![]() ![]() Welcome to the new and improved Kobo Reddit Rules ![]() What is better? Check out our comparison review below.Anything and everything about the Kobo eReader. ![]() ![]() If PDF files are your jam, Kobo Nia does a better job than Amazon. You can have more control and deeper customization options. Kobo appeals to new, but also advanced users. The OS seems more stable and the entire experience is designed for new users. I feel the Kindle software is more stable, although they frequently discontinue support for older devices, whereas Kobo continues to support them.ĭoes the Nia or Kobo provide better long term value? I feel Amazon does a better job with selling the hardware and frequently discounts the Basic and Paperwhite on a monthly basis. You can make notes, highlights and annotations, although the Kindle has public highlights, so you can see what other people are doing. Page turn speed is similar, and so are number of options to adjust the font, line spacing or margins. Both of these have no physical page turn buttons, so you have to rely on the touchscreen. The reading and shopping experience is similar. The Kindle has a wider selection of ebooks, since more people self-publish with Amazon than Kobo, more publishers focus on the Amazon ecosystem, since this generates more revenue. X-Ray is great for finding more about a book, Goodreads provides a social media experience for talking about books with your friends, or even strangers. You can setup user profiles have have different reading settings pre-configured. The Kindle is aimed at the casual audience, it doesn’t have many advanced features, but it makes up for it in different ways. The Kobo has Overdrive available in many countries to borrow ebooks from the library, Pocket is great for reading blog articles, there are also reading goals/rewards and advanced ereading features, such as being able sideload in your own fonts. On a software level, both of these devices run Linux and have vastly different user experiences. The Kindle basically has better hardware specs than the Kobo, but the Kobo has more storage, so it is a toss up. The Nia has a paltry 256MB of RAM and but has more storage than the Kindle with 8GB. The Kobo is employing a i.MX 6ULL processor, Arm Cortex-A7 core, which operates at speeds up to 900 MHz. There is Bluetooth available for wireless headphones and you can buy audiobooks from Audible. The Kindle has a NXP 6SLL (Cortex-A9 processor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage. It has 4 white 4 LED lights that are on the bottom of the bezel and project light upwards, so it is not shining in your eyes. The Kobo Nia features a six inch E INK Carta HD capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1024×758 and 212 PPI The Kobo also has 5 white LED lights. This is the first Kindle with a front-light display, which allows you to control the brightness using a slider bar. The entry level Kindle e-reader features a 6 inch E Ink Carta display with a resolution of 800×600 and 167 PPI. What is the better buy, the brand new Kobo Nia or the Kindle? The screen size, resolution and hardware is mostly the same. These two devices tap into massive ebook ecosystems that have similar books. The Kobo Nia and Kindle Basic are entry level e-readers, designed for people on a budget. ![]()
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