![]() ![]() This is short of like your PC if you have a poor video card, or none at all. The battery icon, settings menu and so on are much more pronounced. I noticed right away that with the diminished resolution that all of the UI elements are much larger than the Kobo Glo HD or the Kobo Aura H2O. This provides shortcuts to books you are currently reading or tasks you regularly access, which saves time on jumping through a few sub-menus. ![]() The thing I really like about the home screen is that it dynamically changes based on the books you buy or functions you access such as the web-browser. The Kobo Touch 2.0 features the same operating system that has been a mainstay of the companies hardware portfolio from the past few years. The big question with the hardware, is how does the resolution come into play when you are reading e-books, manga and PDF files? You have to admit that on paper, the specs are poor. I like this design a bit better, because it tends not to get food particles and is somewhat resistant to the oil from your hands. The only difference is that the GLo has a perforated back panel, while this model has a smooth surface, with two angles on either side. The Touch 2.0 uses the same shell housing as the Kobo Glo HD, which was released earlier in the year. You can swap this out to increase the memory further, but you need to have somewhat advanced knowledge of how to use cloning software. You can remove the angular back plate to reveal a hidden SD card that has the operating system and critical software features. Underneath the hood is an 1 GHz Freescale i.MX6 Solo Lite Processor and 4 GB of internal memory. The last Kobo model not have a front-lit display was the Kobo Mini, which was released in 2012. In order to make this device has cheap as possible Kobo decided to forgo an illuminated screen, which has been a mainstay of almost every single e-reader for the last four years. It works well the screen was generally responsive to my commands. It uses the same IR-based touch technology that’s found in the Nook Simple Touch and many other e-readers in the Kobo portfolio. The Kobo Touch 2.0 features an e-Ink Pearl display with a resolution of 800×600 and 167 PPI. Today, we would like to give you our comprehensive hands on review of the Kobo Touch 2.0. This device was designed to battle the Kindle Basic Touch, and does a fairly adequate job. It is retailing for $89 Canadian or $61 US, which will be quite appealing to people on a budget. In fact it’s hard to see that 6in eReaders will ever need sharper screens than this.The Kobo Touch 2.0 is an entry level e-reader that has just been released in Canada and should hit international markets shortly. Text is incredibly sharp, right down to a size we’re not comfortable reading. It's very bright at the maximum setting and essentially off at the bottom, there's plenty of find play in between, as with the Paperwhite, so you should be able to set it just right for you. The backlight provides a very even, clear light, that tends that's a little cooler-looking than the Paperwhite's, which I rather liked. The lack of a light sensor aside, the display on the Kobo Glo HD is excellent. But best of all the Voyage has an ambient light sensor, so it adjusts its backlight to the conditions - amazingly a first for eReaders. Its rear panel has a stylish angular design too. As well as the power button there are pressure sensitive page-turn buttons on either side of the screen. The Voyage meanwhile has a bezel-free front panel, more like a tablet than an eReader, making it easy to swipe across the screen. ^ The rubbery pack does pick up fingerprints, but it's easy to grip The rear panel has a stippled, rubbery finish that makes it easy to keep a hold of, but I also found it picked up bits of detritus too. The Kobo has a pretty traditional design, with a raised screen bezel around the touchscreen display and a single button to turn the device on-and-off. Technically that puts it closer to Amazon's top end Voyage eReader, which costs £60 more, but the Glo HD’s not quite in that class design-wise. The screen is the big deal here, with 300 pixels-per-inch it's as sharp as Amazon's finest at a far lower price No, Kobo supports the ePub standard for eBooks, which is used by practically every book store except Amazon ![]() ![]() Kobo's latest eBook reader with a super-detailed display On paper (or rather on E Ink) it’s simply better. It has double the storage at 4GB (around 3,000 eBooks) and far more font options too. It’s lighter than the paperwhite by over 10% smaller too at 157x115x9.2mm, notably shaving 12mm off the height of the Paperwhite. Its E Ink screen has almost double the resolution, with 1,448x1,072 pixels for 300 pixels-per-inch. ^ The Kobo Glo HD is smaller than Amazon's ageing Paperwhite, so it'll fit more pockets ![]()
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