massive news out of kobo rakuten today two new e-readers have been released a new libra and a new forma ellipsa combination kind of thing we'll explain that in a second the libra is called the libra NUMBER_TOKEN and it is a continuation of the libra hNUMBER_TOKENo released in NUMBER_TOKEN why they got rid of the hNUMBER_TOKENo is because they don't really need it they did it back then when they had the kobo hNUMBER_TOKENo and then all subsequent devices had ipxNUMBER_TOKEN ratings anyway so you don't really need that the other one is called the kobo sage it is kind of a forma form factor but it employs the stylus capabilities from the ellipsa let's go over to the chalkboard because class is in session and we need to tell you a bunch of stuff regarding this let's talk about the libra NUMBER_TOKEN first faster ink screen and more storage with bluetooth is the little pitch they gave you well that is fantastic so what are we looking at here it is a NUMBER_TOKEN inch so it's the same kind of form factor as the libra hNUMBER_TOKENo was it was kind of that forma esque clone but a smaller screen they are using a e-ink carta NUMBER_TOKEN screen check the video card at the top of the screen here if you want to watch it in action it has a NUMBER_TOKEN by NUMBER_TOKEN resolution with NUMBER_TOKEN ppi and dark mode that's really nice so you can flip all the images there the device size has increased in every single wave from the previous gen NUMBER_TOKEN by NUMBER_TOKEN by nine so it is much bigger and it is significantly heavier it is NUMBER_TOKEN grams previous gen was NUMBER_TOKEN. it has a one gigahertz processor yes it's waterproof and it is made by netronics now something really fun we're just going to go back to me for a second because there was a little bit of a tangent that happened with kobo all of their devices were basically made in taiwan and then recently the last two devices the nia and the elipsa were both made in china and those were undoubtedly the weirdest devices to come out of kobo a NUMBER_TOKEN-inch that was fairly unimpressive and a NUMBER_TOKEN inch note-taking slate with a stylus they are back to manufacturing in taiwan with these new devices and it does seem a little bit more in character let's continue on here we have wi-fi bluetooth all that kind of stuff comfort light you do have NUMBER_TOKEN gigs bass now you don't have the NUMBER_TOKEN gig model anymore and the battery has been upgraded to NUMBER_TOKEN milliamps this is all looking very very nice the price is all over the place it's going to be NUMBER_TOKEN canadian NUMBER_TOKEN usd you can just read the little image cards on the left we have now this is the big boy the kobo sage and why this is a big boy is because it is following the eight inch screen size that the forma is and it also has a very similar layout it's got the side buttons and it's got the asymmetrical design when held in portrait this one does have the kobo compatible stylus which is that one we're guessing with the quadruple
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