{"id":17933,"date":"2021-10-05T04:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/10\/05\/best-of-both-worlds-rakuten-kobo-introduces-kobo-sage-and-kobo-libra-2\/"},"modified":"2021-10-05T04:15:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T04:15:00","slug":"best-of-both-worlds-rakuten-kobo-introduces-kobo-sage-and-kobo-libra-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/10\/05\/best-of-both-worlds-rakuten-kobo-introduces-kobo-sage-and-kobo-libra-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of both worlds: Rakuten Kobo introduces Kobo Sage and Kobo Libra 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Both feature packed eReaders&#13;<br \/>\nhave Bluetooth\u00ae wireless technology\u00a0<\/i><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">so booklovers&#13;<br \/>\ncan listen to Kobo Audiobooks<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Kobo Sage unites reading,&#13;<br \/>\nwriting and listening all in one sleek package<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left\"><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media&#13;<br \/>\nOutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 5 October 2021 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/\">Rakuten Kobo<\/a> announces the&#13;<br \/>\njoint launch of Kobo Sage and Kobo Libra 2, two new feature-rich eReaders that&#13;<br \/>\ntake Kobo&#8217;s digital reading offering to the next level. Continuing our mission&#13;<br \/>\nto make reading lives better, Kobo Sage and Kobo Libra 2 are built to inspire,&#13;<br \/>\nwith an ergonomic design readers love plus new Bluetooth\u00ae wireless technology&#13;<br \/>\nso you can read eBooks or listen to Kobo Audiobooks all in one device.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.media-outreach.com\/Thumb\/500x0\/183044\/raku-image.jpg#image-183044\" width=\"500\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With<b> Kobo Sage,<\/b> enjoy the most luxurious reading experience Kobo has to&#13;<br \/>\noffer with every feature at your fingertips\u2014including the addition&#13;<br \/>\nof Bluetooth\u00ae wireless technology for Kobo Audiobooks. Kobo Sage is our most fully featured device ever,&#13;<br \/>\ntaking reading to the next level with custom designed accessories, such as our&#13;<br \/>\nversatile SleepCovers, all-new PowerCover, and compatible Kobo Stylus to take&#13;<br \/>\nnotes and highlight passages\u2014offering readers the option to read, write&#13;<br \/>\nand listen all on one Kobo device for the first time. Complete with a 8&#8243; HD flush E Ink Carta 1200&#13;<br \/>\nglare-free screen, ComfortLight PRO adjustable brightness and temperature&#13;<br \/>\ncontrol, Dropbox support and 32 GB of storage, the sleek and lightweight Kobo&#13;<br \/>\nSage is ergonomically engineered for total comfort. The device is available in&#13;<br \/>\nBlack, with Kobo SleepCovers in Light Green and Black, and PowerCover in Black.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Packed&#13;<br \/>\nwith features and personality, <b>Kobo&#13;<br \/>\nLibra 2<\/b> is made to fit into your busy life. With more storage, a faster E Ink&#13;<br \/>\nscreen, and now Bluetooth\u00ae wireless technology, Kobo Libra 2 is the&#13;<br \/>\nnext-generation of the popular Kobo Libra H2O. Whether it&#8217;s sunny days or&#13;<br \/>\nstormy nights, the waterproof eReader is as adaptable as you are with a 7&#8243; HD E&#13;<br \/>\nInk Carta 1200 glare-free screen, ComfortLight PRO adjustable brightness and&#13;<br \/>\ntemperature control, and 32 GB of storage. Available in White and Black, with&#13;<br \/>\nan array of SleepCover colours\u2014Poppy Red, Lavender, Slate Blue and&#13;<br \/>\nBlack\u2014offering great options for personalization.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With&#13;<br \/>\nover a decade of top-rated eReaders under our belt, innovating and improving&#13;<br \/>\nour device line up to ensure Kobo remains the strongest digital reading option&#13;<br \/>\non the market has become second nature. We&#8217;re continuously working with book&#13;<br \/>\nlovers to make our offering\u2014from eReaders, eBooks and audiobooks, to our Rakuten Kobo&#13;<br \/>\napp\u2014as strong as possible to improve the reading lives of our valued&#13;<br \/>\ncustomers,&#8221; said Michael Tamblyn, CEO, Rakuten Kobo. &#8220;With Kobo Sage and&#13;<br \/>\nKobo Libra 2, we&#8217;ve infused the features Kobo users love with the latest&#13;<br \/>\nsoftware and&#13;<br \/>\nBluetooth\u00ae wireless technology so you can read or listen through your Kobo and&#13;<br \/>\ntake your entire reading life with you wherever you go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tamblyn&#13;<br \/>\ncontinued: &#8220;With Kobo Sage, our world-class product designers took the digital&#13;<br \/>\nreading experience even further with support for the compatible Kobo Stylus so readers&#13;<br \/>\ncan really engage with their eBooks, making notes, marking up eBooks and&#13;<br \/>\nhighlighting notable passages for active, insightful reading. The&#13;<br \/>\nintroduction of the new premium PowerCover for Kobo Sage is another exciting&#13;<br \/>\naddition, keeping your eReader protected and charged while you&#8217;re on-the-go to&#13;<br \/>\nmaximize your reading time. From reading and writing to listening to Kobo&#13;<br \/>\nAudiobooks, Kobo Sage does it all\u2014and now with even more battery life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Available&#13;<br \/>\nat\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sg.kobobooks.com\/\">https:\/\/sg.kobobooks.com\/<\/a> and select retailers, Kobo&#13;<br \/>\nSage will retail for $399.90 SGD, SleepCover for $59.99 SGD, PowerCover for&#13;<br \/>\n$119.99 SGD and Stylus for $59.00 SGD as well as Kobo Libra 2 for $289.90 SGD&#13;<br \/>\nand SleepCover for $59.00 SGD. Pre-orders will be available on October 5 and&#13;<br \/>\nthe devices will be available in stores and online beginning October 19 in&#13;<br \/>\nSingapore.