Comments on: In-depth review of Kobo’s Aura One: It’s Pre-order Day #1 https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/ Blog on ebooks, publishing, libraries, tech, and related topics Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Paul Biba’s eBook, eLibrary and ePublishing news compilation for week ending Saturday, September 3 | The Digital Reader https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/#comment-4855 Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:52:48 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=143420#comment-4855 […] In-depth review of Kobo’s Aura One: It’s Pre-order Day #1 (Teleread) […]

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]]> By: David Rothman https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/#comment-1809 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 23:33:13 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=143420#comment-1809 @Raphael: Your mileage may vary, but I myself find that the Kobo variant of ePub works better. There’s got to be a reason why Calibre offers it. As for picking up nonKobo files from a PC, yes, the Kobo is just like a thumb drive. My issue is with syncing. The nonKobo content on one device is not picked up by others, unless I’m missing something. I’d love to be wrong about this.

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]]> By: Raphael https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/#comment-1808 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 22:49:31 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=143420#comment-1808 Ad 7: I’ve been using Kobos for years and I have never converted any EPUB into the Kobo variant. And never had any issues with that.

Ad 8: Actually, it’s Amazon that has to catch up. The Kobo can connect to your PC just like a thumbdrive; you can then move any book files onto the device using a plain old file browser. You do not need to use the application of Kobo’s book store at all.

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]]> By: David Rothman https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/#comment-1264 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 01:51:28 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=143420#comment-1264 @Sparkleton: Firmware is the Linux-based. To answer the Android question, no, don’t count on running Android apps right now. But maybe a hack will eventually be on the way. https://www.engadget.com/2013/11/04/kobo-glo-android-hack/

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]]> By: Sparkletron https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/#comment-1261 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 21:52:53 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=143420#comment-1261 Having never used a Kobo, is it Android beneath the hood? And if it is, how easy is it to load Android apps? I would love to use an offline map application, for example, which doesn’t require Internet or animation or anything like that.

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]]> By: Nate Hoffelder https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/#comment-1254 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 17:12:29 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=143420#comment-1254 In reply to Radek.

That’s not a typo; I have read similar user reports over on MobileRead.

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]]> By: David Rothman https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/#comment-1244 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 10:38:10 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=143420#comment-1244 @Radek: No, hours of use. I’ll add “of use” so things are absolutely clear. See http://www.ebookreadervs.com/en/kobo-aura-one-battery-life/model-1122-6 . Very much jibes with my own experiences. I love my Aura One, but a long battery life is not the reason.

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]]> By: Radek https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/#comment-1242 Thu, 01 Sep 2016 10:24:25 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=143420#comment-1242 I guess there’s a typo in your review. “Battery life is said to be around 15 hours…” Shouldn’t it be 15 days? Kobo official site states that the battery life is actually up to one month.

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]]> By: Nate Hoffelder https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/#comment-1233 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:03:36 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=143420#comment-1233 In reply to Paul.

The Aura One is terrible at PDFs (all Kobo devices have this problem).

The Aura One took 8 seconds to open a PDF, and over 4 seconds to change the page. You should not get a Kobo device if you want to read PDFs, it’s that simple.

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]]> By: David Rothman https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/#comment-1232 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 20:00:15 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=143420#comment-1232 @Drew: I’ll look into this some more. I’m about to post another article and need to focus on that. A valid question. Speaking of durability, I continue to hope that a drop-proof case will be available.

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]]> By: drew https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/#comment-1231 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 19:58:41 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=143420#comment-1231 In reply to David Rothman.

Thanks David…. so would you say it probably is fairly close to gorilla glass hardness or something similar? Yes, I really like the way they have the screen not recessed as in the Kindle Voyager…very nice design. I’ve ordered The Kobo Aura One, since I’ve been waiting for a larger screen….can’t wait to try it out. Thank you for the info!

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]]> By: David Rothman https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/#comment-1230 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:46:22 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=143420#comment-1230 In reply to drew.

@Drew: Glass. I don’t know if it’s absolutely scratch proof. The screen, by the way, is not recessed. It’s on the same level as the bezel.

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]]> By: drew https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/#comment-1229 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 15:59:27 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=143420#comment-1229 Hi David, enjoyed your review but no one has really mention anything about the screen material. Is it plastic or glass? Scratch-able or somewhat like gorilla glass? Thank you.

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]]> By: David Rothman https://teleread.org/2016/08/30/in-depth-review-of-kobos-aura-one-its-pre-order-day-1/#comment-1227 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 14:22:56 +0000 http://teleread.org/?p=143420#comment-1227 @Paul: Here’s the deal breaker, beyond the crappy Web browser: You can’t annotate PDFs with the older Kobos and almost surely not with this one. All you can do is bookmark. I know you’re excited about the E Ink machines. But the Aura One, while terrific for my recreational reading, is not for you.

If your budget allows, why not check out something like the Sony Digital Paper DPT? I haven’t tried the Sony–do catch up with a manual and see if it has annotation capabilities for PDF. Also, it is not backlighted.

Finally, if you really want to live dangerously, you can sign up for Good eReader’s 13.3-inch model after checking about annotations (remember, it’s an Indiegogo project). Not sure if this one has backlighting.

See URLs below.

Thanks,
David

https://www.kobo.com/help/en-US/article/4052/highlighting-text-on-your-kobo-ereader?products=Kobo%20Glo

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/13-3-inch-android-e-reader#/

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