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The Kobo Aura is great, and the price is right, but this is not what might be considered a stock/factory Kobo Aura. It appears to be a retailer branded model. When the device is in sleep or power-off, it displays the logo for bol dotcom which, after some googling, turns out to be a dutch e-book retailer. Unfortunately I cannot display any photos of the screen with the bol dotcom branding, due to ebay rules, but when no book is currently being read, the screen does not say "sleep" or "powered off" like normal kobo auras, but instead says bol dotcom: de winkel van ons allemaal." When there is a book being read, it shows the cover, with "bol dotcom" stamped above it. EDIT: After posting to mobile read forum, I found a solution. If your device has vendor branding that you would like to remove, you may be able to remove it with the method I used. - connect your kobo device to your computer (I used windows) - open affiliate config file in your dotkobo folder with a text editor like notepad++ - change the affiliate value to 'Kobo' (mine originally stated affiliate=bol) - save and close affiliate config file, eject your device your device should no longer have vendor branding. Credit to davidfor on mobile read forumRead full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I didn't realize that it would only be slightly bigger than my cell phone or that I would only be able to use the link services, but even so, it has good battery and a way better screan for reading than my cell phone. I'm overall happy with it, though eventually I will upgrade to something with a bit more flexibility.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Chose this model because: 1. E-Ink readers are fazing out and this model is the last with SD card slots...some newer units of this model already no longer have them.... A sad loss as they were already in production design 2. Fastest cpu while still possessing above feature 3. great for emergencies where power is unavailable and still have access to stored first aid books, etc. 4. it's compact pocket size for carry anywhere 5. and especially it's 2 month battery life Cons: Kobo's OS is lame!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
The main thing I don't like is you can't flip it sideways for reading like I could on my PRS-650. I ordered it from japan and it arrived here in the USA just fine and was able to select english as the default language on startup super simple. The wifi setup was a bit odd as well as getting my kobo account setup correctly... but it did work after I had created an acutal kobo account password (and not just logging in with my facebook account). I haven't tested the water proofness and don't intend to but it's nice to have... I've seen other reviewer test it. Note that if you slap you hand against the kobo it may thing there is water on the screen and display the wipe screen notice. So, yeah it doesn't work underwater dispite being waterproof. The font management is super nice. Much better than amazon devices. I like that most of the kobo books are DRM free! So I don't have to worry about loosing them someday when I switch to a new device.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
This is our first e-reader so we didn't have a chance to compare but it's definitely better than the iPad for reading. One hurdle to jump through is slower responsiveness of the screen which is to be expected and takes a little bit of time to get used to. It's good size. Controls like making text bigger are very easy. Battery life is very long. We bought some books from Kobo and side-loaded others, everything worked as expected. We didn't dare yet to test water-proof features but that day will come :-).
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
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