I had a Kobo Aura for 2.5 years and was very happy with it. When it died, I bought the Kobo Aura H2O and again was very happy with it, before it was lost/stolen after about a month. Next I tried the Tolino Vision 3 HD - great 6" water proofed ereader. Harwdware is excellent (great screen), the library managent a bit too simplistic for my tastes, but the reading experience was good (screen, page turns, lighting, etc). Except for one thing - you cannot zoom in on images on the Tolino! If I manage to root the device I might be able to install an alternative reader (Coolreader, KoReader), but not sure if I'll find the time.
I'm travelling tomorrow and was planning to look in duty free and perhaps buy another ereader - the choice then is Kobo or Kindle. Otherwise prices here are pretty low anyway.
Kobo
- Glo looks great, but is 6" and eol'ed. H2O I enjoyed for the time I had it. One is obviously what I am interested in, but there is a price premium and lots of complaints on this forum (still got a few threads to go through).
- I love the library management features - collections, book summaries before you open a book using the Calibre summary metadata (helping you choose). - Image and Table zoom works here :)
- I prefer epubs and have mostly these (I remove DRM when adding to Calibre).
- I like multiple book stores to choose from, when I decide to purchase books.
- I like the openness (to add fonts, to add alternative readers).
- I did like the type settings and other page cutomization possibilities, but after using the Tolino for a while, no not really miss these.
Kindle
- It's between the Voyage (I "like" the better lighting, ambient sensor, lighter weight, and am interested in the buttons (but on ther Tolino I deactivated the Tap to click) and the latest PW (version 3 from 2016, is that correct?).
- According to the manual, zooming is supported.
- I'm interested in trying Xray, and the main interest will be adding it to books I own and intend to sideload (using the generators from mobileread members) / copyright free classics etc.
- I'm interested in Pageflip (lokks better than the Kobo/Tolino equivalents); does this work on sideloaded books?
- I'm very interested in the vocabulary builder, for books that I read in foreign languages; does this work on sideloaded books?
- Also the notes / annotations feature seems a lot better; ; does this work on sideloaded books?
- Is it still possbile to jalibreak the Kindle? OK this info is no doubt somewhere in the Kindle section
I do use Pocket, but Amazon has email to kindle which does more. Currently I do not borrow from the library, but that could change. I generally read just on my ereader, but syncing sideloaded books with the kindle app could be good.
Any insights or comments?
I'm travelling tomorrow and was planning to look in duty free and perhaps buy another ereader - the choice then is Kobo or Kindle. Otherwise prices here are pretty low anyway.
Kobo
- Glo looks great, but is 6" and eol'ed. H2O I enjoyed for the time I had it. One is obviously what I am interested in, but there is a price premium and lots of complaints on this forum (still got a few threads to go through).
- I love the library management features - collections, book summaries before you open a book using the Calibre summary metadata (helping you choose). - Image and Table zoom works here :)
- I prefer epubs and have mostly these (I remove DRM when adding to Calibre).
- I like multiple book stores to choose from, when I decide to purchase books.
- I like the openness (to add fonts, to add alternative readers).
- I did like the type settings and other page cutomization possibilities, but after using the Tolino for a while, no not really miss these.
Kindle
- It's between the Voyage (I "like" the better lighting, ambient sensor, lighter weight, and am interested in the buttons (but on ther Tolino I deactivated the Tap to click) and the latest PW (version 3 from 2016, is that correct?).
- According to the manual, zooming is supported.
- I'm interested in trying Xray, and the main interest will be adding it to books I own and intend to sideload (using the generators from mobileread members) / copyright free classics etc.
- I'm interested in Pageflip (lokks better than the Kobo/Tolino equivalents); does this work on sideloaded books?
- I'm very interested in the vocabulary builder, for books that I read in foreign languages; does this work on sideloaded books?
- Also the notes / annotations feature seems a lot better; ; does this work on sideloaded books?
- Is it still possbile to jalibreak the Kindle? OK this info is no doubt somewhere in the Kindle section
I do use Pocket, but Amazon has email to kindle which does more. Currently I do not borrow from the library, but that could change. I generally read just on my ereader, but syncing sideloaded books with the kindle app could be good.
Any insights or comments?