Like the Nook, however, rumors of the Kobo's single button were greatly exaggerated - the reader actually has two: a narrow silver Home button on the front and a sliding Power button on the top. Lack of physical page turning buttons also helped the Kobo shed a few precious fractions of an inch off its sides. That's not to say the Touch is hard to hold, its small size and a latticed back offer up some grip. The Nook's slightly larger footprint has a benefit, however, making the device easier to hold, particularly with its concave backing, which is easily gripped with a single hand. The question with the launch of the Kobo then, is not only whether the David can compete in a market so dominated by the Kindle, but if the eReader Touch Edition has enough to set it apart from the superficially identical Nook. The new Nook also managed to beat Kobo's device to market, offering a more than worthy competitor to Amazon's latest. In fact, the devices were seemingly so alike that we created a head to head, in order to see for ourselves precisely what set them apart. True to form, however, Barnes & Noble launched its own device a mere day after Kobo, which for most intents and purposes, looks an awful lot like the eReader Touch Edition. In spite of overwhelming odds, however, Kobo has managed to stay afloat, and even competitive.
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But KOBO’s latest eReader is $10 cheaper than Barnes & Noble’s.When it first announced the launch of its eReader Touch Edition late last month, Kobo referred to itself again and again as the "David" in a reader market full of "Goliaths." It's not difficult to see why - the company's chief competition in the space is Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Sony, all giants in their respective fields.
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The NOOK Touch is still a more versatile device since it runs Google Android 2.1 and can be rooted and made to run other third party apps. But the browser does make it possible to use the KOBO Touch for more than just reading books. That makes it difficult to fill out some web forms in the browser, and you’re not going to be able to download EPUB files or other digital books to read on the device. You can’t download files using the browser and there’s no enter key on the on-screen keyboard. Members of the MobileRead forum spotted the Kobo Touch browser option in the device’s wireless settings panel. But you should also be able to read text-based web sites including most newspaper web sites, or say, your favorite blog about mobile technology. Generally eReader makers throw these browsers in so you can connect to WiFi hotspots that require you to check a button or login to a web site before using public wireless networks. The web browsing experience on an E Ink display is never very good since you’re stuck looking at black and white pages with slow refresh rates. It turns out the recently released $129 Kobo Touch also has an unadvertised web browser. The new Barnes & Noble Simple Touch Reader isn’t the only 6 inch E Ink eBook reader with a built-in web browser. How long will my Fire Tablet get security updates?.
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