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This past year I’ve been spending more time reading books on a Kobo ereader, rather than on my Kindle.

Kobo h2o amazon software#

You’ll need to sync your device with a PC running Adobe’s eBook software to actually get your purchases onto your e-reader, though.The Kobo Libra H2O is $100 less than the similar Kindle Oasis.

Kobo h2o amazon download#

Kobo does let you download books from your local library, through the OverDrive service, or buy directly from niche publishers to keep them ticking over, without all the royalties being siphoned off by third party storefronts. It’s great to have the freedom to choose where you shop, but it’ll only really make a difference if you’re after something super specific.

Kobo, meanwhile, lets you shop around anywhere that sells ePUB books.Īmazon’s range is still tough to beat, though, with a huge selection and very competitive pricing. Kindle owners don’t get a choice where to buy their books – they’ve got to get them through Amazon. It’ll play nicely with Pocket, too, for reading articles you’ve saved from the web. Kobo fits more onto each screen, with clear categories, labels and sections when you’re browsing the book store.

It’s just as smooth and easy to find your way around here as it was with the Aura One, and depending who you ask, even better than Amazon’s sometimes cumbersome Kindle UI. The 1GHz processor makes Kobo’s simple UI load quickly and books appear onscreen in a flash. That’s easily long enough for most people to finish at least a few trashy holiday novels. The Aura One could go for a month between top-ups, and you’ll be searching for a plug socket after the same amount with the H20. Handy.īattery life remains the same, too. So basically it’ll carry every book you could ever hope to read on every holiday you’ll take for the rest of your life. There’s 8GB of on-board storage, which is enough space for over 6000 books. You can set it manually, too, if you feel like burning the midnight oil. The display gets noticeably yellower and warmer as the sun sets, then reverts back to a cool white in the morning. It varies the amount of blue light being pumped out depending on the time of day, so it doesn’t keep you awake when you’re reading at night.

Kobo h2o amazon pro#

Kobo’s ComfortLight PRO adjustable backlight does make a return, though. These kinds of sensors are still rarer than hens’ teeth on e-readers, anyway, so it’s difficult to grumble given the price.

You don’t get an ambient light sensor like you do with the Aura One, meaning you’ve got to tweak the backlight manually whenever you wake the H2O from sleep. It all looks fantastic on the E Ink Carta display, with luscious contrast that’s about as close as you can get to actually reading a plain old paperback. the H2O has 11 fonts, 50 different sizes and plenty of layout options to tweak until you’re happy.Īdobe’s eBook format also adds different fonts for different publishers, giving your books a lot more individuality than Amazon’s meagre few choices. Kobo has always gone for a more book-like layout in terms of spacing, numbering and page furniture, and that doesn’t change here. At 6.8in it’s noticeably larger than any current Kindle, and the 256ppi resolution helps keep images and text looking crisp – useful for graphic novels and digital comics. It doesn’t have the expansive display of the Aura One, but this second generation H2O still crams plenty of words on the screen.