![]() ![]() ![]() Not locked into Amazon? Kobo’s online e-bookstore carries over 5 million titles. If you’re shopping for someone who is an Amazon fan, the Kindle Voyage is tough to beat, especially if they already own a library of Kindle e-books or they're an Amazon Prime member. Both offer excellent side-lighting solutions, Wi-Fi (although 3G is an option exclusive to the Voyage), long battery life, 4GB of storage and the ability to borrow e-books from public libraries. Otherwise the two e-readers are pretty evenly matched. The Kobo H2O also lacks the Kindle Voyage’s bezel-mounted page turning buttons, relying purely on touch-screen page flips. I find it’s plenty sharp, the extra size is appreciated (without adding bulk) and Kobo tops the Kindle when it comes to e-book customization (24 font sizes to eight, plus 11 font styles and additional customization options). However, the Kobo’s display is larger at 6.8-inches. The Kobo’s display is slightly lower resolution -265 ppi instead of 300 ppi- and I find it’s not quite as “white” as the Kindle’s. You aren’t really giving up much by going with the Kobo Aura H2O instead of the Kindle Voyage, although the H2O is priced $20 less (actually, at time of publication, Kobo had knocked it down to a $40 difference). ![]() Kobo Aura H2O Delivers a Flagship Reading Experience Or you could pay a third party company to waterproof the device, but you’ll pay dearly for that upgrade. You could stuff the Kindle Voyage in a protective case, but that’s ugly and anything that covers the display inevitable detracts from the reading experience. The kind of reader who doesn’t want to scramble to put their book safely way just because they get caught in a bit of rain while waiting for a bus. The person who wants to read while on vacation, sitting by their pool or even in the bath tub. The Kobo Aura H2O is perfect for the hardcore reader. ![]()
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