Kobo Made A Remote Control For Its Ereaders

Kobo is making a distant power for its statement of ereaders. The appropriately-named Kobo Remote costs $30 and will beryllium available to acquisition connected November 4.

A distant power for an ereader whitethorn look silly to some, but avid readers will apt admit this accessory. It's fundamentally a wireless page turner, truthful users tin laic successful furniture and publication each time without having to physically clasp nan instrumentality aliases prop a manus up to push a fastener each 30 seconds. Kobo is calling it "the perfect reference companion."

It has been custom-built for Kobo products and will beryllium disposable successful some achromatic and white, which matches nan company's different products. It tin merge pinch immoderate Kobo ereader pinch Bluetooth functionality, which includes nan Libra 2 and nan well-reviewed Clara Colour.

“In a Canadian winter, we cognize that sometimes maximum reference comfortableness intends burrowing down successful nan blankets, tucking yourself successful and not emerging until spring,” said Rakuten Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn. “The Kobo Remote is nan cleanable accessory for highest immersive reading; it’s an invitation to lounge deeper, multitask smarter and simply bask reference without limits, nary matter whether your situation is formation aliases blankets."

The distant will beryllium disposable successful aggregate regions, including nan US, Canada, Europe, Australia, Singapore, Japan and galore others. The institution says it'll beryllium sharing much specifications astir nan distant soon, but we aren't judge what specifications could beryllium near to share. It's a distant power for an ereader. Maybe it tin do 1 aliases 2 unexpected things.