The Bookstore leads to the various parts of the Kobo bookstore, and the Extras option brings you the dictionary and the reading stats foofarah that I’ve never cared about. The Library option lets you select to see the articles you save from Pocket, your collections, samples, or the ebooks on the device. Instead, selecting one will bring up a popup window.
Of the three options at the bottom of the screen, none lead where you would expect from the name. I’ve also been playing with the web browser, and generally been ignoring Kobo’s bookstore (the last two tiles). When it comes to letting me quickly switch between my recently used apps and recently read ebooks, this is a pretty good concept. As you can see in the screenshot, I’ve been reading from several books and recently added 4 titles to the library on my Aura H2O. The cluster is made up of whatever you were doing recently. Wake it up for the first time and you’ll see the home screen, with a task bar and search bar across the top, Library|Bookstore|Extras in the bottom left corner, and a cluster of tiles taking up the middle.
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The Aura H2O runs the same software as Kobo’s other ereaders, and it’s pretty good (if not for the ads). The frontlight is controlled either in the software menu or by swiping your finger up and down the screen near the left edge. I can confirm first hand that it was still very readable.Įdit: Just to be clear, the Aura H2O lacks the light button found on the Aura HD. In case you were wondering, the Aura H2O looks fuzzy in the last shot due to the dimmer frontlight.
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They range from full brightness down to 1%, and the Aura H2O is on the right. Just to show you how bright or dim the screens can be, here are 6 shots which compare the Aura HD and the Aura H2O. This is why I prefer the 1% setting on the frontlight on Kobo hardware over similar quality frontlights (like the one on the Onyx Boox t68 Lynx) which lack a low setting. Unlike LCD screens, where you will need the maximum brightness at some point, with E-ink screens you will more likely be interested in making the screen as dim as possible. While this might sound counter-intuitive, the most important setting on a frontlight on an E-ink screen is the lowest setting, not the highest. It offers an evenly lit white tone and is dimmer at its lowest setting than the frontlight on the Aura HD. While the Aura HD had a good frontlight, the Aura H2O has a better one. There are 4 images in this set, with the last one being a composite image made from a sample of white from each of the two screens. As you can see, there’s an obvious difference between the screens the Aura H2O has a much whiter screen. While I don’t have any photos comparing the PW2 with the Aura H2O (I had planned to take the photos today), I do have a set of photos that show the Aura HD (with a Pearl E-ink screen) next to the Aura H2O (with a Carta screen). That tint could be due to the frontlight, or it could be from the PW2’s capacitive touchscreen layer. They were ever so slightly slower than my 2013 Kindle Paperwhite, which I also noticed had a slightly brownish screen tint when compared to the Aura H2O. So far as I could tell they were about equally responsive, and turned the page equally fast. Those are essentially identical specs to the Aura HD, which could explain why the devices had similar performance when running similar firmwares.īack when I had a functional review unit, I set my Aura HD next to the loaner Aura H2O and compared their responsiveness and page turn speed. In general, the Aura H2O was nice to hold and to read on (more on this in a later section). The Aura H2O runs Kobo’s proprietary software on a 1GHz CPU with 256MB RAM, 4GB internal storage, and Wifi. On the lower edge you’ll find that the microUSB port, microSD card slot, and reset button have been placed under a form-fitting rubber cap. Thanks to the waterproofing (and Kobo’s general trend to minimalism design) the Aura H2O has but a single button on the upper edge (power). Turning the device over, you’ll find that Kobo improved on the cheap plastic rear shell of the Aura HD they gave the Aura H2O a flatter and rubberized rear shell which makes it easier to grip and nicer to hold.Īside from the screen there aren’t many hardware details to notice. It has a screen resolution of 1,080 x 1,430, and on top of the screen you’ll find a frontlight and an IR touchscreen.Īround the screen you’ll find a matte black plastic bezel, which is just wide for a good grip. This device is the one and only ereader to sport a 6.8″ Carta E-ink screen.
The first thing you’ll notice with the Kobo Aura H2O is the big beautiful screen.
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Review Date: 20 September 2014, with a review unit loaned from Kobo Pro & Con Pro
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