Earlier in the week, I posted about bundle packages and cases for Kobo’s new ereaders turning up online at Walmart and Amazon, but most of the listings where removed soon after because apparently they were listed too soon, as the new Kobos don’t officially get released until April 30th. Now the listings are back and […]
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New 10.3″ Bigme inkNoteX Color with Android 13 Now Available
A new eNote with a 10.3-inch color E Ink screen called the Bigme inkNoteX Color is now available to order on Amazon, and it’s not cheap. At $699, the inkNoteX Color is one of the most expensive eNotes on the current market, but it has some pretty high-end specs for an E Ink device, and […]
New Kobo eReaders and Cases Now Available to Purchase Online
Kobo’s new ereaders don’t technically get released until April 30th, but they’ve already started turning up for sale online at Amazon and Walmart. The Amazon listings are shipping now and the Walmart listings say they’ll arrive on May 1st. In both cases, they are being sold by BlueProton, Kobo’s official retail partner in the US […]
Kobo Clara: List of Differences Between 4 Models
Now that Kobo has annouced the upcoming release of the new Kobo Clara Colour and the Kobo Clara BW, I thought it would be helpful to outline the differences between each Kobo Clara model. The Kobo Clara HD was the first Clara model, and it came out in 2018. Fast forward six years and now […]
Two New Kobo Clara eReaders Now Available to Pre-Order
In addition to the Kobo Libra Colour, Kobo has unveiled two new Kobo Clara models, one with a color E Ink screen and one with a regular black and white screen, and both are available to pre-order now from Kobo’s website. The Kobo Clara Colour has a 6-inch Kaleido 3 screen, and it sells for […]
New Kobo Libra Colour Now Available to Pre-Order
Today Kobo officially announced three new ereaders, including the Kobo Libra Colour with a 7-inch color E Ink screen. This will be the first time that Kobo has released ereaders with color E Ink screens. The Kobo Libra Colour looks a lot like the Kobo Libra 2, and it’s available in white or black like […]
Color E Ink: 5 Things to Know Before Buying
Now that Kobo is releasing new ereaders with color E Ink screens, people are asking questions about color E Ink and want to know more about it. E Ink’s color “Kaleido” screen technology has been around for several years, but it’s gone through three generations now and devices that use the latest Kaleido 3 screens […]
Why Do New eReaders Keep Getting Worse Instead of Better?
When it comes to dedicated reading devices, the technology evolves at such a slow rate that it just seems like the “improvements” over the past several years have mostly been marketing hype and smoke and mirrors. At this point you could make the argument that a lot of the newer models are actually worse than […]