All New Touch Edition The Best Kobo Ereader To date
Canada fires back! Kobo reviews of the newly released eReader Touch Edition show that the newest Kobo Ereader has closed the gap with Amazon’s front running Kindle 3. The recently launched Kobo Ereader Touch is a serious contender for top spot.
Kobo Ereaders have never been confused about what they want to be. And while other makers are talking about adding animation and colour screens, Kobo Ereader has stuck to its founding concept with the Touch edition.
They have built the smallest, lightest and lowest cost touch screen eReader on the market and made it one of the most comfortable and intuitive ways to read a book or virtually any document.
No, it does not play movies and music but it is great at what it does do — make your reading life a new and exciting experience.
It’s all you need. You just stick it in a pocket or a bag for the beach and you can order up whatever book you want or carry 1,000 of them around with you.
Here is what reviews say users like about the newest Kobo Ereader: the fast responding touch screen, small size and light weight, a place indicator bar that lets you jump around,and 7 bundled type fonts with the option of downloading more yourself.
Not so much: battery life one month tops, screen display can show ghost images, “swipe” page turns require two hands
Best priced Touch screen reader
At US$129 ($139 Canadian), the new Kobo Ereader is the lowest cost touch screen on the market and it is also the lightest at 200 grams (7.05 ounces).
Kobo reviews point out that navigating by touch screen is fast and easy and the unit is comfortable to hold in one hand.
Turning a page is a matter of tapping on the screen or swiping it with a finger. Highlighting text comes from dragging your finger although this does not work with all book formats. Control of PDF documents ranks among the best and includes a double-tap to zoom in or out.
The page refreshes faster than the previous Kobo Wi Fi and with less flicker. The contrast is outstanding from the 6-inch e-Ink Pearl screen.
Choosing an ereader today is not a simple task and you really need to take the time to compare the major features of the leading brands side-by-side. We have done that for you here with a comprehensive side-by-side review of the latest Kobo Ereader and the Kindle Wifi.
Access 2.3 million books
Thanks to the wireless Internet access you can shop for a new book or magazine directly from the ereader wherever you have web access. The Kobo Touch supports a wide range of publishing formats including EPUB, PDF as well as Adobe DRM which allows borrowing from libraries.
The Kobo Touch has only two buttons — a sliding power button on the top edge and a Home key centred below the screen. There is a card slot for adding up to 32GB of storage — the base unit comes with 1GB for book storage, enough for 1,000 books — and a USB port for loading content from your computer. The battery is rated for up to one month depending on usage.
Kobo reviews point out that the ereader scores highly with people with people who read a lot because it follows an open and global product philosophy, catering to many languages. Kobo Books was originally spun out of the Chapters book chain, Canada’s biggest, and now offers 2.3 million ebooks to browse in 200 countries.
Catering to readers can be seen in an upgraded choice of seven type fonts, each in 15 sizes, bundled in the unit. You can also download your own type choices. This is the most of any ereader.
If you want to know more about ebooks in general, you can check out what is an ebook in Wikipedia.
