HTG评论Kobo Aura HD：不是Kindle，那还行

Although the ebook reader market has been dominated by the Kindle (still going strong) and the Nook (losing steam) for years, there’s a contender rising from the ranks: the Kobo Aura HD. Read on as we put it through the paces.

尽管电子书阅读器市场多年来一直由Kindle(仍保持强劲势头)和Nook(失去动力)所主导，但有一个竞争者正在崛起：Kobo Aura HD。 逐步阅读，继续阅读。

什么是Kobo Aura HD？ (What Is The Kobo Aura HD?)

Before we jump into looking at the actual ebook reader, let’s take a quick look at the company behind it. Although many readers, especially American readers, might be unfamiliar with the Kobo brand (it only has around a 3% market saturation in the U.S. market), it’s one of the largest ebook reader companies in the world, accounting for a sizable chunk of the global market (20% of the global market, more than the 16% share split between Sony and Barnes and Noble). In America, for example, you won’t find Kobo ebook readers on the shelves outside of a few large independent bookstores, but in Canada you’ll find them stocked at all sorts of big box stores like Best Buy, Walmart, Staples, etc.

在深入研究实际的电子书阅读器之前，让我们快速看一下它背后的公司。 尽管许多读者(尤其是美国读者)可能不熟悉Kobo品牌(在美国市场上它只有大约3％的市场饱和度)，但它是世界上最大的电子书阅读器公司之一，占到了其中的很大一部分全球市场(占全球市场的20％，超过索尼与巴恩斯和来宝之间16％的份额)。 例如，在美国，在一些大型独立书店外面的书架上找不到Kobo电子书阅读器，但是在加拿大，您会发现他们在百思买，沃尔玛，斯台普斯等各种大型盒子商店中都有库存。 。

Kobo produces ebook readers in a range of sizes from their tiny Kobo Mini (a pocket size reader with a 5″ screen) to their larger flagship ebook reader, and the one we’re interested in, the Kobo Aura HD. Let’s take a look at Aura HD.

Kobo生产各种尺寸的电子书阅读器，从小型的Kobo Mini (具有5英寸屏幕的袖珍阅读器)到更大的旗舰电子书阅读器，以及我们感兴趣的Kobo Aura HD 。 让我们来看看Aura HD。

Note: Our reviews traditionally include a section devoted to new device setup. The Kobo, like the Kindle Paperwhite, has a very straight forward setup. You turn the device on, you connect it to a local Wi-Fi node, and you register the device with Kobo. Given how straight forward the setup is, we’ve opted to skip detailing it screen-by-screen.  If you have any questions about the specifics of setting up the Kobo over Wi-Fi or trouble shooting the initial setup, please refer to Kobo’s Setting Up Your eReader guide here.

注意：传统上，我们的评论包括专门介绍新设备设置的部分。 像Kindle Paperwhite一样，Kobo的设置非常简单。 打开设备，将其连接到本地Wi-Fi节点，然后在Kobo中注册设备。 考虑到设置的直接性，我们选择跳过逐个屏幕详细说明。 如果您对通过Wi-Fi设置Kobo的细节有任何疑问或无法解决初始设置的问题，请参阅Kobo的“设置您的电子书阅读器”指南 。

形式和样式 (Form and Styling)

Viewed head on, the Kobo Aura HD (herein referred to as the Aura HD for brevity) looks like most ebook readers: it’s rectangular with a matte black bezel, it has a recessed matte finish screen, and it’s branded with the company logo at the bottom center of the bezel. Also like nearly every modern ebook reader, there are no external page turn buttons as everything is handled via the touch screen. Where the Aura HD begins to stand out in the form and styling department, is when you view it from the side or flip it over.

正面看，Kobo Aura HD(为简洁起见，简称为Aura HD)看起来像大多数电子书阅读器：它是带有磨砂黑色边框的矩形，具有凹入的磨砂表面屏幕，并且在徽标上带有公司徽标。挡板的底部中心。 就像几乎每个现代的电子书阅读器一样，没有任何外部翻页按钮，因为所有内容都通过触摸屏进行处理。 当您从侧面查看或将其翻转时，Aura HD在表单和样式部门中开始脱颖而出的地方。

The body of the Aura HD has a distinctly angular construction not seen on the bodies of competing ebook readers. While we were at first apprehensive about the design choice, the slight angling of the body does in fact make it more comfortable to hold the device as it provides a slight and natural groove for the fingers to press into. Interestingly enough, we didn’t notice that the angles/grooves are spaced differently until a left-handed friend tested the unit out. The spacing of the finger holds on the back definitely, however minutely, favorites holding the device with you right hand.

