Kobo Elipsa

The ereader that wants to take on an iPad

Kobo is the global number two player in the e-Reader industry. The company has done a very good job over the years with international expansion and selling their devices in a retail setting. This allows customers to play around with the units before they buy them, this is something that Amazon has not really been able to solve, outside of the US, with their small footprint of bookstores. Kobo first started developing e-readers in 2010 and have released 16 different E INK devices over the years. They have always put a priority on consumers and various e-readers hit different price

The Kobo Elipsa's razor-sharp 10.3-inch display is perfect for displaying large-format books and documents, and its stylus is handy for marking them up. It doesn't come with a lot of bells and whistles, but everything it does, it does very well.

Sold with a stylus and magnetic cover, Kobo Elipsa's in-book note taking, Dropbox support, and e-textbooks for sale make it excellent for students.

Kobo's Elipsa offers a clean UI, good file format support and basic but well implemented handwriting features.

Kobo’s Elipsa is the latest in the Amazon rival’s e-reading line, and it’s a big one. The 10.3-inch e-paper display brings it up to iPad dimensions and puts it in direct competition with the reMarkable and Boox’s e-reader tablets. It excels on reading experience, gets by on note taking and drawing, but falls a bit