This will prove useful to readers who wear glasses or contact lenses as the font size stays sharp when increased. The Aura HD's 1440 x 1080 screen resolution is noticeably sharper than standard 6-inch models which have 1024 x 768 displays. Readers who are night owls, or like to read in dark environments such as long-haul flights, can use the adjustable, built-in front edge lighting which provides even light distribution across the screen.

Malcolm Neil, Kobo's Director of Content Acquisition and Publisher Relations told me that the Aura HD was a device with limited availability which was made specifically to fit the needs of the most voracious eBook readers.Īccording to Neil these readers had told Kobo that an ideal 'luxury' eInk reader would have a larger screen than six inches, a sharper display and a larger battery capacity for long trips. It also means that reading the Aura HD with one hand gets tiring whereas holding the Kobo Glo one handed is more comfortable. However this comes at the expense of greater weight and the Aura HD is 240g: the Kobo Glo and Kindle Paperwhite tip the scales at 185g and 213g respectively. The Aura HD's 6.8-inch screen offers about 30 per cent more display space than a standard six-inch eReader so you won't have to flip pages quite as often. If you're a fan of eBooks and usually read more than 50 of them a year, then the new Kobo Aura HD eInk eBook reader may be exactly what you need.

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