Aura HD的主体具有明显的棱角结构，这在竞争的电子书阅读器的主体中是看不到的。 虽然我们一开始对设计选择感到担心，但实际上，机身的轻微倾斜确实使握持设备更加舒适，因为它为手指压入提供了自然而自然的凹槽。 有趣的是，直到一位惯用左手的朋友测试了单元，我们才注意到角度/凹槽的间距是不同的。 手指的间距一定会固定在背面，但是，每分钟都会用您的右手握住该设备。

The top of the Aura HD has three elements: a red slider-style power button (why red? it looks terribly out of place with the rest of the black styling on the unit), a tiny LED activity/charging indicator light, and a black button that toggles the front-lighting on and off. While it’s nice having physical buttons for things, we didn’t care much for the physical front-light button. On the Kindle, for example, you adjust the front-lighting by tapping on the light bulb icon and you immediately see there is a wide gradient of potential brightness settings. The Aura HD, on the other hand, ships with the brightest setting enabled so when you turn on the front-light for the first time it’s easy to think that it’s a binary system: off completely or on and insanely bright. (When the front-light is on, there’s a little icon in the navigation bar you can tap on to adjust the settings).

Aura HD的顶部具有三个元素：一个红色的滑块式电源按钮(为什么是红色？它与设备上的其余黑色样式非常不匹配)，一个很小的LED活动/充电指示灯和一个黑色按钮可切换前灯的开和关。 拥有物理按钮的东西虽然很好，但我们并不关心物理前灯按钮。 例如，在Kindle上，您可以通过点击灯泡图标来调整前照明，然后立即看到可能的亮度设置存在很大的梯度。 另一方面，Aura HD附带启用了最亮的设置，因此，当您第一次打开前灯时，很容易会认为它是一个二进制系统：完全关闭或打开并且疯狂。 (当前灯打开时，导航栏中会出现一个小图标，您可以点击以调整设置)。

On the very bottom of the unit you’ll also find three elements: a micro USB port for charging and syncing the unit, a MicroSD slot for expanding the unit’s storage capacity, and a tiny pin hole reset button which can be triggered with a paperclip. We’re huge fans of both of these features.

在设备的最底部，您还会找到三个元素：用于充电和同步设备的微型USB端口，用于扩展设备存储容量的MicroSD插槽以及可以用回形针触发的小针Kong复位按钮。 我们是这两项功能的忠实拥护者。

While most ebook readers ship with enough internal memory to hold thousands of books (and the Aura HD is no exception) we’ve always like the ability to expand an ebook reader with a microSD card (and were very disappointed when the newest Nook readers dropped this feature). Sure, not everyone feels the need to carry every ebook they’ve ever acquired with them, but for those who do they can use up to a 32GB microSD card in the Aura HD to push their storage potential from a few thousand books to tens of thousands of books. There’s no special formatting or tinkering required to use the microSD either; take any common Fat32 formatted microSD, copy your ebooks over to the root directory, and stick it in the Aura HD. The microSD’s contents will be automatically added to the device’s library.

尽管大多数电子书阅读器都具有足够的内部存储器来容纳数千本书(而且Aura HD也不例外)，但我们始终喜欢用microSD卡扩展电子书阅读器的功能(当最新的Nook阅读器掉落时，他们非常失望这项特征)。 当然，不是每个人都觉得有必要随身携带他们所获得的每本电子书，但是对于那些这样做的人，他们可以使用Aura HD中最多32GB的microSD卡来将其存储潜力从数千本书提高到数十本书。数千本书。 也不需要使用microSD进行特殊的格式化或修改。 取出任何常见的Fat32格式的microSD，将您的电子书复制到根目录，然后将其粘贴到Aura HD中。 microSD的内容将自动添加到设备的库中。

The reset button is also a nice touch. Ebook readers tend to be really stable devices, but during those rare times that they lock up, it can be a huge pain to get them to reboot/reset themselves. A physical reset button is a welcome addition for those rare times you need to reset your device.

重置按钮也很不错。 电子书阅读器往往是真正稳定的设备，但在极少数情况下将其锁定，让他们自己重新启动/重置可能会非常痛苦。 在需要重置设备的极少数情况下，可以使用物理重置按钮。

In terms of overall size, the Aura HD is larger but not necessarily unwieldy. The Aura HD is 6.97 x 5.05 x 0.46 in and weighs 8.5 ounces. The Kindle Paperwhite is 6.7 x 4.6 x 0.36 in and weighs 7.5 ounces. The Aura is bigger both in dimensions and weight, but for those extra fractions of an inch and ounce you end up with a bigger higher resolution screen.

