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Discounted from 169.99, this is supposed to be comparable to the kindle oasis but is not locked into amazon. It also uses overdrive so you can borrow epub books from your local library for free. White is available too
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Kobo-L.../762957906
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- Slower processor
- Worse Contrast
- Much more uneven lighting (including a weird light bar on one side)
- Recessed infrared touchscreen
- Very plasticy build
This worse hardware also is true for the Forma, which has all of these same faults except for the touchscreen which is a normal capacitive. The Forma does have one possible advantage which is a bigger screen.
But the Kobo devices run much better software than the Oasis. The reader allows for much more fine grained adjustment of fonts and page layout. It has Pocket support. You can also hack them to get additional features and other reader software like KOReader.
So it really depends on what you care more about: better software or better hardware.
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Just load your books into Caliber. Converts to your specific kindle format. Can email books or load via USB
Caliber rocks. It has a ton of features, but worth having even if you only use it for format conversions.
https://calibre-ebook.com/
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Haha, auto-correct strikes again. Thanks for catching that.
I believe you can use Dropbox with this. And if you're using the Kobo app it syncs across devices