Kobo Elipsa Pack (eReader, Stylus, and SleepCover)

Very good device for reading and if you want to jot down notes. There is a little lag when writing but overall I am satisfied.

Easy to use. High quality. Great with kobo store, pocket, drop box and overdrive.

Was really good and useful

I watched several Youtube blogs and comparison videos in order to make sure I was ordering the best machine for e-reading and note-taking. I saw that this was at Walmart and didn't have the Kobo 7-10 shipping timeframe and I went for it. Unfortunately for Kobo, I had a Likebook P10 Ereader to compare to it. First off, when I turned on the Elipsa, the screen required a sign in to Google/Kobo/Facebook in order to even get past the start screen. Already an annoyance to have to grant permission to Kobo to view parts of my gmail account. Since it's a bookselling brand, it wasn't too unexpected. Likebook didn't require that. Next, I went to try the internet feature. It was under a large area named "Beta Features", which already made me a bit lacking in confidence. I navigated to a website that I had open on my likebook and couldn't use the search button or click things like I could with the Likebook(which uses android 8), so that was another strike. The last few shortcomings were that the margins and large texts were not built in the ereader- you had to navigate to the beta features section and select large print. The screen was less matte than the Likebook and the power button was surprisingly hard to press, especially one handed. The need to sign in via drop box for book downloads and the constant push to buy books in the kobo store with additional apps to be under beta features Clinched the return for me. I completely expected to be getting the Kobo and returning the likebook, but came to find that the likebook allows more ways to read for free, transfer existing ebooks and navigate websites as well as several types of note templates and annotation abilities on any range of file types without jumping through hoops and at 64gb of memory, it is more bang for the buck as well. *Not a sponsored review for either product.

Two main issues. First, the software cannot underline the actual text in pdfs, which means that the underlines done in pdfs are images, and not useful when exporting annotations (it can't be done) or viewing them on tablet/laptop. Second, the underline function in epubs sometimes just doesn't work. It's extremely frustrating. I've been using an ipad for research and reading since 2009, so was happy to make the switch, and love kobo, but these two issues ruin the experience for me. Would return, but it's past the 30 days.

Almost a year later, this device still feels like it's in beta. It's not a reliable device for anything but reading. The pen is useless. Using PDFs is a headache. The developers have done almost nothing to fix this thing after 10 months. I'll never trust the Kobo brand again.