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Kobos are extremely easy to modify and completely not "protected". I highly recommend them. Many of them have touch screens and wifi too if that's of any benef

Kobos are extremely easy to modify and completely not "protected". I highly recommend them. Many of them have touch screens and wifi too if that's of any benefit to you. There's a pretty decent dev community that has Qt fully working too which could offer you a good starting point. There are already full UI replacements going on in the community, like KoboStartMenu and KoReader.

marcjuul 10y ago
Completely agree that Kobos are better than Kindles for hacking purposes. Generally not as easy to find cheap used though.
- problems 10y ago
  Depends on your country, in Canada at least they're stocked by our largest chain bookstore. They're quite readily available online just about anywhere though.
- lexpar 10y ago
  That's because they fall apart in a few months (at least the two I got did).
ender89 10y ago
I'm pretty sure koReader is available for kindle as well. I have it on my paperwhite
- problems 10y ago
  The catch with the Kindle and why I would suggest the Kobo over it is that Amazon has tried and in the most recent firmwares has succeeded at blocking modifications. The Kobo has no such protections, it's fully your own device and you can mod it as you see fit. Additionally, the whole OS is on an internal SD card and if you fuck everything up you can crack it open and reimage your SD card. Perfect tool for modders.