14 DAY TRIAL // It appears that the time has finally come for Kobo to enter the battle between e-book readers with touch input support, so the aptly named Kobo eReader Touch Edition has now seen its official introduction.
Users that like to keep track of things on the gadget market might already know of how the B&N Nook recently got better acknowledgment than Amazon's Kindle.
Turns out that Kobo also wants some recognition, so it went ahead with its plans to unleash a touch-capable version of its e-reader (it boasts Real Touch, with zForce infrared touch technology).
The Kobo eReader Touch Edition, as it is called, has a screen size of 6 inches and is small, light and thin enough to be easily taken along when traveling.
That said, one should be able to eliminate clutter with the press of the home button, while chapter and library browsing is done easily and intuitively.
The wireless connectivity, or an USB connection to a PC, grants one access the to an e-book database of 2.3 million titles, while a shortlist can store shortcuts to favorite books.
Furthermore, any e-book can be acquired in minutes, with supported file formats being EPUB, PDF and MOBI, etc.
Not only that, but image files (BMP, PNG, JPEG, GIF and TIFF) plus TXT, HTML,RTF, CBZ and CBR (Comic Books) are also supported.
Other features that Kobo grants access to is borrowing titles from local public libraries, two-week free trials of magazines and newspapers, customizable fonts, passage highlighting and a long battery life (up to a month on a single charge).
Stores in the US and Canada (Walmart, Borders, Best Buy, etc.) should already have the small electronic gadget up for sale at $129.99 ($139.99 Canadian).
This makes it $10 cheaper than the Nook Touch from Barnes and Noble, which is also less thin and light that this newcomer.