就整体尺寸而言，Aura HD更大，但不一定笨拙。 Aura HD为6.97 x 5.05 x 0.46英寸，重8.5盎司。 Kindle Paperwhite的尺寸为6.7 x 4.6 x 0.36英寸，重7.5盎司。 光环在尺寸和重量上都更大，但是对于那些英寸和盎司的多余部分，您最终会得到更大的高分辨率屏幕。

Here’s a comparison photo showing the physical footprint of the Kindle Paperwhite beside the Aura HD:

这是一张对比照片，显示了Aura HD旁边的Kindle Paperwhite的实际占地面积：

The Aura HD is bigger in length and width, but only marginally so; if not for its wide bottom bezel it would be hard to even notice. Where the difference is more apparent, however, is when you look at the depth:

Aura HD的长度和宽度较大，但只有一点点。 如果不是因为它的宽底边框，就很难注意到。 但是，当您查看深度时，差异会更加明显：

The Aura HD is significantly chunkier, in this regard, than the Kindle. Some people like gadgets that are as slim and light as possible, other people want something that’s easier to hold. By that measure, the Aura HD does have a significantly beefier shell with the raised finger holds.

在这方面，Aura HD比Kindle显着更大。 有些人喜欢尽可能轻巧的小工具，而另一些人则希望更容易握持。 通过这种方法，Aura HD确实具有明显更坚固的外壳，并带有凸起的手指托。

屏幕 (The Screen)

Given that you’ll spend more time staring at the screen of your ebook reader than you’ll spend doing anything else with it, the screen is the most critical component. In that arena, the Aura HD’s screen is both objectively and subjectively the most beautiful screen on in the ereader market right now. If you read our review of the Kindle Paperwhite, you’ll recall how much we liked the crisp screen. The Kindle Paperwhite sports a nearly-XGA resolution screen (6″, 758×1024 pixel, 212 ppi) where as the Aura HD sports a bigger and better WXGA+ resolution screen (6.8″, 1440×1080, 256 ppi).

鉴于您花在盯着电子书阅读器屏幕上的时间要比用其他任何方法花费的时间多，因此屏幕是最关键的组成部分。 在那个舞台上，Aura HD的屏幕在客观上和主观上都是目前电子书阅读器市场上最漂亮的屏幕。 如果您阅读了我们对Kindle Paperwhite的评论 ，您会记得我们非常喜欢清晰的屏幕。 Kindle Paperwhite具有近XGA分辨率的屏幕(6英寸，758×1024像素，212 ppi)，而Aura HD具有更大更好的WXGA +分辨率的屏幕(6.8”，1440×1080，256 ppi)。

Do those extra pixels and ppi make a difference? Absolutely. While there’s nothing wrong with the lower-resolution Kindle Paperwhite screen (and it’s certainly better than just about any other ebook reader screen out there), the Aura HD’s screen is beautiful. It’s the first ebook reader we’ve ever used where we’ve completely forgotten we’re looking at a digital screen. Regardless of any complaint we might have about any other element of the Aura HD design, interface, or user experience, the screen is undeniably the best around and the sharpest one we’ve had the pleasure of reading on.

这些多余的像素和ppi会有所不同吗？ 绝对。 虽然分辨率较低的Kindle Paperwhite屏幕没有任何问题(而且肯定比其他任何电子书阅读器屏幕都要好)，但Aura HD的屏幕却很漂亮 。 这是我们有史以来使用的第一个电子书阅读器，我们完全忘记了看数字屏幕。 不管我们对Aura HD设计，界面或用户体验的任何其他元素有什么抱怨，无可否认，屏幕是我们有幸阅读的最好的屏幕，也是最清晰的屏幕。

The front lighting, once you figure out that there’s a button to turn it on and off as well as an on-screen adjustment to make, is quite nice. We were braced for poor front lighting, as this is typically something manufacturers have struggled with (and fumbled through). The first generation Kindle Paperwhite, for instance, had this terrible uneveness in light distribution that wasn’t fully remedied until the release of the second generation Paperwhite.

