- Kobo has simply introduced a distant web page turner for its ereaders
- It is going to be available for purchase in most main markets from November 4
- Kobo, nonetheless, is but to announce any new ereaders for 2025
I am an avid reader. Somebody as soon as instructed me that if a median reader goes via about 3,000 books in a lifetime, I might most likely have learn 6,000. Most of that studying is completed in mattress, the place I’ve my (month-old) Kobo Libra Color propped up beside me on its magnetic cowl, my arms tucked underneath my head or underneath the blanket. And each minute or two, I would like to stay a hand out to press a page-turn button.
The brand new Kobo Distant, nonetheless, might utterly change that have for me.
Sure, Kobo has simply introduced a brand new hands-free studying expertise by way of its new distant web page turner that might be available for purchase all over the world from November 4 in black and white variants.
I hoped for a brand new ereader (Kobo hasn’t introduced something in 2025), however I will take it.
Look, mum, no arms!
Distant web page turners aren’t new – you will get low-cost RF (radio frequency) ones on Amazon simply sufficient, however most of them are appropriate with Kindles and could be glitchy with different manufacturers. I ought to know, I’ve tried utilizing a pair with my outdated Kobo Elipsa 2E and with the Onyx Boox Be aware 3 Air and I’ve probably not appreciated the expertise.
The Kobo Distant is Bluetooth enabled and is appropriate with solely the model’s ereaders, however I think it would work on different ereaders too (though Amazon’s disabled Bluetooth connectivity in Australia, the place I am primarily based, so there goes that experiment).
When you already personal certainly one of Kobo’s Bluetooth-enabled ereaders, the corporate guarantees “absolutely the minimal of motion to disturb your studying cosiness”. I am looking forward to this expertise, and may’t wait to strive it as soon as it is available for purchase. It should price $29.99 / AU$44.95 within the US and Australia, with value within the UK to be confirmed.
