What needs to be improved? During the time I played with the Kobo, I found it not quite as sensitive as some other touch-screen e-readers I've used most of the time, especially when I was selecting a book or a menu choice, I found myself having to touch more than once. This may be a bit too much for many readers, but it could be an interesting motivating factor for others (not to mention a way to see if your kids were really reading their assignments last night). It offers statistics like minutes per reading session, the number of pages you've turned, and the total time you've spent reading. Reading Life looks like it could be an excellent application for literature fanatics. I was rather taken by the back of the unit, which is made up of a soft, quilted plastic it was very pleasant to hold and I did feel as though I could grip it a bit more firmly than other e-readers. Because the front is so sparse, with only that single button, there's very little learning curve. What's cool about it? To begin with, this a very nicely designed unit.
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The Kobo accepts documents in the pretty-much-standard ePub and PDF formats. According to the company, the battery should last for up to 10 days or 10,000 page turns. It comes with 1GB of built-in storage and can work with up to a 32GB SD card. (Only two sizes are available I would have preferred a couple more.) The Kobo also offers a highlighting tool and a built-in Merriam-Webster dictionary. This lets you go back to the home screen, go to the table of contents or any bookmarks you may have created, access an on-screen sliding control that lets you easily skip around the book, or change your font and/or type size. If you want to see a menu of options, you tap the bottom of the screen. You page forward and back by either swiping across the display or touching the left or right side of the screen. Like many of today's e-readers, the Kobo uses the E-Ink Pearl display, which is clean and easy on the eyes.
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(You can also view your recent reads as a straightforward list or a more typical series of thumbnail cover images).
The rest of the screen is taken up by an overlapping "pile" of the covers of your most recently read books the last book you read is the most prominent. There are three links at the top of the screen that take you to your library (the books you already own), Kobo's book store or a new social networking application called Reading Life, which lets you track your reading activity.
The home screen is laid out simply and neatly. (For more about upcoming screen tech, check out our article "Four red-hot display technologies to watch in 2011.") This is different than the resistive and capacitive touch panels that other mobile devices use, which add additional layers to the display. The device uses Neonode's zForce optical touch technology, which uses beams of infrared light to detect a touch on the display. Everything else is done via the touch screen. Flush with the rest of the frame, the button brings you back to the home screen from wherever you are. It's got a very clean design, with only one narrow silver button below the 6-in.
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