Since 2019 they have been asking their Kobo Insiders, a private, invite only group where the most hardcore talk about books and e-readers, various questions about future e-readers. The decision to provide audiobooks on e-readers was not done right away. “We want to compete everywhere where Kindle and Audible isn’t.” Although the Kindle had first mover advantage, Audible is only available in a few select countries, where Kobo operates worldwide. He stated that providing support for audiobooks was not expressivity done to compete with Audible, who has provided audiobook support on Kindle e-readers for the past four years. So why did Kobo bring audiobook’s to the Libra 2 and Sage?Ī couple of weeks ago, before the Libra 2 was announced, I spoke at length with Ramesh Mantha, the VP of products and devices at Kobo. Their apps for Android and iOS were quickly updated with an audiobook player. You can also purchase Kobo Audiobooks individually and shop with confidence with their Price Match Guarantee. Customers will get one credit a month with their subscription and they can be redeemed for any audiobook title on the platform. It comes with a with a 30-day free trial period. Kobo launched an audiobook subscription service in 2017 and membership costs $12.99 per month in Canada and $9.99 in the US. This is a moot point with the Libra 2, since it has physical page turn buttons, which will work just fine. Most e-readers, if they have lots of water droplets on the screen or if its totally submerged, normally the touchscreen does not work, because the water or droplets register as touchscreen interactions. You can simply just wash the e-reader with tap water and easily clean it off. I know from talking to hundreds of people about waterproof e-readers over the years they appreciate that it they can read with sticky fingers when eating or dumping a glass of wine or coffee all over the screen. Do people really read in the bathtub? Kobo has never really published any studies on it. This device is waterproof with an IPX8 rating, so it can be submerged in fresh water for up to 60 minutes and a depth of 2 meters. It has Bluetooth 5.1 in order to connect up a pair of headphones to listen to audiobooks. You will be able to connect up to the Kobo Bookstore, Overdrive and access Pocket via WIFI. It has USB-C to charge the device and has a respectable 1,500 mAH battery. Underneath the hood is a 1 GHZ single core processor, 512MB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage. I have noticed with bright overhead light, you will get reflections on the screen and also under direct sun. ![]() I have often found that there are normally problems with using glass that is covering e-paper. The screen is protected by glass substrate, which protects the e-paper display. The e-reader screen is not completely flush with the bezel, there is a very small incline, a small dip. This one is built into it, which helps reduce costs. ![]() Traditionally, the capacitive touch technology is placed on top of the display module. The touchscreen is actually incorporated into the module stack. E Ink Carta 1200 modules consist of a TFT (thin film transistor), Ink layer and Protective Sheet. ![]() What exactly is this new e-paper technology? E Ink Carta 1200 delivers a 20% increase in response time over E Ink Carta 1000, and an improvement in the contrast ratio of 15%. The Libra 2 features a 7 inch E INK Carta 1200 display with a resolution of 1264×1680 with 300 PPI. ![]() It is only slightly more expensive than the Libra 2, by about $10 in Canada and the US. This device has a few major selling points, it has double the storage from the original Libra 1 and it is now possible to buy audiobooks from the Kobo bookstore and listen to them via wireless headphones or an external speaker, such as a Sonos sound bar. The Kobo Libra 2 is a brand new e-reader that has just become available in late October, 2021.
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