一旦弄清楚了有一个按钮可以打开和关闭它以及进行屏幕上的调整，前灯就非常不错了。 我们为差的前灯做好了准备，因为通常这是制造商一直在努力(摸索)的事情。 例如，第一代Kindle Paperwhite在光分布上有这种可怕的不均匀性，直到第二代Paperwhite发行时才得到完全补救。

With that in mind, we were pleasantly surprised to find that the back lighting on the Aura HD is great. The light is even, there are no splotches, and unless you turn the unit upside down and look towards the base of the screen at a very severe angle, you can’t even see the light source. Only at that upside and severe angle do you see the hint of the LEDs that light the screen. Given how much the poor light distribution on our first generation Kindle Paperwhite bugged us, we were primed to pounce on any defect we found in the Aura HD’s lighting, but we found nothing to complain about.

考虑到这一点，我们惊喜地发现Aura HD的背光很好。 光线均匀，没有斑点，除非您将设备上下颠倒并以非常严格的角度朝屏幕底部看，否则您甚至看不到光源。 仅在向上和严重的角度，您才能看到点亮屏幕的LED的提示。 鉴于我们第一代Kindle Paperwhite的光线分布不佳给我们造成了多少困扰，我们准备突击检查Aura HD照明中发现的任何缺陷，但我们没有什么可抱怨的。

幕后花絮和用户体验 (Under the Hood and the User Experience)

Under the hood, the Aura HD sports the snappiest ebook reader chipset on the market with a speedy 1GHz processor. While this puts the Aura HD a full 20% faster than any other ebook reader, it’s honestly a negligible benefit in most cases. In day to day use, a slightly faster chip doesn’t translate into radically faster rendering and page turns. Where we did find that the faster processor helped is when adding lots of books to the device; the Aura HD added and indexed books significantly faster than the Kindle Paperwhite. We side load a lot of content onto all our ebook readers, and what the Kindle would choke on (and then spend several minutes indexing and grinding through), the Aura HD would index in around 15-20 seconds.

在引擎盖下，Aura HD配备了速度最快的1GHz处理器，可提供市场上最灵巧的电子书阅读器芯片组。 尽管这使Aura HD的速度比其他任何电子书阅读器都快20％，但老实说，在大多数情况下，这是微不足道的好处。 在日常使用中，稍快一点的芯片并不能完全转化为更快的渲染和翻页。 我们确实发现更快的处理器可以帮助您在设备上添加大量书籍。 Aura HD添加和索引书籍的速度比Kindle Paperwhite快得多。 我们会在所有电子书阅读器上加载大量内容，以及Kindle会cho塞的内容(然后花费数分钟进行索引和整理)，Aura HD会在15到20秒左右的时间内完成索引。

The Aura HD sports 4GB onboard storage, expandable via microSD card to 38GB (4 internal + 32 via card). By comparison, the Paperwhite sports 2GB. As we mentioned earlier in the review, if you’re looking to carry your whole library with you, the Aura HD has the clear edge. Battery life is typical for an ebook reader: like the Paperwhite, you can expect up to 8 weeks of casual daily use.

Aura HD运动型4GB板载存储，可通过microSD卡扩展到38GB(4个内部+ 32个通过卡)。 相比之下，Paperwhite的运动容量为2GB。 正如我们在评论中前面提到的，如果您希望随身携带整个磁带库，则Aura HD具有明显的优势。 电池续航时间对于电子书阅读器来说是很典型的：像Paperwhite一样，您每天最多可以随意闲逛8周。

When it comes to the actual GUI and interacting with the device, we found the experience to be quite a mixed bag of things we absolutely loved and things that frustrated us. First, let’s look at the source of Kobo’s marketing claim that Kobo ebook readers, especially their flagship Aura HD, are designed for serious readers. We’ve already checked “crystal clear” screen off the list of demands that serious readers make of their ebook readers. The other elements that ebook reader power users lust after are smooth page turns (not a problem with the speedy 1 GHz processor), excellent font/page customization, and easy interaction between the user and the device.

