Kobo Libra Colour | eReader | 7” Glare-Free Colour E Ink Kaleido™ 3 Display | Dark Mode Option | Audiobooks | Waterproof | White
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Color Display
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Screen size & Text
10.3″ E Ink Carta 1200
8″ HD flush E Ink Carta 1200
7″ colour E Ink KaleidoTM 3
6″ colour E Ink KaleidoTM 3
6″ HD E Ink Carta 300
Screen resoltuion
227 PPI
300 PPI
300 PPI (B/W),150 PPI (colour)
300 PPI (B/W),150 PPI (colour)
300 PPI
Dark Mode
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Page-turn buttons
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Landscape Mode
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Storage
32 GB
32 GB
32 GB
16 GB
16 GB
Weeks of Battery Life
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Kobo Audiobooks
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Stylus Compatibility
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Cloud Storage
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𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗦𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗥 – Book covers, comics, graphic novels, illustrations, note-taking and more come to life. No glare in sunlight, no notifications – just you and your eBooks in full-color
𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗝𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗟, 𝗗𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗬 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 – Dive into your stories with colorful markups. With Kobo Stylus 2* compatibility (*sold separately), annotate, highlight, and note take your eBooks in color
𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗬, 𝗔𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦 – Ergonomically designed with page-turn buttons, left/right screen rotation, full font size and margin customization, and landscape mode
𝗜𝗣𝗫𝟴 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥 – Full waterproof protection and meets requirements of IPX8 rating – waterproof for up to 60 minutes in up to 2 metres of water
𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 – Thoughtfully made with recycled and ocean-bound plastic and repairability to waterproof protection
𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦 – Carry up to 24,000 eBooks or 150 Kobo Audiobooks with 32GB of storage and enjoy weeks of battery life
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12 reviews for Kobo Libra Colour | eReader | 7” Glare-Free Colour E Ink Kaleido™ 3 Display | Dark Mode Option | Audiobooks | Waterproof | White
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MandaWahoo –
Love my little waterproof e-reader!
I love this thing. As you can see from the photo, I get a little daring with it around water due to its IPX8 rating. This means I read at the pool, lake, bath, etc. Itâs comical to see the look of anxiety people give me when I am so cavalier with it at the pool with my kids splashing around ðThe color feature is a little indulgent but I really really love it. Something about seeing the covers and highlights in color just feels really nice. Iâve tried looking at manga/comics on here but it might be a little too small⦠that or Iâm still mastering zoom functionality to read the print. Regardless, tho, I use it all the time. Itâs a great size and weight. And I never knew how much I needed those buttons for page turns! Itâs nice to just press from where Iâm holding.If youâre looking to break away from the kindle-verse, or just want a color e-reader, this oneâs for you!
Chelle –
Iâm Converted
I loved the idea of seeing my book covers in color, but didnât want an actual tablet. This fits the bill, even though the colors are muted. I can see enough of a difference to make me happy. If I look carefully I can see the sharpness is less than other e-ink readers, but I feel like it looks more like paper (I almost want to smell the book lol). I also like the physical buttons. Page turning is fractionally slower than my kindle, but not so much that I canât handle it. Overall, Iâm happy with it!
Amazon Customer –
I would buy this if it allowed an sd card.
It is apparently impossible to give a zero or less rating like this product deserves. This has a zero rating from me because it does not alloy an sd card regardless of a brainless marketing team
Morgan –
Reading in Color
I got this because I loved the idea of seeing all of my covers in color. The device is extremely light, I also have a Kindle basic and the Kobo is lighter than that. I knew going into it that the screen would be dark due to the color layer that was added. I do not tell a big difference with the screen (I have only read inside and at night with it), but I have heard it makes a difference reading outside. You do have to push the buttons harder but it is comfortable to hold. The auto rotate is a nice touch, so you can read whatever is more comfortable. I am going to finish a book or two and see my thoughts as time goes on.
