![]() ![]() I think this is because that model has more LED lights to provide even light distribution. When we compared the illuminated screen side by side with the Kobo Aura One, the One had a brighter display with whiter whites. The Edition 2 has a great front-lit display and you do not have the blueish hues that plague other e-readers on the market, such as the Barnes and Noble Nook Glowlight Plus. If you have an older Kobo model with front-lit display, you will be pleased to know that the Toronto company has made great strides in refining their entire lighting system. Most e-readers these days have at least 8 GB of memory and for a company like Kobo that sells millions of books a year, it would suck not to be able to have them all available on your device, in addition to a your own collection of PDF files. I think that the low capacity storage will likely be a deal breaker for most people. There is no easy way to insert a higher capacity card unless you know how to use clone imaging software. There is a hidden SD card on the circuit board, but it powers the operating system. There is 4 GB of internal memory and with no option to enhance it via an SD card for your average user. If I had to guess, it is very likely they are using a 1 GHz Freescale i.MX507 processor, and either 128 MB of RAM or 512 MB of RAM. I have reached out to them for an official comment and will update this review once I hear back. Kobo has not disclosed the processor or how much RAM this device is using. ![]() These specs make it a very basic e-reader by 2016 standards and there are plenty of similarly priced alternatives on the market, such as the Kindle Paperwhite that has a resolution of 1430×1080 and 300 PPI. The Edition 2 features a six inch E-Ink Carta display with a resolution of 1024 X 768 and 212 PPI. The Kobo Aura Edition 2 on the other hand has a sunken screen and not an edge to edge display. The screen had a flat plastic panel, featuring an ‘edge to edge’ display without a raised border found in predecessors. The Kobo Aura that was released in 2013 featured several improvements to its immediate predecessor, the Kobo Glo. It is an entry level device and very affordable. Long term, I think it makes sense to have the function on as many devices as possible.The Kobo Aura Edition 2 is the latest e-reader to hit the market and it is closer to the Kobo Glo HD than a true spiritual successor to the Aura. In the short term, reserving Overdrive for the Aura One makes sense. Purchase that, and you can borrow books through the device. Maybe we'll see some sort of subscription service that includes Overdrive. For older devices, they might need to charge something extra. Maybe that is included in the price of the Aura One. Someone suggested the problem might be licensing. The original Aura and Aura HD are harder to guess about, but the Aura H2O and Glo HD are still being sold, so I think not enabling the function would be a bad idea. And there might be a technical justification as these have less RAM than the newer devices. ![]() I could see them not releasing it to the older devices such as the Touch, Mini and Glo. I was expecting it on the Aura Edition 2, as it was being released with the Aura One. It's more a matter of when and if something else will be needed. Long term, I think Overdrive will come to the other devices. ![]()
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