Remember how I had said that the new Kobo ereader would have a color E-ink screen? I withdrew that prediction when I learned that the new color E-ink screens had a screen resolution (in color) of only 100 ppi, and now I am glad I did.
Details are starting to leak about the new Kobo Nia. We still don’t know many specifics, but a partial product listing was discovered by MobileRead members. It told us that the Kobo Nia will have a 6″ Carta E-ink display, with a screen resolution of 1024 x 758.
It looks like the Kobo Nia is going to be an entry-level ereader. Its specs might beat the basic Kindle, but the screen alone puts it below the Kindle Paperwhite, which means it cannot be anything other than an entry-level device.
I can also tell you based on the FCC filing that it will have Wifi but not Bluetooth. The battery is specced at 1Ah, and the filing said the Nia had 16GB of storage.
As for the design, it’s going to be a black rectangle (Kobo is not terribly original in that regard).
Your guess is as good as mine when it will launch, but based on this leak I would expect the Nia to be announced in the next month or so, if not sooner.
You just finished reading Kobo Nia to Sport a 6″ Carta E-ink Screen which was published on The Digital Reader.