Kobo’s intelligent new distant makes cozy studying even higher

Whenever you’re studying a e-book on an e-reader, all you normally must do is faucet or swipe the facet of the display to turn the page. Nevertheless, to make readers much more immersed of their tales, Kobo has launched a brand new gadget that permits you to flip the pages of books “with out lifting a finger.”

Kobo has announced that it’s releasing a wi-fi distant for its lineup of e-readers, permitting you to show the pages of books with the press of a single button. It has been aptly named the Kobo Distant and is ergonomically designed for consolation, weighing simply 35 grams — a lot lighter than holding an e-reader.

Whereas a distant for turning pages on an e-reader might sound pointless, it may very well be fairly helpful in a number of conditions for avid readers. Particularly if you’re studying in mattress and do not need to transfer, or when you may have your Kobo propped up whereas cooking, consuming, understanding, learning or on a flight. Kobo describes its new distant because the “preferrred studying companion.”

The Kobo Distant might be stocked in shops and on-line beginning November 4 within the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and extra, priced at $30 USD ($35 CAD).

What Kobo e-readers might be appropriate with the Kobo Distant?

Its powered by a single AAA battery and features a lanyard

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Should you’re inquisitive about choosing up the Kobo Distant, it is appropriate with any of Kobo’s Bluetooth-enabled e-readers, together with the Kobo Clara 2E, Clara BW, Clara Color, Libra 2, Libra Color, Sage, Elipsa, and Elipsa 2E.

For the reason that distant works by Bluetooth, all you must do is pair it together with your Kobo, and it’ll immediately begin working. The Kobo Distant is powered by a single AAA battery, which ought to final fairly some time and will be simply changed.

“The Kobo Distant is the proper accent for peak immersive studying; it is an invite to lounge deeper, multitask smarter, and easily get pleasure from studying with out limits, irrespective of whether or not your surroundings is seashore or blankets,” stated Michael Tamblyn, CEO of Rakuten Kobo, in a press release.

Except for simply having the ability to flip the pages of books, the Kobo Distant can even play/pause content material in audiobooks and regulate the quantity. Nevertheless, Kobo emphasizes that it may possibly’t be used to skip chapters in audio content material.

If you’d like a Kobo Distant, you may snag it on Kobo’s web site beginning November 4 for $30. I am actually fairly a fan of this distant, and I can see myself utilizing it in numerous conditions, like working on the treadmill or after I’m on a protracted flight or practice experience. The Kobo Distant additionally features a lanyard you may connect to it and put in your wrist to assist stop dropping it.