当涉及到实际的GUI并与设备进行交互时，我们发现体验是我们绝对喜欢的事物和使我们感到沮丧的事物的混合体。 首先，让我们看一下Kobo的营销主张的来历，即Kobo电子书阅读器，尤其是其旗舰产品Aura HD，是为认真的读者设计的。 我们已经从严肃的读者对其电子书阅读器提出的要求列表中取消了“水晶般清晰”的屏幕。 电子书阅读器吸引用户的其他要素是平滑的翻页(快速的1 GHz处理器不存在此问题)，出色的字体/页面自定义以及用户与设备之间的轻松交互。

In the customization category, Kobo really nailed it. The Aura HD has so many ways to tweak how the page looks. There are over 12 fonts to choose from, including Dyslexie and OpenDyslexic, two font systems designed specifically to help readers with dyslexia. You can adjust the font size, the line spacing, and the margin size, and you can do so not just in a this-or-that or 1-2-or-3 selection process, but by incrementally adjusting them with sliders. You can also toggle text justification and adjust it. If that’s not enough adjusting for you, you can even jump into the Advanced font menu and adjust the weight and sharpness of the font with a really handy before/after preview side-by-side preview pane:

在定制类别中，Kobo确实做到了。 Aura HD有很多方法可以调整页面外观。 有超过12种字体可供选择，包括Dyslexie和OpenDyslexic，这两种字体系统专门设计用于帮助患有阅读障碍的读者。 您可以调整字体大小，行距和页边距大小，不仅可以在“那个或那个”或“ 1-2个或3个”选择过程中进行调整，还可以使用滑块逐步调整它们。 您也可以切换文本对齐方式并进行调整。 如果这还不足以满足您的需要，您甚至可以跳至“高级字体”菜单，并使用一个非常方便的预览前后并排预览窗格来调整字体的粗细和清晰度：

The Aura HD has, hands down, the most advanced font tweaking and adjustment system around. If you’re very particular about how your text looks, the combination of ultra-sharp screen and incredibly granular controls really helps the Aura HD stand out from the pack.

Aura HD拥有最先进的字体调整和调整系统。 如果您对文字的外观非常挑剔，那么超清晰的屏幕和令人难以置信的精细控件的组合确实可以帮助Aura HD脱颖而出。

In addition to customizing the fonts, you can even (and we were delighted to find this setting) customize the way you tap and turn the pages:

除了自定义字体，您甚至可以(我们很高兴找到此设置)自定义点击和翻页的方式：

This is the first time we’ve come across a device that allows you to customize not just how the screen looks but where you tap/swipe the screen to perform certain actions. So while we noted the angularity of the case favored right-handers (by a tiny amount) the designers clearly want the device to be useful to both right and left handed people based on how you can adjust the interface.

这是我们第一次遇到一种设备，它不仅可以让您自定义屏幕的外观，还可以自定义您点击/滑动屏幕的位置以执行某些操作。 因此，尽管我们注意到了偏爱右撇子的情况(很少)，但设计师显然希望该设备基于您如何调整界面而对左撇子和右撇子都有用。

While we loved the actual reading experience and were delighted with the customization options, one element of the experience we didn’t care for is the main home screen. Specifically, we hated that the tiled interface is constantly moving on you.

尽管我们喜欢实际的阅读体验，并且对自定义选项感到满意，但我们并不在意的是其中的一项内容是主屏幕。 具体来说，我们讨厌平铺的界面不断在您身上移动。

We didn’t dislike the individual elements (such as displaying the last book read, recently finished, suggested books, etc.) we disliked that based on what you’d recently opened (or what the device had recently updated), the tiles moved around the screen. One minute the library tile might be at the top corner, the next it was in the middle, then at the bottom. It was disorienting and it prevents you from navigating your device on auto pilot. You never get used to the feeling that tapping in the upper corner will open the library or tapping in the lower corner will open up your reading stats page.

我们不喜欢单个元素(例如显示最近读过的书，最近读过的书，建议的书等)，我们不喜欢根据您最近打开的内容(或设备最近更新的内容)来移动图块在屏幕周围。 一分钟，图书馆图块可能在顶部角落，下一分钟在中间，然后在底部。 它使人迷失了方向，并阻止了您在自动驾驶仪上导航设备。 您永远不会习惯于在上角点击会打开库，或者在下角点击会打开阅读统计页面的感觉。

We understand the idea they were going for here, that the most used tiles “float” to the top, but it’s extremely annoying in practice. Imagine, if you will, that your desktop icons moved around based on how much you clicked on them (or when you last clicked on them). What’s further infuriating about this setup is that you can customize just about anything on the Aura HD (everything from screen time outs to screen savers and everything in between), but you can’t stop the tiles from updating and sliding around.

