@peeeanuts no I wouldn't recommend it for textbooks. The problem is you can only jump to chapters in the document, not individual pages. Its bad like that. Plus as you can see the page refresh is slow. I wouldn't recommend it unless you are reading a textbook cover to cover.
@Tirmay It depends on the format. If its PDF this device is decent enough at $40 clearance. But the new Kindle is also only $79 and much faster. It depends your budget. If you're a student I'd just save my money and use my laptop I'd already have to be honest. That way, you'll have no compatibility problems. Any tablet that read's PDF's will be fine though, even the cheep ghetto ones to be honest though
oh it is very annoying, but remember thats only for PDFs. You can read most PDF's at 100% so theres no scrolling left or right. If you want to test a particular one, throw it on an sd card and go to a Chapters/Indiago store and test it out on the display unit :)
@iRajiv interesting. Do you think that you could comfortably read a technical PDF (something like an O'Reilly tech book) on the Kobo's 6 inch screen, in either portrait or landscape mode?
If the kobo cost $400 (like other ebooks) I would be complaining about the zoom. But the kobo costs $149 so with that in mind, this isn't too bad. In-between landscape mode, the slow-refresh zoom, and the promised pdf relfow firmware upgrade we've been promised, this is probably the best bargain you can get as far as e-ink e-readers are concerned.
i completly agree. Thats the main reason I bought this Kobo, the price. I needed to read some PDF's, and lugging around piles of paper was annoying. If you want to check out some PDF's for yourself, load some on an SD card, go to a Chapters/Indiago, plop the SD card in the device and check em out.
Granted I have almost perfect eyesight, so what I consider 'readable' may be straining for others. Thanks for the responses :)
I live in Los Angeles but I am heading up North this July for a pacific northwest hobo tour (including Vancouver). I have a feeling I will be smuggling one of these south.
Hehehe, thanks for making the video. I asked this because for example in Nook when you zoom if the line is wider than the screen width it creates a new line below so you don't have to scroll right or left. Same with 'eslick' from foxit, it has the same behaviour but it takes one more step: you have to select the option 'reflow'.
So that's a nice feature from Nook and Eslick that not many ebooks have. I don't know others ereaders that has that.
I believe that would be more of a feature with how the PDF is built then the actual ereading device. Some PDFs can wrap text based on the text size (similar t how webpages do), while others cannot
I'm speaking from what I've seen trough videos. I don't own any ereader yet, I'm just 'window shopping' yet. But if you find that this is a PDF feature, please let us know.
No, that's a Foxit ereader functionality. What you can do is convert the pdf to epub so you don't have that issue. It seems that Calibre is the best applicaction to do it.
Personally I will wait a little bit more before buying my first ereader, it's a very new technology.
@modernclics Thanks, and by the way, i dont know how you feel about the Kobo. But after watching all these vids on it, and doing a lil research, i think im really feeling the kobo a lil bit more than the rest. I guess the only problem would be the lack of the "reflow" feature. But i spoke with Kobo cust service today and they said it should be fixed by the end of the month. And on a side note, I called customer service 3x today, and the 1st two times I got the same person, "Jordan." Thats weird
@modernclics converting MOST PDF's to ePub is a waste of time. Its never (in my experience) been a smooth transition. Some books ive lost random letters, lke "TH" "fl" ll" etc. It takes a good amount of time to go in and reformat in proper paragraphs, and do a find and replace for chunks of missing words.
@theseventhirdeye Check out a free program called Calibre. You can add PDF files, and convert them to ePubs. If they're loaded with images all over it may screw up the formatting. If you want to try something quick, google epub2go and you can do it online. Let me know how it goes
haha you're in the gta
heatedfrost 5 months ago
@heatedfrost The Go Train schedule gave it away didn't it...
iRajiv 5 months ago
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peanutbutterblah 8 months ago
ahh crap 2x .... great vid ... home grown ... gotta love it.
BigIronTech 1 year ago
tongue pierce or general inbreeding for that lisp? ;)
SuperClagnut 1 year ago
Myfriend, great video, but you are the worst handler of devices I've seen in a while! =p
MrBranboom 1 year ago
hi there, great vid!
i have a question, would you suggest the kobo for reading textbooks? and can i go to any specific page just by entering the page number?
thanks :)
peeeanuts 1 year ago
@peeeanuts no I wouldn't recommend it for textbooks. The problem is you can only jump to chapters in the document, not individual pages. Its bad like that. Plus as you can see the page refresh is slow. I wouldn't recommend it unless you are reading a textbook cover to cover.
iRajiv 1 year ago
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1cicc 1 year ago
@iRajiv What would you recommend for reading textbooks?
