What was once a potential Kindle-killer is now playing catch-up.
Rakuten Kobo’s latest e-reader, the Kobo Aura One Limited Edition, looks identical to the year-old Kobo Aura One. But with 32GB of storage and a few new software tricks up its sleeve, it’s designed to go blow for-blow with Amazon’s outstanding 2017 Kindle Oasis (go.pcworld.com/knos). While it isn’t quite up to the task, it still has a lot to offer certain readers.
PRICING, SPECIFICATIONS AND FEATURES
The Kobo Aura One Limited Edition’s not cheap. At $280 from Rakuten Kobo (go. pcworld.com/rako), it costs as much as Amazon’s 32GB Kindle Oasis with “Special Offers” (ads at the bottom of the screen) and $50 more than Kobo’s original Aura One. Those willing to pay the premium will be rewarded with 32GB of storage, four times the amount that the original Aura One provides.
For readers of traditional ebooks, this is overkill—8GB of storage can already hold thousands of titles. However, if your reading branches out to PDFs, digital comic books, manga, or other large files, a huge bump in storage like this could be a compelling upgrade.
この記事は PCWorld の February 2018 版に掲載されています。
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