The second issue is that despite this being a new model running the latest software, it’s still nowhere near as fast, smooth and fluid as my Kindle. The lighting also was not evenly distributed on both models and while using night mode, I saw that the higher you turn up night color lever, you start getting different color hues on the bottom (try it) which was a disaster to say the least. The text was washed, not bold enough and didn’t pop out as it does with My Voyage. My main gripe is with the screen quality and after going through 2 different Aura ONE models and extensively using both, I realized the screen was nowhere near on par with my Kindle Voyage. I personally prefer reading on a Kobo as opposed to Kindle. I also agree that indexing is better on a Kobo. I agree, the Aura One is a much better overall deal consider the features, size, customization and price. (You have to delete the index folder and replace it with an empty file of the same name).Īs someone who has used multiple Kobo and multiple Kindle e-ink devices, Kobo is a better choice, both for hardware and software. Personally, I turn off indexing on my Kindles because of this problem but Amazon does not make this easy. Amazon knows they have a problem (look at the google results) and they’ve done nothing to fix it. IMHO, what’s worse is that this is a problem that has existed since the Kindle’s birth.
It simply is not a problem with Kobo software. In my experience, adding a thousand sideloaded books takes about 5 – 10 minutes to index on either the H2O or the Aura One. Now google Kobo indexing problem and you’ll find few issues. Even if the index doesn’t fail, it can take hours to index large numbers of sideloaded books. Kindle doesn’t *tell* you that the index has failed, the device just slows down and eats battery life. You’ll see that “stuck books” (where indexing fails) is a problem, especially when sideloading lots of books. If you’re unfamiliar with Kindle’s indexing issues, you can see the problem for yourself by simply Googling Kindle indexing problem.
There’s also one other factor that doesn’t get discussed much in the Kobo vs Kindle debate and that’s indexing. FWIW, the screen quality of *my* Aura One is every bit as good as my Kindle Voyage and the larger size makes the KA1 screen (much) much better.Īdd in the far better typography controls, double the storage AND the cheaper price (when converted to US dollars) and I’d choose the Kobo Aura One over the Kindle Voyage, any day.
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