylers@stripey.com">Smylers@stripey.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On September 22nd Dave Fisher wrote:<br>
<br>
> On 22 September 2011 09:22, james riley <<a href="mailto:jimr1603@gmail.com">jimr1603@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Much against my better judgement, I'm _contemplating_ purchase of a<br>
> > portable device for reading PDFs etc. Anybody got a recommendation?<br>
><br>
> I was pretty sceptical myself, but changed my mind after having been<br>
> loaned a Kindle for a long journey. I can't recommend it more highly<br>
> ... utterly brilliant ... a small, basically simple, device that does<br>
> everything it promises and much more than I'd expected.<br>
><br>
> I'm still learning the UI, but I'm so convinced by e-ink, <Snip><br>
<br>
Having ruled out a Kindle because of its incompatibilities with Leeds<br>
library e-books, I'm now investigating the Kobo (as pushed by WH Smith).<br>
Anybody tried one?<br>
<br>
So far as I can tell it uses the same e-ink technology as the Kindle,<br>
and has similar physical dimensions, so I'm hoping that Dave's and<br>
others' enthusiasm for the Kindle will also apply to the Kobo.<br>
<br>
The Kobo is supported by Leeds libraries' e-books, according to their<br>
help: <a href="http://www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/Default.aspx?type=ebook" target="_blank">http://www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/Default.aspx?type=ebook</a><br>
<br>
This blogger reports a Kobo as being mountable as USB mass storage under<br>
Linux, whereupon you can simply copy book files to it, and mentions<br>
borrowing library books:<br>
<a href="http://www.darkcoding.net/software/kobo-ereader-touch-on-ubuntu-linux/" target="_blank">http://www.darkcoding.net/software/kobo-ereader-touch-on-ubuntu-linux/</a><br>
<br>
> I've seen a few more open devices, but they are extortionately<br>
> expensive (short production runs) and most have performance flaws<br>
> (page turning speed, poor UI, poor battery life, etc.)<br>
<br>
Was the Kobo one of these, Dave? The Kobo Touch is £100, and claims a<br>
month of battery life, but obviously we wouldn't want to get one if it<br>
has unbearable user interface or performance.<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
Smylers<br>
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