E-reader designer and manufacturer Rakuten Kobo has
today introduced a new addition to their range in the form of the Kobo Forma a
waterproof e-reader that is capable of being submerged into metres of water for
up to 60 minutes without any damage. Fitted with an 8 inch 300 PPI E Ink Carta
display offering users a resolution of 1440 × 1920 pixels, the new reader will
be launching soon and pre-ordering will start on October 16th, 2018.
Weighing 197 g and measuring 160 x 177.7 x 8.5mm the
Kobo Forma e-reader is equipped with 8 GB of internal storage together with a
front facing ComfortLight PRO with settings allowing users to adjust the colour
temperature of the light to suit their requirements.
Other features of the e-reader include TypeGenius
offering users 11 different fonts and over 50 font styles to choose from as
well as exclusive font weight and sharpness settings, says Kobo. 14 file
formats are supported natively including : EPUB, EPUB3, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF,
PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, and CBR.
Fitted with a rechargeable 1200 mAh battery the
e-reader is capable of running for weeks at a time from a single charge and is
fitted with connectivity via both micro-USB and wireless 802.11 b/g/n. For more
details and full specifications jump over to the official Kobo website by
following the link below. Supported languages include : English, French,
German, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Brazilian, Portuguese, Japanese, Turkish
