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Once you download an ebook, it becomes apart of your Kobo library so that you can download it to other Kobo-supported devices and Kobo applications and sync the ebooks across platforms. There's even a section of free ebooks-and the device comes with 100 free classics pre-installed. The ebook store has a nice clean layout with lots of categories and searching options. Periodicals will download automatically on dates they are delivered with auto-delivery enabled.īrowsing the Kobo ebook store is easy and relatively fast loading. The Kobo can connect to the Kobo ebook store for downloading ebooks and periodicals via WiFi, but not to any other sources. There also seems to be some kind of optical illusion that makes the text appear darker when the Reader is black. The Pearl screens are nice but they are slightly overrated. Despite the fact that it doesn't have the new higher-contrast Pearl display like the Kindles and Sony Readers, the contrast and darkness of the text on the Vizplex screen is still worthy of respect (here's a close-up picture). Overall, the reading experience on the Kobo WiFi is its best quality. You can jump between letters or pages and view the ebooks as a list, by covers, or by both. Those sections are further broken down alphabetically by title, author, and last read. For now it remembers the last page read.įor organization, the Kobo WiFi has different sections for books, newspapers and magazines, and documents. It doesn't have bookmarks, but that's something expected to be coming via firmware update sometime soon. Also, side-loaded EPUB ebooks show page numbers in the margin where Kobo ebooks do not.Īside from that, there aren't any advanced features like adding notes or highlights, no search, no jump to page, and no margin or spacing adjustments. Two, there's an option to force justification left. From the menu you can jump to the next and previous chapters and move between chapters using the table of contents.įor ebooks downloaded from the Kobo ebook store there are a couple of added features that aren't available for side-loaded ebooks. The Kobo Wireless has 5 different text sizes when reading EPUB ebooks and two font types, serif and sans-serif. While reading you can press the center of the navigation button to bring up the Menu, and press the up and down buttons on the nav controller to change font size. There are four buttons that run along the left edge for Home, Menu, Shop, and Back. I do wish it had some page turn buttons on the right side of the screen though, to make it easier to hold one-handed. The back panel and navigation wheel have a nice textured, rubbery feel to them. You can download all your books from the Kobo book store with it, including free ebooks, or add your own ebooks via computer.Įrgonomically, it has good balance and is comfortable to hold. The WiFi connection gives it the ability to be completely independent. Much like the Kindle, it is designed to be an ereader that anyone can easily learn to use, even without needing to use a computer. To top that off the things the Kobo WiFi does do it does well. The Nook isn't available outside the US and falls into a sub-niche with the color LCD screen, the Kindle doesn't support Adobe EPUB and PDF, the Sony Readers cost more and don't have wireless-that all combines to give the Kobo its own unique market. It doesn't have as many features as the Kindle, Sony Readers, or Nook: It doesn't have the new Pearl screen, it doesn't have any kind of note-taking or highlighting capabilities, and there's no touchscreen or web browser.īut it does have its own advantages. To be honest, I really wasn't expecting much from the Kobo WiFi because I know that it falls into the category of a basic ebook reader. Kobo WiFi Reviewįor various reasons I never got around to reviewing the original Kobo eReader that came out earlier this year, so this review comes from the perspective of someone new to the Kobo Reader. It has a new processor for faster page-turning, battery life is longer, and it comes with a newer Vizplex screen that supports 16 shades of gray, twice as much as the previous model. Less than six months after the release of the first generation Kobo eReader, Kobo has released a wireless version that connects to the Kobo ebook store for downloading ebooks and periodical subscriptions to the reader itself.Īside from the added wireless, the Kobo WiFi comes with some hardware upgrades as well.
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