Overview Date: Might 2024 – Overview unit bought from Walmart
Overview
The Kobo Libra Color was launched on April thirtieth, 2024. It’s the primary ereader from Kobo to characteristic a shade E Ink display, together with the Kobo Clara Color. Each are related functionally, however the Clara has a 6-inch display and the Libra has a 7-inch display, and the Libra Color additionally provides web page flip buttons and stylus help for notetaking.
The Libra Color provides a number of further software program options as properly, together with help for Dropbox and Google Drive for transferring recordsdata wirelessly, and it has the total Notebooks app from the bigger Kobo Elipsa is you’ve got a stylus, and it’s also possible to write immediately on the pages of ebooks utilizing a stylus.
Like all Kobos, the Libra Color helps OverDrive for library ebooks and Pocket for sending internet articles for offline studying, and Kobo audiobooks are supported as properly, but it surely doesn’t help audiobooks from the library.
Individuals are at all times asking if Kobos help Kindle ebooks, however solely Kindles help Kindle books as a result of that’s how Amazon does issues. It’s doable to take away the DRM from Kindle books to learn them on a Kobo, and vice-versa, however Amazon is making the method harder on a regular basis, and since you need to obtain Kindle ebooks one after the other it may be fairly time consuming.
Kobo Libra Color Fast Overview
Execs
- The display really seems to be fairly good for shade E Ink in case you have real looking expectations, and it’s good to have shade for a change on a devoted Kobo ereader.
- The design is a bit more refined than the earlier gen Libra 2; it’s a bit thinner and lighter, and the deal with edge is extra rounded and comfy to carry.
- The very fact they added notetaking to the Libra for the primary time is a pleasant bonus.
- The brand new Kobos are repairable so if the display breaks or it is advisable exchange the battery you are able to do it your self.
Cons
- Shade E Ink screens aren’t fairly as clear and distinction isn’t fairly nearly as good as common E Ink screens. See the Kobo Libra display comparability evaluate.
- Primary plastic casing isn’t something to put in writing house about.
- The Kobo Stylus is offered seperately and prices $70.
Verdict
I’ll admit, I ended up liking the Libra Color greater than I believed I might, however the Libra 2 is one in all my favourite Kobo ereaders ever so I suppose that shouldn’t be shocking, and I’ve been reviewing ereaders with shade E Ink screens for 4 years now so I’m already aware of the shortcomings of shade E Ink and know what to anticipate.
Placing issues in perspective, the Libra Color is inexpensive than related shade ereaders, and whereas it isn’t as succesful as Android-powered units that may set up apps, like those from Onyx, I believe Kobo’s units are higher at being precise ereaders.
I’m nonetheless undecided Kobo is the most effective platform for buying color-based studying content material, and I’m undecided a 7-inch display is idealy fitted to shade content material, however Kobo units do help numerous codecs they usually play properly with Calibre.
On the finish of the day, I wouldn’t have an issue utilizing the Kobo Libra Color if it was my solely ereader, however, admittedly, if I’m solely going to be studying ebooks I might somewhat learn them on a daily black and white ereader as a result of I’m used to the look of these screens. It’s good to have shade for sure issues however in relation to simply studying plain textual content it doesn’t matter within the slightest, so except you’re studying habits embrace lots of shade content material there actually isn’t a lot of a motive to get a shade ereader over a daily ereader, except you prefer having shade covers and multicolored highlights and notes.
Kobo Libra Color Video Overview
Associated Articles
Kobo Libra Color vs Kobo Libra 2 Comparability
5 Issues to Know About Shade E Ink Earlier than Shopping for
Attainable Bugs
I’ve been having a problem with the primary gen Kobo Stylus not being detected periodically, but when I hold messing with it it begins to work once more. It would simply be a low battery, however I don’t have any that dimension and it’s not giving a low battery warning, and I’m not having an issue getting the stylus to work with the Kobo Elipsa.
One other difficulty I’ve encountered is extreme display flashing at instances, like within the video evaluate when first opening the cookbook, but it surely doesn’t occur fairly often. General, display refreshing is fairly good with a minimial quantity of ghosting in comparison with another shade E Ink units.
One other factor, I don’t know if it’s a bug precisely, however when viewing comics in panorama mode you possibly can’t simply scroll across the web page with out utilizing pinch-zooming. It might be higher should you may scroll up and down the web page with out having to resize it, or, even higher, have a approach to set the web page buttons to scroll down the entire web page as a substitute of simply going from the center of 1 web page to the center of the following web page.
Kobo Libra Color Specs
- 7-inch E Ink Kaleido 3 display (1264×1680).
- 300 ppi for black and white content material; 150 ppi for shade.
- Capacitive touchscreen.
- ComfortLight PRO – frontlight with temperature management.
- Waterproof – IPX8 rated.
- CPU: 2.0GHz dual-core.
- 32GB space for storing.
- WiFi (2.4GHz + 5GHz).
- Bluetooth for audiobooks.
- USB-C port.
- Battery: 2050 mAh.
- Battery Life: Kobo says 40 days primarily based on studying half-hour per day with the frontlight at 30% and wi-fi off.
- Rotation sensor.
- Person replaceable battery and different substitute components offered on iFixit, together with screens and motherboards.
- Helps Kobo Stylus 1 and a couple of (and doubtless different MPP styli).
- Supported doc codecs: EPUB, EPUB3, FlePub, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR, KEPUB, plus Kobo audiobooks.
- Dimensions: 144.6 x 161 x 8.3 mm.
- Weight: 199 grams.
- Sells for $219 USD on Amazon.
