hpr1942 :: Kobo Touch N-905 E-Reader
Klaatu reviews the Kobo Touch e-reader
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Klaatu reviews the Kobo Touch N-905 e-reader.
Too Long; Didn't Listen: it's a positive review and the device mostly works well with Linux. There are some exceptions, such as the need to hack around the registration process; luckily, that's easy:
https://gedakc.users.sourceforge.net/display-doc.php?name=kobo-desktop-ereader-setup
That being "the ugly", here are the Good and the Bad:
Good:
- works with Linux, after one initial hack
- uses file manager or calibre
- great format support (EPUB, EPUB3, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR)
- e-ink
- great battery life (lasts a month on one charge, with every evening and weekend filled with reading)
- a little more interactive and configurable than expected
- one device, one app, one purpose
- small, lightweight, convenient
- cheap ($60 USD)
- expansion up to 32gb
Negative
- requires registration (or a rego hack)
- rearranges your books by meta data; no override to respect your dirs
- touch screen
- slow (though not annoyingly slow)
- long time to index books
- hard to keep track of books you are currently reading
- sleep/off screen should be more configurable