Re: Everything is broken

From	Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Everything is broken
Date	2015-04-12 23:30 -0400
Organization	National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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On Sun, 12 Apr 2015, Bob Eager wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 13:52:31 -0400, Michael Black wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 10 Apr 2015, Dan Espen wrote:
>>
>>> Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> writes:
>>>
>>>> In article <mg9b4e$a38$2@dont-email.me>, Jerry Peters
>>>> <jerry@example.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I *like* my kindle. It works well for what it's designed for which is
>>>>> *reading books*.
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't /read/ books. It /displays/ books.
>>>
>>> It also does audio books.
>>>
>>> :)
>> That's a feature worth adding, let it read it's own books out loud.
>>
>> That beats having someone read the books and make MP3s.
>
> My Kindle Keyboard not only does audio books - it also reads normal books
> aloud (with some exceptions which I believe are contractual rather than
> technical).
>
Then that's a good feature.

> I still prefer the Kobo Aura.
>
All I have is a Kobo mini, that I bought when it got real cheap, which 
seemed to be when they stopped selling it, in retrospect.

It is small, but I am distracted by the inability to display pages 
properly.  And I'd certainly like it to be able to read me the stories, 
I'd like to try that.

I went and got a Blackberry Playbook three years ago, thinking if I was 
going to spend about a hundred dollars on an ebook reader, I might as well 
spend more and get a full tablet.  That was quite useful, especially since 
I things changed so I made more use of it at home.  But it was heavy, I'd 
lie in bed reading and wake when the tablet fell.  I can fall asleep with 
the Kobo Mini, and when I wake, I'm still holding it.

But I realized with the Playbook that it would be better to have a 
dedicated ebook reader, especially if ebooks are the future of reading. 
So I got the Mini when it was on sale, but it is a tad too small.

Then I won a Microsoft Surface 2 a year ago, that is a better tablet than 
the Playbook, but it's even heavier.

And the stupid thing is, of all three devices, none of them are apparently 
compatible with Kobo's magazine service.  I can see the Mini being a 
problem, since it's only black and white e-ink, but the other are full 
blown tablets.  But they aren't mainstream enough apparently to bother 
fixing the apps for reading magazines.

   Michael

Thread

Everything is broken RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-04-06 21:18 +0000
  Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-06 18:45 -0400
    Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-07 22:26 +0100
      Re: Everything is broken Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2015-04-09 16:08 +0200
        Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 10:50 -0400
          Re: Everything is broken Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2015-04-09 17:19 +0200
            Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 11:43 -0400
        Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-09 17:16 +0100
          Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 12:25 -0400
            Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-09 21:18 +0100
              Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 16:31 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-09 22:02 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-09 20:56 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-10 10:50 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 09:17 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-10 15:27 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 11:04 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-10 16:35 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 13:01 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-11 21:48 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-11 22:22 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2015-04-12 16:44 +0200
                Re: Everything is broken Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-12 17:04 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-04-10 16:54 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-11 22:24 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 20:11 +0000
                Re: Everything is broken Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 20:17 +0000
                Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 17:02 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-10 22:53 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 17:55 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-04-12 13:52 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-12 19:15 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-04-12 19:23 +0000
                Re: Everything is broken Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-04-12 23:30 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-13 10:34 +0100
                Re: Everything is broken Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-04-13 20:08 +0000
                Re: Everything is broken Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-04-13 21:16 +0000
                Re: Everything is broken Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-04-13 16:27 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-04-10 14:43 +0000
                Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 11:08 -0400
                Re: Everything is broken Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 20:54 +0000
              Re: Everything is broken Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 01:56 +0000
    Re: Everything is broken Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2015-04-07 22:27 +0100
      Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-07 19:16 -0400
  Re: Everything is broken Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-09 19:11 -0700
    Re: Everything is broken Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-10 02:05 -0700
      Re: Everything is broken Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2015-04-10 20:22 +0000
        Re: Everything is broken Kees Nuyt <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> - 2015-04-11 01:49 +0200
    Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 09:10 -0400
      Re: Everything is broken Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-10 13:57 -0700
        Re: Everything is broken Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-04-10 17:14 -0400
          Re: Everything is broken Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-10 18:42 -0700

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