Kobo officially
shows off its latest e-book reader, the Kobo Vox, which it claims as
the “world’s first social e-reader.” By “social,” Kobo is not pointing
to the Vox’s integration with Facebook, as most recent e-book readers
have. The Kobo Vox comes with a social e-reading platform collectively
called “Reading Life,” which enables users to form book clubs, where
members read a single title at the same time and discuss about it. Also
included in the platform is the Kobo Pulse that lets users find and join
discussion of passages and pages as they read a book along. It is also
integrated with Facebook Ticker, so expect messages such as “Kristoffer
turned a page in Moondogs — 2 seconds ago.” (Yes, I am currently reading
that Alexander Yates novel. It’s a good one.)
The
Kobo Vox also gathers stats such as reading time by title and overall,
number of pages turned, total number of titles downloaded, and even
awards received.
As for the specs, in case you missed it,
the e-book reader features a 7-inch LCD with 1024 x 600 resolution, 8GB
of internal storage, a microSD card slot, and six hours of battery
life.
Pre-orders are now accepted, with a suggested retail price of $200.
Source: TechCrunch
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