Comment on Kobo's new color E Ink eReaders start at only $150

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• targetx@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Using Calibre you could probably glue that together. I wouldn’t want Android on an ereader personally.

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  • huginn@feddit.it ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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    • hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Kobo? No. They have their own firmware.

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• juliebean@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  some ereaders do use android, my old onyx did, but honestly i much prefer the dedicated solution kobo has. they could use android, but if they’ve got the resources to make their own os targeting their actual use case instead of cramming a mobile phone os in there, why wouldn’t they? even their os has too much cruft for my taste, but it is a lot less than an android ereader.

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• MonkderDritte@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Onyx and Kobo do. But their battery life is way inferior to PocketBook, which uses Linux.

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  • hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m not aware of any Kobo using Android.

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    • IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      All kobos use a custom OS built on Android…8 (lol). Its not recognizable as Android, but it is the base.

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      • hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m dubious Android even serves as a base for Kobo’s OS. I’ve seen no evidence to support that claim.

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    • MonkderDritte@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Since Kobo rebrands as Tolino too and one i had years ago was clearly some sort of Android, i think they are still? Maybe more locked down and under the hood?

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      • hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Tolinos use different processors precisely because they run Android, while Kobos do not.

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