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| Thread ID: 109962 | 2010-05-29 04:47:00 | NZ price $295 for ereader | leonidas5 (2306) | PC World Chat |
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| 889125 | 2010-05-29 07:54:00 | It's still a great price for an e-ink based ebook reader, considering Dymocks or someone was selling their version for over $1000 not that long ago. For an ereader, yes it isn't bad, but it lacks many of the features that the kindle has that were so attactive. One of those being that you had free mobile internet access, and could download the books without hooking the reader to a computer. Infact you didn't even need a computer for the kindle. If it was $100 cheaper I may consider it, but at $300, I would rather spend bit more ($800 ish) for an ipad, which does so much much more, or even an ipod touch which you can get for the same price as this ereader. I think whitcholls hare over charging NZers for it, so I hope they don't sell as many as they should, if they priced it at the same levels as the ozzies. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 889126 | 2010-05-29 08:06:00 | We are always ripped off by Yankee tech companies, Look at the difference between crApple here and there or compare prices for Windows seven. (we are a small market and therefore, ripe for the picking, because we're yokels and can't count.) :( |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 889127 | 2010-05-29 09:30:00 | Well, I'm obviously an early adopter !! Was planning on buying the Sony reader, but thought I'd try this one. I'm used to the iPhone and its controls, using Stanza as the reader, which, I might add, is bloody great. So the controls for the Kobo are a little clunky and the page loads after about a second...but how well do other e-ink readers do ? Had no trouble loading other books that we already own onto it. We have been using Calibre to sort and convert various formats, everyone seems to use epub, but personally I prefer PDF. Haven't actually bought a full priced paper book in years and was hoping that the Whitcouls site would be well priced, but it isn't. The distribution costs for a paper edition are obviously reflected in the price, but the price hasn't been adjusted for the much much cheaper ebook versions. So, am I pleased with the Kobo, yeah, pretty much. I wasn't looking to surf the net or do anything fancy, I just want to read a book or 2 or 50, on a decent size screen, anything else can be done on my Macbook or iPhone. And IMO, the iPad is a waste of money whilst its a closed system, so this is the next best thing, available in NZ right now. |
limepile (96) | ||
| 889128 | 2010-05-30 00:09:00 | So the controls for the Kobo are a little clunky and the page loads after about a second...but how well do other e-ink readers do ?I had a play with a Kobo yesterday and noticed the page loading was slow. When I asked about this, I was told it was mimicking a page being turned. :illogical I would soon get annoyed having to wait a couple of seconds before being able to continue reading the next page. I haven't seen any other e-readers so I don't know how the Kobo compares for speed. There is no "night mode" or a way to brighten the screen if you are reading in poor light. I was also told this was to prevent eye-strain from looking at brighter screen too long. I would have thought trying to peer at words on a dull screen in poor light would be worse. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 889129 | 2010-05-30 00:46:00 | I had a play with a Kobo yesterday and noticed the page loading was slow. When I asked about this, I was told it was mimicking a page being turned. :illogical I would soon get annoyed having to wait a couple of seconds before being able to continue reading the next page. I haven't seen any other e-readers so I don't know how the Kobo compares for speed. There is no "night mode" or a way to brighten the screen if you are reading in poor light. I was also told this was to prevent eye-strain from looking at brighter screen too long. I would have thought trying to peer at words on a dull screen in poor light would be worse. That's the same as all e-ink based e-book readers. If you watch YouTube videos of the Kindle or Sony e-book readers, you'll see that their page turns take a second or two as well. It's an unfortunate limitation of the technology. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 889130 | 2010-05-30 04:04:00 | That's the same as all e-ink based e-book readers. If you watch YouTube videos of the Kindle or Sony e-book readers, you'll see that their page turns take a second or two as well. It's an unfortunate limitation of the technology. Advances in eink, is supposed to speed up the page switching. The new kindles being released are supposed to be faster and smaller. The Kobo uses older eink technology. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 889131 | 2010-05-30 08:31:00 | There is no "night mode" or a way to brighten the screen if you are reading in poor light. I was also told this was to prevent eye-strain from looking at brighter screen too long. I would have thought trying to peer at words on a dull screen in poor light would be worse. E Ink screens aren't back lit. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 889132 | 2010-05-30 08:47:00 | Yeah, I realise that. I've been reading up on e-ink technology. Just seems like a limitation for general use. | Jen (38) | ||
| 889133 | 2010-05-30 08:49:00 | There is no "night mode" or a way to brighten the screen if you are reading in poor light. I was also told this was to prevent eye-strain from looking at brighter screen too long. I would have thought trying to peer at words on a dull screen in poor light would be worse. All these years, and the new books are no better than the old ones. Shakespeare had the same problem, - serious nocturnal obscurity. Even newspapers are in urgent need of a bit of lightening up at night. Public flogging for all designers should brighten things up a bit; but fat chance I suppose when the best magazine pages have been relegated to obscure corners of some oddball website. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 889134 | 2010-05-30 11:07:00 | A thought just occured to me. Why are waiting rooms such as the Doctor, Dentist and Lawyer supplied with Womens Day and no Playboy? Naturally I'd only read the articles and not remove the centrefold to pin up. |
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