我们了解他们在这里追求的想法，即最常用的瓷砖“漂浮”在顶部，但在实践中却非常烦人。 想象一下，如果愿意的话，您的桌面图标会根据您单击的次数(或您最后一次单击它们的时间)移动。 此设置更令人生气的是，您可以自定义Aura HD上的几乎所有内容(从屏幕超时到屏幕保护程序以及介于两者之间的所有内容)，但是您不能阻止磁贴更新和滑动。

Let’s not leave discussing the GUI and user experience on a sour note though, as there were a bunch of extra (and some might argue frivolous) things that we thought were pretty neat. For example, the Aura HD can track your reading style (if you’re not interested in this, you can turn it off in the settings menu) and perform a variety of tricks based on the information it tracks. You’ll get a running tally of how many books you’ve finished, how many hours you’ve read, and a host of fun little game-style achievements. Here’s what the reading stats page for the current book looks like:

不过，让我们别无所求地讨论GUI和用户体验，因为还有很多我们认为很整洁的额外(有些人可能会轻描淡写)。 例如，Aura HD可以跟踪您的阅读风格(如果您对此不感兴趣，可以在设置菜单中将其关闭)，并根据其跟踪的信息执行各种技巧。 您将获得一本连续的统计信息，其中包括您已完成多少本书，已经阅读了多少小时以及一系列有趣的小游戏风格成就。 这是当前书籍的阅读统计信息页面的外观：

In addition to the concrete feedback provided by the Reading Stats page, there’s also an awards page that lists a variety of fun and quirky little awards you can win by interacting with your reader and library:

除了“阅读统计数据”页面提供的具体反馈之外，还有一个“奖励”页面，其中列出了各种有趣而古怪的小奖项，您可以通过与读者和图书馆互动来赢得这些奖项：

While some readers might think the whole game-badges and social media sharing element of the ebook reader experience are silly, there’s a lot to be said for the gamification of society and how making experiences game-like and social increases participation. If you hate the idea of tracking, badges, and sharing on social media, you can turn it off. We think it’s pretty neat though, and would like to see similar features come to other devices.

虽然有些读者可能认为电子书阅读器体验中的整个游戏徽章和社交媒体共享元素很愚蠢，但对于社会游戏化以及如何使游戏般的体验和社交体验增加参与度，还有很多话要说。 如果您不喜欢在社交媒体上进行跟踪，标记和共享，则可以将其关闭。 我们认为它非常整洁，并且希望看到其他设备具有类似的功能。

工房生态系统 (The Kobo Ecosystem)

The screen is sharp and the GUI is clearly very reader-oriented (albeit with an annoying home screen), so that leaves us with one serious subject to dig into: the Kobo ecosystem. Ecosystems are the life support system for ebook readers: a lack luster ebook reader backed by the worlds biggest product ecosystem will thrive, while the word’s finest ebook reader with a mediocre ecosystem will sit rotting in warehouses.

屏幕清晰，GUI显然是非常面向读者的(尽管有一个令人讨厌的主屏幕)，所以这使我们有一个需要深入研究的重要主题：Kobo生态系统。 生态系统是电子书阅读器的生命支持系统：在全球最大的产品生态系统的支持下，缺乏光泽的电子书阅读器将蓬勃发展，而生态系统中等的世界上最好的电子书阅读器将在仓库中腐烂。

Like our experience with the GUI of the Aura HD, the underlying Kobo store ecosystem was, to repeat ourselves, a mixed bag. To be clear, you won’t have much trouble finding stuff to purchase. We searched for dozens of best selling books in both the Amazon and the Kobo stores and never came up empty handed. In fact, outside of a few Amazon-store exclusives like novellas or short stories from well known authors, we couldn’t really find anything on Amazon that wasn’t on Kobo. Even the prices, with a few outliers, were reasonable. Here’s the top five fiction and non-fiction books from the January 13th, 2014 New York Time’s Best Seller Lists:

就像我们在Aura HD的GUI方面的经验一样，潜在的Kobo商店生态系统是一个混血儿。 需要明确的是，您不会轻易找到要购买的东西。 我们在亚马逊和Kobo商店中搜索了数十本最畅销的图书，但从未空手而归。 实际上，除了一些中篇小说或知名作家的短篇小说之类的亚马逊专卖店外，我们在亚马逊上找不到真的没有Kobo上的任何东西。 即使是价格，也有一些异常值，这是合理的。 以下是2014年1月13日《纽约时报》的畅销书排行榜前五名的小说和非小说类书籍：

While the total difference between our ten book purchases was around $20, realistically most people aren’t bulk purchasing the Time’s best sellers at once, and a few bucks here or there isn’t as big a deal (and there are certainly deals and discounts to be had in the Kobo store like any other store).

