Kobo’s intelligent new distant makes cozy studying even higher

If 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 if you’re studying in mattress and do not need to transfer, or when you might have your Kobo propped up whereas cooking, consuming, figuring out, learning or on a flight. Kobo describes its new distant because the “perfect 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 appropriate with the Kobo Distant?

Its powered by a single AAA battery and features a lanyard

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Should you’re occupied with choosing up the Kobo Distant, it is appropriate 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 could 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 get pleasure from studying with out limits, irrespective of whether or not your surroundings is seaside or blankets,” mentioned 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 can even play/pause content material in audiobooks and modify the amount. Nonetheless, Kobo emphasizes that it could’t be used to skip chapters in audio content material.

If you’d 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 varied conditions, like working on the treadmill or after I’m on a protracted flight or practice journey. The Kobo Distant additionally features a lanyard you possibly can connect to it and put in your wrist to assist forestall dropping it.