I bought a Kobo about two years ago for my elder daughter, Grace. Last week I saw the black Friday deal from Chapters. Kobo Mini at $49.99, original price is $79.99. So I called it a great deal.
It is smaller. It can be put inside pants pocket. Reading is good habit for kids. Grace has a big one, small Kobo Mini is good for here little sister, Gloria.
It is very small, and light. Only 134g. But the capacity is 2GB. You can put a lot of books in it.
The technical specs:
| Size | 102 x 133 x 10 mm (4 x 5.2 x 0.4 in) |
| Weight | 134 g (4.73 oz) |
| Processor | 800 MHz processor |
| Display | 5″ E Ink touchscreen; Vizplex V110 display; 16-level grey scale |
| Screen | Responsive touchscreen for glare-free, fingerprint-resistant reading |
| Buttons | Power on/off |
| Connectivity | Wi Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Micro USB |
| Storage | 2 GB* |
| Battery | Over 1 month with Wi Fi turned off.** |
| Supported File Formats | Books: EPUB, PDF and MOBI Images: JPEG, GIF, PNG and TIFF Text: TXT, HTML, XHTML, and RTF Comic Books: CBZ and CBR |
| Colours | Available in black or white. Three interchangeable backs are available for purchase: ruby, purple, and teal. |
| eBookstore |
over 3 million eBooks, newspapers, and magazines. Over 1 million free titles. |
| Kobo Everywhere | Kobo eBooks are stored safely in the cloud — retrieve them at anytime. Bookmarks and settings are seamlessly synced across all your Kobo eReading apps and devices. |
| Social Reading | Includes Reading Life. Track your reading stats and share what you’re reading, favourite passages, and Reading Life awards to Facebook and Twitter. |
| Kobo Picks | Brings readers personalized recommendations based on their feedback and preferences. |
| Fonts | 7 font styles with 24 font sizes and exclusive weight and sharpness settings. |
| Open | Read almost any eBook on your Kobo Mini. Supports ePub and Adobe DRM. |
| Dictionary | Built-in dictionary. |
| Notes, Quotes | Highlight text, type notes, share to Facebook and Twitter. |
| Advanced Features | Library personalization, predictive search, brightness controls, double-tap PDF zoom in, SimpleTurn™ page turning. |
Let us have a look inside.
The back of the box.
There only two items actually. Kobo mini device and a USB cable.
The Kobo Mini and Kindle Touch side by side.