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Get to know Kobo Sage and Kobo Libra 2<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Read or be read to, the choice is yours<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kobo Sage and Kobo Libra 2&#13;<br \/>\nare our first eReaders with Bluetooth\u00ae wireless technology and Kobo Audiobook<sup>[1]<\/sup>&#13;<br \/>\nsupport so you can take your story wherever you go, even when your hands are&#13;<br \/>\noccupied. Waterproof for up to 60 minutes in up to two metres of water, the&#13;<br \/>\neReader&#8217;s go-anywhere design is sure to make a splash, worry-free. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Read comfortably in any light with ComfortLight PRO<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The&#13;<br \/>\nlatest devices feature our built-in ComfortLight PRO technology, so readers can&#13;<br \/>\nenjoy their books from day to night with ease and choose their own light&#13;<br \/>\nsetting based on personal preference. Simply adjust the brightness of your screen&#13;<br \/>\nand blue light control\u2014changing colour temperature to give your eyes a break\u2014to&#13;<br \/>\nlimit eye strain and let you read well into the night, without affecting your&#13;<br \/>\nsleep. Kobo Sage and Kobo Libra 2 also come with a Dark Mode option for white&#13;<br \/>\ntext on black.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Enjoy the benefits of seamless library integration<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Readers can borrow eBooks from most local&#13;<br \/>\npublic libraries right from their device with built-in one-touch OverDrive&#13;<br \/>\naccess. Set-up is easy and free with a library card. Through the integrated&#13;<br \/>\ncatalogue, booklovers can search for the title they want, and depending on&#13;<br \/>\nlocal library availability, choose to borrow from OverDrive or buy through the&#13;<br \/>\n24\/7 Kobo eBookstore. OverDrive integration is available on all of Kobo&#8217;s&#13;<br \/>\ncurrent eReaders in Singapore.<i\/><\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Stress-free reading, no&#13;<br \/>\nmatter the device with the help of the Kobo App<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Extend your reading&#13;<br \/>\nexperience with the free Kobo App for your smartphone or tablet\u2014ensuring your&#13;<br \/>\nlibrary is always with you, even when your eReader isn&#8217;t handy. We remember&#13;<br \/>\nwhere you last bookmarked a page, so you can pick up where you left off and&#13;<br \/>\nnever lose your place, no matter which device you choose.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Take Kobo Sage to the next level with purpose-driven accessories<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Deepen your&#13;<br \/>\neBook reading experience with the Kobo Stylus <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Kobo Sage and the Kobo Stylus you&#13;<br \/>\ncan mark up, highlight and jot notes<sup>[2]<\/sup> in your&#13;<br \/>\neBooks and PDFs<sup>[3]<\/sup>&#13;<br \/>\nwith ease, making reading and notating nonfiction titles, essays or assignments&#13;<br \/>\na breeze. With pressure sensitivity mimicking a ballpoint pen, the Kobo Stylus&#13;<br \/>\nis customizable\u2014choose the pen type, shade, line size and eraser size that&#13;<br \/>\nsuits your needs\u2014so you can write directly on the page, just like a pen on&#13;<br \/>\npaper. Underline or circle, and easily erase or highlight, with two helpful&#13;<br \/>\nbuttons located on the side of the stylus. Kobo Sage&#8217;s built-in notebook&#13;<br \/>\nfeature keeps all of your notes easily accessible and can convert your writing&#13;<br \/>\nto clean text. <\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Read longer&#13;<br \/>\nwith the all-new Kobo PowerCover <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the latest evolution of our beloved&#13;<br \/>\nSleepCovers, the Kobo Sage PowerCover<sup>[4]<\/sup> keeps&#13;<br \/>\nthe eReader&#8217;s HD touchscreen protected and delivers convenient on-the-go charging.&#13;<br \/>\nWith easy magnetic attachment, just slip the Kobo Sage into its PowerCover and&#13;<br \/>\nit will charge from the built-in battery. The PowerCover also automatically&#13;<br \/>\nsleeps and wakes the device when you open the cover. If you&#8217;re pairing your&#13;<br \/>\nKobo Sage with Kobo Stylus, the PowerCover has a designated slot* to keep your&#13;<br \/>\nstylus close at hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\"\/>\n<div id=\"ftn1\">\n<p><i\/><sup><i>[1]<\/i> <\/sup><i>Bluetooth\u00ae&#13;<br \/>\nwireless headphones or speaker are required.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn2\">\n<p><i><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/i><i> Readers can make notes in eBooks borrowed&#13;<br \/>\nthrough OverDrive, but notes will not stay on the eReader after the eBook is&#13;<br \/>\nreturned to the library.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn3\">\n<p><i><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/i><i> PDFs with digital rights management or&#13;<br \/>\npermission limitations are not compatible with markups or annotations.<\/i><i\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn4\">\n<p><i><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/i><i> Kobo Sage PowerCover does not charge Kobo Stylus.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-10-05\/97469\/best-of-both-worlds-rakuten-kobo-introduces-kobo-sage-and-kobo-libra-2\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both feature packed eReaders&#13; have Bluetooth\u00ae wireless technology\u00a0so booklovers&#13; can listen to Kobo Audiobooks Kobo Sage unites reading,&#13; writing and listening all in one sleek package \u00a0 SINGAPORE &#8211;\u00a0Media&#13; OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 5 October 2021 &#8211;\u00a0Rakuten Kobo announces the&#13; joint launch of Kobo Sage and Kobo Libra 2, two new feature-rich eReaders that&#13; take Kobo&#8217;s digital reading &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}