#Kobo touch software#
#Kobo touch download#
#Kobo touch free#

#Kobo touch download#

If you want to sample a book you can download a preview.

#Kobo touch free#

You can search or browse at will, with a section offering free books, which are mostly same collection of classics you can get elsewhere.

The store is easy enough to navigate on the Kobo eReader, accessed via the home page of the device. The WHSmith ebook store is now powered by Kobo too, so if you head over to the website to buy titles, they will automatically find their way into your Kobo account, so can be synced to devices.īut the beauty of having a Wi-Fi device is that you don't need to use your computer every time you want to buy a new book to read. If you don't have any existing titles, you can head off and buy them through the desktop application and we're pleased to see that PayPal is a payment option across the Kobo store, making things really simple. If you already have a Kobo account then you are good to go, you just have to plug in your details in the application on your computer and any existing content you have purchased from Kobo will appear, ready to sync to the reader.

#Kobo touch software#

It isn't as independent as the Kindle - which offers PC-free operation - as getting started with the Kobo eReader requires to you download their software on your PC or Mac and connect to your device. The Kobo eReader requires you to have a Kobo account to sync the device. Operation is by touch, so there is no need for anything else. Buttons are kept to a minimum, with a top power slider and a single home button beneath the screen. In terms of connections, there is a micro USB on the bottom and a slot on the side to take a microSD card to expand the memory, if you wish. The Kobo eReader has a 6-inch E-Ink display, and like most other models, will slip easily into a jacket pocket or bag. Overall a great little ebook reader and we'll worth considering if you want an alternative to Amazon's offering. It's worth searching for your favourite authors to see how well stocked different stores are, but remember that you'll be able to buy from any EPUB book store on the Internet with the Kobo eReader. Glancing across a few new titles in the Kindle and Kobo stores we found that prices were similar, occasionally with some cheaper editions in the Kindle Store. The cheapest Kindle matches the price of the Kobo Wireless eReader, a non-touch device, so it has been competitively priced too.īut you also have to consider content cost and availability. The Kobo touch will cost you £109 from WHSmith, which is the same as the Amazon Kindle keyboard. So with the Kobo eReader being a competitive choice, can we fully recommend it? Well there is another issue that needs to be taken into account: price. If there is one feature missing it's accepting library loans, which is something that currently only the Sony Readers do in the UK. With the Kobo eReader we're more impressed because there is a whole system to explore and the service rivals that offered by the Amazon Kindle. We've seen a number of ebook readers that, although technically proficient, don't always impress. In the UK this is aided by partnering with WHSmith, giving Kobo a high street presence and storefront through the WHSmith website.

With the Kobo eReader, the company is moving from purely content to hardware and the content to read, so like Amazon, it gets to provide a more complete solution. Kobo has been active in the ebook market for some time, probably familiar to those smartphone users who might have seen the app preinstalled on their device. Sony (and many others) on the other hand offer open format support, but don't then have the provision across platforms, or the same integrated bookstore experience. It's a closed system, but one that's widely accessible thanks to apps for your PC or smartphone. Amazon distribute its content from its own store. The real difference between these devices is content. With the Amazon Kindle and the Sony Readers being the most popular devices. (Pocket-lint) - The ebook reader market is a funny one, because it has been typically dominated by a couple of companies.