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Kobo Touch Edition: eReader Market Heats Up With Latest Addition (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post   First Posted: 05/26/11 08:09 PM ET   Updated: 07/26/11 06:12 AM ET

Editor's note: Huffington Post Canada's Editor At Large Heather Reisman is Indigo's CEO. Indigo founded Kobo.

The battle for the eReader market supremacy is certainly heating up.

Yesterday, Canadian company Kobo Inc. announced the latest iteration of their eReader - the Touch Edition. Similar in look and feel to the ubiquitous iPad and Amazon's Kindle, the eReader features the latest Pearl e-Ink technology, wi-fi connectivity, and touchscreen interaction.

My, how far it's come in less than a year! The original version of the Kobo launched in July 2010, and was marketed as a less-expensive version of its e-reader cousins. It received mediocre reviews due to its lack of wi-fi and 3G, but it was lauded for its affordability and compact, lightweight appearance.

It seems that Kobo heard the message loud and clear: The eReader Touch Edition makes massive ultra-modern leaps, most notable of which is the eradication of the clunky keyboard and large, off-putting buttons. The new Kobo library view offers multiple book cover images and several ways to sort content for easy location. Two font styles and 12 font sizes enhance the stylistic aspects of the eReader, and let you customize your reading experience.

Users can choose from over 2.3 million books, newspapers and magazines from the Kobo Store (including a million free titles) or import from other sources via the mini-USB port. And that includes your local library - a major plus for digi-literati out there.

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zsquared
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04:07 PM on 05/28/2011
Booooo!!!!!

From Arianna Huffington's Inaugural Post:
"I'm also personally delighted that my great friend Heather Reisman, the CEO of Indigo Books and Music, will be joining us as HuffPost Canada's editor-at-large"
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SolarArray
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10:08 AM on 05/28/2011
I really like the long, long battery life of my Kindle 3. I wonder what the battery life of the others are?
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thebookjunky
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04:05 PM on 05/27/2011
This article should be accompanied by a disclosure of conflict statement. Your new editor-at-large is also the Chair of Kobo. This article reads like a shameless plug for Kobo.
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zsquared
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02:17 PM on 05/28/2011
Agreed. Shameful.
I've lost a great deal of respect for HuffPo over the last week... Much more of this, and you'll be losing loyal readers in droves...
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Steve Karmazenuk
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01:45 PM on 05/27/2011
My favourite eReader has to be the Kindle, if only because my own books are selling so much better on Amazon's eBook store than anywhere else...
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jabrwock
I'd ask for a demonstration, but my power of disbe
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11:41 AM on 05/27/2011
You forgot to mention that the Kindle doesn't support the most common formats, you have to use their services to convert anyone else's ebooks to Amazon's proprietary format in order to read them on the Kindle.
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James Rhodes
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07:49 AM on 05/27/2011
I have the graphite Amazon Kindle 3 (and yes, I've owned the Kindle 1
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James Rhodes
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07:51 AM on 05/27/2011
Let's try this again...

I have the Amazon Kindle 3 (and yes, I've owned the Kindle 1
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James Rhodes
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07:52 AM on 05/27/2011
There is some kind of bug on here that is cutting off part of the text I entered. :/
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Rober
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02:13 AM on 05/27/2011
I like the Sony touch (PRS-650). Quality metal casing; takes SD and Memory Stick Duo cards. Down side is cost and the power adapter is sold separately - comes with a micro-USB cable - and no WiFi.

I've started using my Android phone and it's quickly become my e-reader of choice. Always with me which is great. Like the bright high-def screen. Has WiFi etc. It's not an appropriate solution for anyone with vision impairment.
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Arnold Gill
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01:14 AM on 05/27/2011
My brother is on his third Kobo in three months - the damn things keep on frying on him. I love my Kindle and how it works, and the size of Amazon vs Chapters is likelier to keep the Kindle in existence over the Kobo. I had looked at the Kobo, but the Kindle was a better machine.
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Tyler1
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10:23 PM on 05/26/2011
"The eReader Touch Edition makes massive ultra-modern leaps, most notable of which is the eradication of the clunky keyboard..."

The Kobo never had a keyboard. If the Huffington Post wants someone to write an article about the Kobo, they should get someone who has actually seen one.
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09:51 PM on 05/26/2011
I really like my Kindle.
Downloading books is pretty much instantaneous.
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