Heather F. –
Not what I personally need right now
I tried to get my Amazon e-books onto this device, I watched a bunch of videos on how to side load them. It is nearly impossible unless you currently have a kindle device, which I do not. After hours of trying to figure it out, I gave up and decided to just repurchase the books on the Kobo store. Turns out every single book I wanted was only available through Amazon. Kobo didn’t have any of the titles I wanted available, which was incredibly disappointing. I decided to return as it was essentially useless for what I needed. I’ve seen amazing reviews but they really need to expand their book store.
Carlos Mercado –
Me quedo con Kindle
El catálogo es limitado
Incredible and Practical –
Best thing in the world
This e-reader makes my life easier, itâs so practical, so cozy, you can read everywhere. I love it so much:â)
steve_rolfeca –
Update after a few more days’ use:I read that Kobo put the colour layer on top, and that it improved the display quality. Sure enough, although somewhat muted, the colour is noticeably better than the more expensive Boox Note Air 3C that I bought at Christmas and promptly returned. Colour highlighting is useful when classifying your annotations.This is my first Kobo after years of Kindle ownership, and I must say I’m impressed. The controls are simpler and more intuitive, yet I was quickly able to get it adjusted to a point where text is easier on the eyes than my Paperwhite Signature, and even my Kindle Scribe! Dark mode is useful at night, although I wish there was a way to turn it on and off without menu diving.I thought the misfires when turning pages on my Kindles were due to my own clumsiness, but the Kobo never skips a beat, especially if you use the page buttons, which have a satisfying feel.I mostly bought this to see what I thought of reading Libby titles from the local library (Amazon cheats us out Library access in Canada!), but to my surprise, there’s a lot more to the Libra than library access.The browser doesn’t support Captcha, but it’s streets ahead of Amazon’s crude Kindle browser and quite useful for purchasing books and other tasks.Annotating right on the page in .PDF’s and E-books is a breeze, contrary to Kindle’s claim that it can’t be done. Being able to highlight in colour using either my finger or a stylus, is a treat.Bluetooth works better as well- contrary to the Kobo instruction manual, my ProtoArc ergonomic keyboard paired immediately with the Libra Colour, and offers nearly lag-free typing. This is a real bonus, especially considering that more expensive tablets from Supernote still haven’t mastered lag-free typing.The Stylus implementation still isn’t quite as good as on the Scribe, but after switching to the dedicated Kobo Stylus 2 instead of a third party stylus, I am finding that I am making far more annotations on the Libra, despite the smaller 7″ screen. Colour is a big plus in that department, as is Kobo’s excellent handwriting to text conversion, triggered by a simple double-tap.
hardknock –
Ich habe mit dem Kobo nun das zwei Buch gelesen und habe mich bewusst gegen ein Tolino oder Kindle entschieden. Ich habe in der Vergangenheit sowohl Kindle als Tolino Reader benutzt.Bei Amazon Kindle ist man an Amazon gebunden, bei Tolinos ist man zwar nicht gezwungen den jeweiligen Buchhändler zu nutzen, wird aber penetrant darauf hingewiesen. Der Kobo Libra Color und der Tolino Vision 6 unterscheiden sich nur softwaremäÃig.Da die Colour und Monochrome Version sich bei Kobo preislich kaum unterscheiden, habe ich mir die Farbvariante geholt.Pro:- Schrift ist scharf und gut zu lesen- Anbindung an Google Drive erlaubt es einem Remote Bücher auf das Gerät zu laden- nach knapp 700 Seiten ist der Akku bei mir immer noch bei knapp 80 Prozent- Farbe- Dunkelmodus- Einstellungen vom Farbschema über den Entwicklermodus möglich- sehr leicht und dadurch über Stunden in der Hand haltbar- Stiftunterstützung- die Kobo Bibliothek zum Kaufen ist nicht aufdringlichNegativ:- Der Reader braucht ein paar Sekunden zum Einschalten- Comics lassen sich nicht lesen. Die Sprechblasen sind zu klein. Beim Zoomen wird die letze Position nach dem Blättern gemerkt, so dass man immer noch oben scrollen darf.- Man benötigt einen Kobo Account.Wer möchte kann hier problemlos KoReader installieren. Die Installation ist einfach und mach viele Softwareprobleme weg.Wer Farbeinstellungen änderrn möchte, muss den versteckten Entwicklermodus aktivieren. Dazu gibt man in die Kobo Readersuche devmodeon .Die Suche wird nichts finden, aber in den Einstellungen gibt es dann den Entwicklermodus.Kobo ist eine Partnerschaft mit iFixIt eingegangen. Dadurch kann man selbst nach der Garantie das Gerät selbstständig reparieren. Das bedeutet, dass dieses Gerät noch Jahre weiter benutzbar sein wird.
