[Wylug-discuss] advice on ebook reader or similar...

[Tim Schofield]

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.

Tim
On 14 Dec 2011 16:13, "Smylers" <Smylers at stripey.com> wrote:

> On September 22nd Dave Fisher wrote:
>
> > On 22 September 2011 09:22, james riley <jimr1603 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Much against my better judgement, I'm _contemplating_ purchase of a
> > > portable device for reading PDFs etc. Anybody got a recommendation?
> >
> > I was pretty sceptical myself, but changed my mind after having been
> > loaned a Kindle for a long journey. I can't recommend it more highly
> > ... utterly brilliant ... a small, basically simple, device that does
> > everything it promises and much more than I'd expected.
> >
> > I'm still learning the UI, but I'm so convinced by e-ink, <Snip>
>
> Having ruled out a Kindle because of its incompatibilities with Leeds
> library e-books, I'm now investigating the Kobo (as pushed by WH Smith).
> Anybody tried one?
>
> So far as I can tell it uses the same e-ink technology as the Kindle,
> and has similar physical dimensions, so I'm hoping that Dave's and
> others' enthusiasm for the Kindle will also apply to the Kobo.
>
> The Kobo is supported by Leeds libraries' e-books, according to their
> help: http://www.overdrive.com/resources/drc/Default.aspx?type=ebook
>
> This blogger reports a Kobo as being mountable as USB mass storage under
> Linux, whereupon you can simply copy book files to it, and mentions
> borrowing library books:
> http://www.darkcoding.net/software/kobo-ereader-touch-on-ubuntu-linux/
>
> > I've seen a few more open devices, but they are extortionately
> > expensive (short production runs) and most have performance flaws
> > (page turning speed, poor UI, poor battery life, etc.)
>
> Was the Kobo one of these, Dave? The Kobo Touch is £100, and claims a
> month of battery life, but obviously we wouldn't want to get one if it
> has unbearable user interface or performance.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Smylers
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