Kobo’s intelligent new distant makes cozy studying even higher

If you’re studying a e-book on an e-reader, all you often need to do is faucet or swipe the facet of the display screen to turn the page. Nonetheless, 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 could possibly be fairly helpful in a number of conditions for avid readers. Particularly while you’re studying in mattress and do not wish to transfer, or when you’ve got your Kobo propped up whereas cooking, consuming, understanding, finding out or on a flight. Kobo describes its new distant because the “ultimate studying companion.”

The Kobo Distant can be available 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 can be suitable with the Kobo Distant?

Its powered by a single AAA battery and features a lanyard

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For those who’re keen on choosing up the Kobo Distant, it is suitable 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 need to do is pair it along 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 might 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 take pleasure in studying with out limits, regardless of whether or not your atmosphere is seashore or blankets,” stated Michael Tamblyn, CEO of Rakuten Kobo, in a press release.

Other than simply with the ability to flip the pages of books, the Kobo Distant may play/pause content material in audiobooks and modify the amount. Nonetheless, Kobo emphasizes that it may well’t be used to skip chapters in audio content material.

If you would like a Kobo Distant, you’ll be able to snag it on Kobo’s web site beginning November 4 for $30. I am truthfully fairly a fan of this distant, and I can see myself utilizing it in numerous conditions, like operating on the treadmill or once I’m on a protracted flight or prepare experience. The Kobo Distant additionally features a lanyard you’ll be able to connect to it and put in your wrist to assist forestall dropping it.