If you have a specific title in mind, the search engine is easy to use as well. It takes a minute to get itself going, but once you're in, it's fast and easy to navigate, with a bunch of different browsing options to help you find a book quickly and easily: you can search by genre and bestseller check out the free books available browse through the bookstore's top picks "cheap reads" for the budget-conscious and there's even a "hidden gems" section, for great titles that seem to have been overlooked. Navigating the store (a direct link to the Kobo store, rather than the Borders store on the Kobo Wireless) is likewise a pleasant experience. It's not quite the month of battery life claimed, but it's the longest battery life we've seen in an e-reader so far.Įven better, unlike previous Kobo e-readers, when the battery puttered to a halt, the e-reader managed to remember the last page open - which means no more having to wade forward through an entire book to finish the last four pages. Of course, you can also set the e-reader never to turn off from sleep to reading is only a hair's breadth from turning a page, and turning a page is a blink.Īnd never fear that the Touch's battery can't handle being in constant sleep we had it either on or sleeping for three and a half weeks straight before the battery needed a charge. Of course, that powerful processor also means that the Kobo's boot time is about as quick as it gets - we timed it at 23 seconds from pushing the power button to having an ebook open and ready to go. The device boasts an 800MHz processor (compared to the 532MHz processor found inside the Kindle and the Kobo Wireless), so it's a lot zippier it responds quick-smart to taps, and tapped items are highlighted immediately even if the e-reader has to think for a moment, so you know straight away not to try tapping again. Icons at the bottom of the screen take you to settings, a help page or allow you to sync your Kobo to a Kobo account.Īs all nav buttons have been removed, this all takes place using the Kobo's infrared touchscreen, and it's the best such we've seen so far. Four book covers are displayed in the middle of the screen, and menu options at the top take you either to your library, the Kobo ebook store or Reading Life. Although it looks different, it's super-easy to navigate, and the home screen manages to package all the information in a light-hearted fashion while keeping it easy to find, displayed on what is easily one of the crispest E Ink displays on the market. Performanceįrom the instant you turn it on, the Kobo eReader Touch is head and shoulders above the Wireless, and probably the most user-friendly e-reader interface we've encountered. Reading Life on the Kobo eReader Touch doesn't offer as many options as it does on, say, a PC or smartphone application you can't, for example "meet" the characters in books via Reading Life's Check In or share passages of your book, but it does emphasise Kobo's philosophy that reading should be, overall, a fun experience. ![]() If you don't care for the occasional pop up on the bottom of your screen while you are engrossed in a book, you can turn these off from the advanced options menu.
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