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Bethaneeny
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I'm looking at buying a Kobo, either the Touch e-reader or the Glo.
http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/kobotouchereader.aspx
Is the only difference between the 2 the light? I've looked at the comparison table and it seems so, but surely thats not worth an extra £20.
The Touch is £79, whereas the Glo is £99.
Would you recommend a Kobo?
If so, which one, or one I haven't considered?
Are they worth it?
Where can you download books from?
Do both have wifi?
I'm a bit clueless when it comes to things like this! Thanks in advance guys!
http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/kobotouchereader.aspx
Is the only difference between the 2 the light? I've looked at the comparison table and it seems so, but surely thats not worth an extra £20.
The Touch is £79, whereas the Glo is £99.
Would you recommend a Kobo?
If so, which one, or one I haven't considered?
Are they worth it?
Where can you download books from?
Do both have wifi?
I'm a bit clueless when it comes to things like this! Thanks in advance guys!
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Not everyone buys it though...it does not suit everyone
Can also buy from:
Books on board
WH Smith
Waterstones
Foyles
Obviously many more if any one can add to the list.
Note that the Kobo Vox needs charging properly, not by a USB plug. The charger is included, despite what the salesman will tell you.
I will warn you that the manufacturers make it hard to buy ebooks from anywhere but their own site. Of course that can be got round but it is moderately difficult to find out how to do it - because it also teaches one how to do illegal things.
The good neews is that there is very little price advantage between the various ereader siktes. At waterstones site you can use their gift cards to buy ebooks, though a bit tricky to get them into an ereader - I do that because I have plenty of gift card money left. I must admit I use the Ipad more than an erader but I use the kbo a little as it is lighter to take out.
I have the basic Kobo WiFi ereader, I went to WH Smiths last week and purchased another for less than £50 for the wife, I think they are great.
Although at that price I think they are discontinuing them very soon, grab a bargain while you can.
It does not limit you should you get a conversion program called Calibre.
Plenty of free books give you the choice.
There is now a £69 version of the kindle, it went down in price a few days ago. Not sure how much you wanted to spend.
I'm assuming she wanted the Touch which is £109 compared to £79 for the Touch Kobo
i love the kobo, it works well.
The Glo as far as I can see is just a normal Kobo using E-ink with a back light, the sort of things they have in digital watches so you can see the watch at night. If it is worth £20 extra i don't know, but it saves packing a little LED light when you go away.
If I was buying a new Kobo I think I would go for the glo.
What is it with you and supporting the monopolies?
Talk Talk, big company, Microsoft with their windows 8, another big company, now Kindle owned by Amazon another big monopolising company.
I am glad we all don't think like you other wise we would have a couple of companies doing everything.
Why?
I buy products that work well for me. Talk talk has been faultless, Windows/Office/Adobe CS et al work out of the box, Kindle is a super product and better than the Kobo, the Land Rover Discovery I bought new does all I need of a 4x4 and is more comfortable than a Defender, my Sony Vaio was all customised for me when ordered and works very well as I'm sure my Surface Tablet will. Its not a case of buying from a 'monopolising' company, its just I want something that fits my personal criteria and works well, life is too short to faff about.
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Scroll through and view the videos about them.
In what ways?