Kobo Introduces New eReader Touch Edition (PHOTOS)

Kobo is rolling out a new touchscreen ereader.

The Kobo eReader Touch Edition will sell for $129.99, starting in early June. Like other reading-dedicated devices, the Kobo ereader uses Pearl E Ink, so that the device can be read in direct sunlight. The introduction of the touchscreen lets readers highlight phrases, look up words, zoom into images, change font size, or flip through the book by tapping or swiping. Instead of a keyboard, there is a "virtual keyboard," as well as predictive search.

"This new touch screen experience makes reading the Kobo ereader just like reading a book but better," said Michael Serbinis, chief executive of Kobo. "It makes eReading more accessible to a wider demographic. Most kids today think if it's not touch, it's broken."

The Kobo ereader will also feature Reading Life, a social platform for eReading. Reading Life tracks statistics like minutes per reading session and number of pages turned. Readers will soon be able to earn rewards through challenges that give prizes for the amount that they read, or the frequency.

Additionally, the Kobo eReader Touch Edition will be offered in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. The first generation Kobo ereader will now be sold for $99.99.

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Watch a video displaying the ereader:

Kobo eReader Touch Edition Demo Video from Kobo on Vimeo.

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[umbrarchist]

05:30 PM on 05/30/2011

But what to read?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dg96tefnEU

von Neumann machines everywhere and no suggestions about what to do with them.

[Toronto7]

01:15 AM on 05/24/2011

Being Canadian I was all eager to patronise this product, by the Chapters/Indigo book-selling behemoth. Got one for my wife for Xmas, a couple of weeks ahead of the date... She tried it out, in less than two weeks, I had to return to the flagship store here in Toronto, all of fives times. When finally, I tried to get my money back, they wanted me instead to get a credit, then they decided to get the lisping manager, who promptly declared, more than a bit confrontationally, that perhaps I had dropped the product and didn't know how to care for it... taking two steps back I shot back, 'you do not want to push my diva button... return my money, now.' Too many bugs with this product, perhaps it got better by now, meanwhile, I got her a kindle to match mine... you try to patronise and end up with twits being patronising, very improbable that I'll return to Kobo, though I do want a playbook and kobo is its standard ereader... so who knows...

[CrookWatch]

04:49 PM on 05/23/2011

Great another device that tracks its users activity and sells it for profit.

[stmpoodle]

03:29 PM on 05/23/2011

Glad to see some good competition. although I love my Nook and kindle ereaders.

[roydoe]

09:10 PM on 05/23/2011

which one do you like better?

[breathestolive]

09:38 PM on 05/26/2011

I love the Nook Color, too. It does so much more than a dedicated e-reader, but costs less than a third as much as an iPad.