虽然我们购买的10本书之间的总差额约为20美元，但实际上大多数人不是一次大量购买《时代》最畅销书，这里的几美元或没有什么大不了的(而且肯定有优惠和折扣)像其他商店一样在Kobo商店有售)。

Where the Kobo store suffers in comparison to the Amazon store is that the Kobo store comes off as almost completely sterile. Amazon has built itself a thriving community with tens of millions of book reviews and ratings, a healthy suggestion engine, and a sense that the place is bustling with activity and readers. By comparison the Kobo store, despite being stocked with the same books, feels empty.

与亚马逊商店相比，Kobo商店遭受的损失是，Kobo商店几乎完全无菌。 亚马逊建立了一个繁荣的社区，拥有数以千万计的书评和评分，健康的建议引擎，以及该地点充满活动和读者的感觉。 相比之下，Kobo商店尽管存有相同的书籍，却感觉空虚。

Let’s look at one of the books from the above list, as an example: David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell. In the Amazon store, as of the time of this article, the book has 946 reviews (not bad for a book that came out only a few months ago). It also has suggestions based on what other customers purchased along with it, editorial reviews, an author biography, and auxiliary functions that many overlook (like discussion forums) but are still there as part of the community.

让我们看一下上面列表中的一本书，作为示例：Malcolm Gladwell的David和Goliath 。 截至本文发稿时，在亚马逊商店中，该书已有946条评论(对于仅几个月前才出版的书来说还不错)。 它还根据其他客户购买的东西，编辑评论，作者传记以及许多人忽视的辅助功能(例如讨论论坛)提供建议，但这些功能仍是社区的一部分。

By contrast, the listing for David and Goliath in the Kobo store is nearly empty. You get a brief synopsis, you get some related titles, and, glaringly missing from the experience, you get no customer feedback or reviews. You don’t even get any sort of editorial review or criticism.

相比之下，David和Goliath在Kobo商店中的房源几乎是空的。 您会得到一个简短的提要，您会得到一些相关的标题，并且，从经验中明显缺失，您不会得到客户的反馈或评论。 您甚至没有得到任何编辑评论或批评。

The Kobo store used to have reviews; it out-sourced them via the thriving reader community Goodreads. In the spring of 2013, however, Amazon bought Goodreads and Kobo dropped the Goodreads reviews from their store. Strangely, though, they appear to have made no move to replace them. Maybe they crunched the numbers and did the analysis only to realize that the reviews didn’t matter and their customers didn’t care; we, however, were unable to shake the feeling, despite finding all the books we wanted, that the Kobo store seemed impersonal and unvetted without them. You won’t have trouble finding the book you’re looking for, you’ll just feel like you’re shopping in a deserted store while you’re doing it.

Kobo商店曾经有评论； 它通过蓬勃发展的阅读器社区Goodreads将其外包。 但是，在2013年Spring，亚马逊购买了Goodreads，而Kobo从他们的商店中删除了Goodreads评论。 不过，奇怪的是，它们似乎没有采取任何行动来取代它们。 也许他们整理了数字并进行了分析，只是为了意识到评论无关紧要，而顾客也不在乎。 然而，尽管找到了我们想要的所有书籍，但我们还是无法动摇这种感觉，即Kobo商店似乎没有个性，并且未经审查。 您可以轻松地找到想要的书，就像在做书一样在荒凉的商店购物。

好的，坏的和判决 (The Good, The Bad, and the Verdict)

We’ve played with the device for the better part of a month now, read on it, poked around in menus, bought books for it, and we’ve given you a look at the device and the ecosystem in which it lives. After all that, we’re ready to report on the good, the bad, and whether or not the Aura HD is for you.

现在，我们已经使用该设备玩了一个月的大部分时间，对其进行阅读，在菜单中闲逛，为它购买书籍，我们还向您介绍了该设备及其所处的生态系统。 毕竟，我们已经准备好就Aura HD的优缺点进行报告。

