Kobo’s intelligent new distant makes cozy studying even higher

While you’re studying a e-book on an e-reader, all you normally must do is faucet or swipe the aspect of the display 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 may appear 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 need to transfer, or when you’ve gotten your Kobo propped up whereas cooking, consuming, understanding, learning or on a flight. Kobo describes its new distant because the “excellent studying companion.”

The Kobo Distant will probably be stocked 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 will probably 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 taken with 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.

Because the distant works by Bluetooth, all it’s important 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 may be simply changed.

“The Kobo Distant is the right accent for peak immersive studying; it is an invite to lounge deeper, multitask smarter, and easily take pleasure in studying with out limits, irrespective of whether or not your atmosphere is seashore or blankets,” mentioned Michael Tamblyn, CEO of Rakuten Kobo, in a press release.

Apart from simply with the ability to flip the pages of books, the Kobo Distant also can play/pause content material in audiobooks and regulate the quantity. Nonetheless, Kobo emphasizes that it may possibly’t be used to skip chapters in audio content material.

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