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Re: My first Kobo Touch reader died

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On 2025-09-01 03:12, Don Y wrote:
> On 8/31/2025 5:54 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>> No, I cut the cables and removed the bulging battery. But I read 
>>>> somewhere it is a temperature sensor.
>>>
>>> Photos look like something more than just temperature.
>>
>> There is a chip with six legs, and another with also 6 legs, different 
>> form factor. The rest, no idea.
> 
> Either one could be an MCU.  Or, some I2C device.
> 
>>>>> [Battery powered devices SUCK!]
>>>>
>>>> For a book reader, it is a must. But I'd prefer standard AAA 
>>>> batteries or rechargeable equivalent.
>>>
>>> I was bedridden from an injury, many years ago.  Closest thing I had 
>>> to a
>>> general purpose *big* eReader was a 12" tabletPC.  As *I* wasn't 
>>> moving, it
>>> was quite acceptable for it to be tethered to the mains.
>>
>> I read in bed, before sleep, and the usb cable on that thing is a 
>> nuisance while charging and reading.
> 
> Ah.  I either read "on the throne" or while waiting for appointments
> (away from home).  SWMBO has permanently "borrowed" one of my Nook HD+'s
> OK, I actually prefer the Nook Color as it more closely resembles the
> "paperback" form factor.

Waiting for appointments I usually take the ieee magazine, in paper :-)


> But, none are acceptable for research papers and things that aren't
> true pdf's.  Hence the need for a 14-15" tablet.  But, at that size,
> it really needs to be lightweight (the 12 tablet PC that I previously
> used was very heavy)

And for reading comics.

The advantage of ebooks, is that the battery lasts weeks, and that you 
can read out in the sun. There is no brilliance from the screen at 
night, important when reading just before sleep.

My current one does colour, but akin to water colours.  A bit faded, not 
solid.

I wouldn't care if it used AAA batteries.

> 
>>>>>> Perhaps I should do something to power up the old reader and do a 
>>>>>> factory reset, or something, in order to remove the DRM thing from 
>>>>>> it (you can only have six on Adobe Digital Editions)
>>>>>
>>>>> *What* will know if you have more?
>>>>
>>>> Stops working. The seventh device is refused.
>>>> These things phone home before they authorize a device to read books.
>>>
>>> Ah.  My devices just read what's in front of them (also Adobe Digital
>>> Editions).  But, I'm not sure how much of my content is protected by 
>>> DRM.
>>> The "powered up" device, above, would then have to work well enough
>>> to unregister itself?
>>
>> Yes.
> 
> So, just impressing a battery voltage on the battery terminals may suffice.

Maybe I'll try that.


> 
>>> On my ToDo list is a large (~14-15")  tablet so I can read letter-sized
>>> documents "full size" as my library is increasingly "stored charge"
>>> instead of "dead trees" (and, anything that I've scanned is, of course,
>>> not DRM protected).
>>>
>>> IMO, the biggest problem with eReaders is library organization.  You
>>> can't practically manage 1000 titles with their existing "book store"
>>> software.  "Tell me which book/technical paper discusses 'foobar'..."
>>
>> Huh.
>>
>> Once I organized my ebooks with tags for theme, and then came an 
>> update and killed all my data. Even what books I had already read. All 
>> appeared as "new, unread".
> 
> It's just hard to browse for titles, group them in meaningful ways, etc.
> These devices seem to be intended for someone who is reading one or
> two books (novels) at a time, not as a "library replacement".

Yes, absolutely.


>> You can search for a word  (or string) on all your books. At least 
>> there is search, while there is nothing on paper books unless you 
>> write it down and organize it yourself, externally. Librarians know 
>> all about that. :-)
> 
> Yes.  But, only applies to documents that are composed of actual text.
> I often receive research papers that have been scanned and faxed.  Even
> if I OCR them, you lose access to annotations on figures, etc.

Yes, epubs are text. I would hate PDFs that don't contain actual text. 
Not searchable. And epub can reflow, adjust to your font choices of kind 
and size.

> The world would be a better place if everything was created and distributed
> as searchable text.

Absolutely.

> [OTOH, I deliberately remove the electronic versions of the data that I
> type into fillable forms to force folks to OCR them *or* manually enter 
> what
> I've TYPED into them!  (Why the need for the electronic form if YOU
> have specified the typeface to be used in your electronic document?!)
> If the electronic encoding and the grapheme forms differ, which does the
> LAW recognize??]
> 

Hum.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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