The Good

善良

• The screen is beautiful. Not just good looking but hands-down-the-best-on-the-market beautiful. Photos can’t do it justice.
  屏幕很漂亮。 不仅好看，而且还放下了市场上最好的美女。 照片不能做到公正。
• If you’re picky about fonts, spacing, justification, even tiny details like degree of font-sharpening, you’re not going to find an ebook reader that can hold a candle to the degree of tweaking and customizing you can pull off in the Aura HD. You can even adjust things like screen time outs and how frequently the device refreshes to cut down on ghosting.
  如果您对字体，间距，对齐方式甚至字体细化程度之类的微小细节不屑一顾，那么您将找不到适合调整和自定义程度的蜡烛电子书阅读器，可以在光环高清。 您甚至可以调整屏幕超时以及设备刷新频率以减少重影的次数。
• The front lighting is even and works well.
  前置照明均匀且工作良好。
• Page turns and refreshes are snappy; the general in-book navigation, searching, and book marking is all pretty standard stuff that’s neither significantly better or worse than what you would find on a competitor like the Kindle.
  翻页和刷新都很生动； 常规的书内导航，搜索和书签功能都是非常标准的东西，并不比在Kindle等竞争对手上发现的好或坏。
• The microSD port ensures you’re not hampered by the 4GB of onboard storage (which is already twice as much as the Kindle Paperwhite offers).
  microSD端口可确保您不受4GB板载存储空间的阻碍(该容量已经是Kindle Paperwhite提供的两倍)。
• It supports a ton of formats including ePub, PDF, MOBI, TXT, HTML, CBZ, CBR, and various image formats like JPEG and PNG. PDF handling is definitely best in class and runs circles around the Kindle.
  它支持多种格式，包括ePub，PDF，MOBI，TXT，HTML，CBZ，CBR，以及各种图像格式，如JPEG和PNG。 PDF处理绝对是同类中最好的，并且绕着Kindle运行。
• The reading tracking/rewards features are fun.
  阅读跟踪/奖励功能很有趣。

The Bad

坏人

• While the angular finger grips on the back of the case look pretty cool, we’re not entirely sure they actually add anything to the experience, and they make the device feel really thick compared to other more slender devices (if you hate skinny ebook readers, however, this is a feature not a bug). We’d have preferred a more textured back in place of the angles.
  尽管盒背上的角状手指握柄看起来很酷，但我们不能完全确定它们是否确实增加了使用体验，并且与其他更细长的设备相比，它们使该设备感觉真的很厚(如果您讨厌瘦的电子书阅读器， ，但这是一个功能而不是错误)。 我们宁愿使用更纹理的背面代替角度。
• The home screen GUI lacks the sophistication and polish that is present in so many other elements of the GUI experience (like adjusting the fonts). The moving-tiles issue is extremely annoying.
  主屏幕GUI缺乏GUI体验的许多其他元素(例如调整字体)中所具有的复杂性和修饰性。 流动瓷砖问题非常令人讨厌。
• Despite being populated with millions of books and magazines, the Kobo store feels sterile and kludgy; we’d like to think that a company as big as the one producing the Aura HD (and with as big of a market share around the world) could produce something nicer.
  尽管Kobo商店里藏有数百万本书籍和杂志，但仍然让人感到生硬而笨拙。 我们想认为，一家与生产Aura HD的公司一样大的公司(在全球范围内拥有很大的市场份额)可以带来更好的收益。
• At $179, it’s the most expensive ebook reader on the market right now.
  它的售价为179美元，是目前市场上最昂贵的电子书阅读器。

The Verdict: Right now, the Kobo Aura HD is in no position to knock the Kindle off its throne, but that doesn’t mean you should turn your nose up at it. While we wouldn’t buy the Aura HD for a non-techie friend (because it simply lacks the dead simple ease of use and massive ecosystem the Kindle boasts), we would buy it for a someone with a huge ebook library who loves top-tier gear. That’s the market the Aura HD is resting in right now; it’s not an ebook reader for the Average Joe, it’s an ebook reader for the ebook enthusiast who wants the sharpest screen, the fastest processor, and doesn’t have a problem managing their own ebook library collection, tinkering, and tweaking. If that sounds like you or the person you’re shopping for, the Aura HD the crystal clear but quirky ebook reader you’ve been looking for.

结论：现在，Kobo Aura HD不能将Kindle从其宝座上拿下来，但这并不意味着您应该大开眼界。 虽然我们不会为非技术人员朋友购买Aura HD(因为它根本缺乏Kindle拥有的简单易用的死法和庞大的生态系统)，但我们会为拥有巨大电子书库并且热爱顶级软件的人购买它齿轮。 那就是Aura HD目前所处的市场； 它不是普通乔的电子书阅读器，它是电子书爱好者的电子书阅读器，他们想要最清晰的屏幕，最快的处理器，并且在管理自己的电子书库，进行修补和调整方面没有问题。 如果听起来像您或您想要购买的人，Aura HD就是您一直在寻找的清晰，古怪的电子书阅读器。

翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/179959/htg-reviews-the-kobo-aura-hd-its-not-a-kindle-and-thats-ok/