MarÃa –
TenÃa muchas dudas con respecto a qué ebook elegir, pero sin duda he acertado.Para mà es muy cómodo tener la opción de pasar páginas de manera táctil y con botones, ya que es menos probable que pase la página sin querer. TenÃa miedo de que al ser a color se viera muy granulado, pero para nada, además trae la opción de minimizar ese efecto si llega a molestarte en algún momento. Como podéis observar tiene muchas opciones de configuración y eso que solo he mostrado algunas. Los colores se ven increÃblemente bien y la lectura se hace muy amena y rápida. No pesa casi nada y al ser blanco, no se aprecian la huellas ni manchas que en mi anterior ebook se notaban en seguida. La subida de libros mediante Google drive se me hace muchÃsimo más cómodo y tarda muchÃsimo menos que al pasarlas por correo en otros dispositivos. Admite muchÃsimos formatos y nunca tengo problemas. Va muy rápido, carga completa en menos de hora y media y me dura mucho la baterÃa a pesar de utilizarlo a diario. Además puedo ver mis estadÃsticas de lectura y crearme mis cuadernos literarios. Estoy deseando comprarme el lápiz para poder hacer más anotaciones. En definitiva no puedo estar más contenta con la compra. Recomiendo al 100%
Sanat –
Decided to get this after looking up many reviews on YouTube and various review sites. I previously used to have a regular non backlit kindle (probably a 2nd gen). Got this at a slightly lower than MRP price (~18.6k after bank discounts) but worked out as much as it would if you were buying it from abroad (USD $220 MRP). Here is my unstructured review.Colour display – something new, and comics look nice, although not very easy to read on the smaller screen unless you zoom. The colors are not what you’d expect from an led display like a phone, so keep your expectations in check, the tech for that isn’t there yet. However, this was not a big deal for me.Physical buttons – now this was important to me. I like touch screen displays generally, but it just isn’t as nice when reading a book. The two buttons make turning pages very simple for the hand. The thumb just rests in a button, and press for the page turn. You can still use touch/swipe on screen, but I don’t find myself using that as much.Software setup and UI – Very simple to get it started, and some level of customization for the library, although would have liked to have more freedom with organizing/hiding/folders etc. Epubs work without any conversion. I was able to link my google drive account and transfer books via my phone this way. The settings aren’t too complicated to find your way around.Other good things about this that I won’t get into – good form factor, waterproof, charges quickly, decent battery life (~20h with backlight 40% and reading book, not tested for comic), power button placement, USB C connectivity. Nice to have, but I’ve not used these fratures – repairable, can use a stylus (some 3rd party ones too), audio books. Also picked up the official cover, fits well, easy to hold, feels good to touch (faux leather).Only thing I wished for is that this was available at a lower price. But I couldn’t wait for a price drop, as I had a huge backlog, and I was wasting precious time in travel not really doing anything productive. The cover wasn’t cheap either, but no other 3rd party options available as yet, and I can’t let an expensive device like this get scratches in my bag.
Manuela Pieterse –
It maybe a good e-reader but up till now I havenât been able to put any books on it⦠been talking with Kobo helpdesk but thereâs no solution yet.If it doesnât work by the end of this week Iâll be sending the e-reader back