Kobo proclaims its first coloration e-readers

Rakuten Kobo is launching its first coloration e-readers, the Kobo Libra Colour and the Kobo Clara Colour. Each use E Ink's newest Kaleido coloration display screen know-how, which has delicate, pastel-like colours and drops from a 300 ppi grayscale decision to 150 ppi whenever you view content material in coloration.

I'll be testing each e-readers quickly, however up to now, they appear like small upgrades to Kobo's current e-readers. Nevertheless, this isn’t a nasty factor! The seven-inch Kobo Libra 2 is my favourite e-reader exterior of Amazon's ecosystem, providing the Kindle Paperwhite's IPX8 waterproof design, however with further options like bodily page-turning buttons, no lockscreen adverts, and extra storage.

The $219.99 Kobo Libra Colour retains all these options however is now additionally appropriate with the Kobo Stylus 2, just like the Kobo Ellipsa 2e. Nevertheless, it's $30 dearer than the Kobo Libra 2, and also you'll need to buy the stylus individually for $69.99.

The $149.99 Kobo Clara Colour is a bit more totally different than its closest sibling, the $139.99 Kobo Clara 2e. It provides the identical six-inch show and IPX8 waterproof design, however now comes with 16GB of storage in addition to an improved processor. I hope so; The sluggish efficiency of the Kobo Clara 2e was one among my essential complaints.

Kobo additionally launched an upgraded black-and-white Kobo Clara BW with the identical storage and processor upgrades for $129.99.

All units can be found for preorder beginning at the moment and can ship on April 30.