Kobo, the Aura HD was announced, an e-reader with a screen diagonal of 6.8″ and a resolution of 1440×1080 pixels. The device is equipped with built-in lights that the screen will illuminate so that the user can also read in dark environments.
According to Kobo brings the Aura HD sharper image than the competition. The screen of the competitor, the Kindle Paperwhite has 212 pixels per inch. The Aura HD is the number of ppi at 264. Just like Amazons latest e-reader, the Aura HD built-in lights. This ComfortLight can use the e-ink screen on the front panel illuminate, so that the user, even in dark areas can be read. The operation of the e-reader takes place via a touch screen that makes use of infrared sensors.
The e-reader runs on an unspecified 1GHz processor and has a storage memory with a size of 4GB. Users who need more storage have can the reader equipped with a micro-sd card. Transfer files via the micro-usb connection or via wi-fi. In normal use, which, according to Kobo thirty minutes of reading per day, the Aura HD about two months last on a full battery.
Books can be purchased through Kobo’s own online store, but it is also possible to loose e-books to the reader to copy. This should be formatted as epub, pdf, or mobi files. Also the formats cbz and cbr, widely used for strips, are supported. In addition, it is also possible to create txt-, rtf – and html-files and images are the file formats gif, jpeg, tiff, and png are supported.
The 240 gram e-reader will for a fee of 169 dollars, converted 130 euro, in the American and Canadian store shelves. If and when the Aura HD also comes to the Netherlands is not yet known. Given the fact that previous models also in the Netherlands came out on the market is the chance, however big that the Aura HD on sale here.
