Years ago, ereader-related companies marked September and October as months for new device launches. The great Amazon has already abandoned that habit but it seems that its great rival has not. Kobo rakuten, Amazon's biggest rival in the ereader market, recently introduced a new eReader called the Kobo Forma.
This new eReader had already been tracked thanks to the FCC registration but everyone thought it would be called Kobo Aura One 2 or Kobo Aura Two, but the name changed, as well as its shape. The new Kobo Forma is an eReader with a different name and a totally different form.
The look and shape of the Kobo Forma is all about the Kindle Oasis, an ereader that can be held on one side and that facilitates reading in difficult environments such as reading in bed.
The Kobo Forma allows one-handed reading as well as control of the device with a couple of finger taps. And unlike other models, Kobo Forma allows screen flipping, which means that we can change the direction and thus help the reading of pdf documents.
Kobo Forma keeps its 8-inch screen with Letter HD technology and a resolution of 300 dpi. In addition to having a touchscreen, the Kobo Forma has a backlit display.
The screen as well as the rest of the device has Moebius technology that makes the screen not only more resistant but also a more flexible and resistant device. The Kobo Forma continues to count, like its older brothers, with the IPX8 certificate that makes the device resistant to shocks, scratches and water.
This new ereader model is thinner and lighter than the Kobo Aura One with a weight of 197 gr. something that makes many users, avid bedtime readers, able to read for hours without discomfort on the wrists.
This new Kobo eReader It cannot be purchased in Spain until next October 23 and can be booked from October 16. The price of the Kobo Forma will be 279,99 euros, 30 euros more expensive than the Kindle Oasis. The price is not at all affordable when compared to a normal eReader, but we have to say that the Kobo Forma is not a normal or low-end eReader, but a premium device, so the quality / price ratio is quite balanced.
Unlike other ereaders, Kobo Forma supports open ebook formats, which makes it we can buy ebooks in any online store and read them on the device. In addition, Kobo and Fnac have recently joined forces, which means that Spanish users have at our disposal a catalog of more than 130.000 ebooks in Spanish and of these, 15.000 ebooks are free.
Soon we will analyze this new Kobo device on our website, but it seems that everything indicates that Kobo remains a great rival to crack. Do not you think?