The digital book, the ebook, is one of those phenomena that has always been on the verge of exploding, which has seen major growth periods, but for now perhaps has not yet made the big leap: the pursuit of feeling ‘physical’ paper, the difficulty for a whole slice of the public to pay a price ‘by the book’ for a handful of Kbytes of digital text, the – partial – competition from the tablet solutions are all factors that have limited the spread of the eBook reader. It is a market that in each case continues to attract the attention of many and the solutions on the market multiply. Amazon, with its Kindle, has certainly gained an important position and trailed the market, but there are many competitors overlook.
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Kobo is one of the most recognized: a platform strong enough in vogue for users of tablet, the company has chosen some time to land even in the world of ‘hardware, with a whole series of models ebook reader. The last of the series is the Kobo Aura HD , declined in versions Ivory, Espresso and Onyx. Located on the list price of 169,90 Euro offers 6.8” Pearl E Ink display with a resolution of 1440×1080 pixels at 265dpi. The Freescale i.MX507 1GHZ processor should guarantee a good responsiveness, while the 4GB of onboard memory (expandable with microSD cards up to 32GB) should provide a wealth of good reading.
complete the picture, Wi Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Micro USB connector. Among the other supports Adobe DRM and EPUB formats and is compatible with the ability to borrow books from libraries equipped. The weight of 240 grams makes it compete (Assiene the dimensions of 128.3 mm x 175.7 mm x 11.7 mm) with more pocket-books. Particular should be the experience of using the dark, where the ebook reader suffer from the same defect of paper books (requiring illumination) and tablets in the long tired eyes: thanks to Comfortlight , a front light designed for reading in any lighting condition, the problem should be solved. Comfortlight illuminates the page, instead of emitting light outwards and then to the eyes, thus avoiding fatigue typical backlit displays and books read in ambient light too poor.
The HD 8.9 is similar in all respects to the Kindle Fire HD 7 “on which we put our hands in December. The aesthetic line is identical to that of the connecting smaller, as well as materials, with the cover which ensures a rubberized grip which also stops in this larger cut. only changes the s ize. With positive and negative consequences: the obvious advantage of having lower eye is counterbalanced by the hands to be a product more difficult to handle and transport.