Tirmay 5 months ago
@Tirmay It depends on the format. If its PDF this device is decent enough at $40 clearance. But the new Kindle is also only $79 and much faster. It depends your budget. If you're a student I'd just save my money and use my laptop I'd already have to be honest. That way, you'll have no compatibility problems. Any tablet that read's PDF's will be fine though, even the cheep ghetto ones to be honest though
iRajiv 5 months ago
Love how you dropped it right at the end! :)
munx1 1 year ago
Thanks for the video, I'm contemplating buying a Kobo.
One thing that looks annoying is that hitting the arrow buttons seems to only move the page by 25% or so!
SatansSpatula 1 year ago
@SatansSpatula
oh it is very annoying, but remember thats only for PDFs. You can read most PDF's at 100% so theres no scrolling left or right. If you want to test a particular one, throw it on an sd card and go to a Chapters/Indiago store and test it out on the display unit :)
iRajiv 1 year ago
@iRajiv interesting. Do you think that you could comfortably read a technical PDF (something like an O'Reilly tech book) on the Kobo's 6 inch screen, in either portrait or landscape mode?
SatansSpatula 1 year ago
@SatansSpatula if you zoom in and can deal with the page scrolling yep. I just did aother video just for you, uploading now...
iRajiv 1 year ago
If the kobo cost $400 (like other ebooks) I would be complaining about the zoom. But the kobo costs $149 so with that in mind, this isn't too bad. In-between landscape mode, the slow-refresh zoom, and the promised pdf relfow firmware upgrade we've been promised, this is probably the best bargain you can get as far as e-ink e-readers are concerned.
ruinyourdaywithpiss 1 year ago
@ruinyourdaywithpiss
i completly agree. Thats the main reason I bought this Kobo, the price. I needed to read some PDF's, and lugging around piles of paper was annoying. If you want to check out some PDF's for yourself, load some on an SD card, go to a Chapters/Indiago, plop the SD card in the device and check em out.
Granted I have almost perfect eyesight, so what I consider 'readable' may be straining for others. Thanks for the responses :)
iRajiv 1 year ago
@iRajiv
I live in Los Angeles but I am heading up North this July for a pacific northwest hobo tour (including Vancouver). I have a feeling I will be smuggling one of these south.
ruinyourdaywithpiss 1 year ago
Hehehe, thanks for making the video. I asked this because for example in Nook when you zoom if the line is wider than the screen width it creates a new line below so you don't have to scroll right or left. Same with 'eslick' from foxit, it has the same behaviour but it takes one more step: you have to select the option 'reflow'.
So that's a nice feature from Nook and Eslick that not many ebooks have. I don't know others ereaders that has that.
modernclics 1 year ago
@modernclics
I believe that would be more of a feature with how the PDF is built then the actual ereading device. Some PDFs can wrap text based on the text size (similar t how webpages do), while others cannot
iRajiv 1 year ago
@iRajiv or I could be completly wrong. Either way, theres no option for that on this device
iRajiv 1 year ago
@iRajiv
I'm speaking from what I've seen trough videos. I don't own any ereader yet, I'm just 'window shopping' yet. But if you find that this is a PDF feature, please let us know.
modernclics 1 year ago
@modernclics
Sure thing. And if you have a specific PDF (that you're allowed to share) that you want to test, let me know
iRajiv 1 year ago
@modernclics So are you saying that when in zoom mode with the Kobo, to avoid having to scroll left or right you can just hit reflow??
buzzz623 1 year ago
@buzzz623
No, that's a Foxit ereader functionality. What you can do is convert the pdf to epub so you don't have that issue. It seems that Calibre is the best applicaction to do it.
Personally I will wait a little bit more before buying my first ereader, it's a very new technology.
modernclics 1 year ago
@modernclics Thanks, and by the way, i dont know how you feel about the Kobo. But after watching all these vids on it, and doing a lil research, i think im really feeling the kobo a lil bit more than the rest. I guess the only problem would be the lack of the "reflow" feature. But i spoke with Kobo cust service today and they said it should be fixed by the end of the month. And on a side note, I called customer service 3x today, and the 1st two times I got the same person, "Jordan." Thats weird
buzzz623 1 year ago
@buzzz623
well I also found this about the kobo, you should take a look: /watch?v=7a6fkf4g2bA
About the 'reflow' if you convert the pdf to epub you will not have that issue in any ereader.
modernclics 1 year ago
@modernclics converting MOST PDF's to ePub is a waste of time. Its never (in my experience) been a smooth transition. Some books ive lost random letters, lke "TH" "fl" ll" etc. It takes a good amount of time to go in and reformat in proper paragraphs, and do a find and replace for chunks of missing words.
iRajiv 1 year ago
@iRajiv
how do you convert from pdf to ePUB? i'd like to do some of that now
theseventhirdeye 1 year ago
how do you convert, that would solve my problem right about now
theseventhirdeye 1 year ago
@theseventhirdeye Check out a free program called Calibre. You can add PDF files, and convert them to ePubs. If they're loaded with images all over it may screw up the formatting. If you want to try something quick, google epub2go and you can do it online. Let me know how it goes
iRajiv 1 year ago