Kobo Libra Color - A First Look

The Kobo Libra Color has arrived and it’s time to unbox and start-up the device. In this first look video, we talk a look at the hardware and get a sense of the responsiveness of the device. The next video will then be a full review.
0:00 Putting the Libra Color in Context
4:13 Let’s Unbox This Thing!
6:46 Opening the Useless Clear Case
8:24 Starting for the First Time
9:24 A Quick Look at the Stylus (not included)
10:18 Back to the Set Up Process
11:04 Quick Go Through the Tour
13:03 Checking Out the Notebooks
14:45 Sample of Annotating in a Book
17:35 Front Lighting
18:23 Page Turns in Action!
19:15 Rotations
20:41 Magnetic Connection
21:28 The Weigh-in
22:00 Wrap-Up and What Comes Next
Here is the visual tour of the Kobo Elipsa 2E, which the Kobo Libra Color is very similar to (the latter being smaller and with color). So check out this video for a detailed overview of the features and settings of the device.
• Kobo Elipsa 2E - A Vis...

[@jenniferdubay3769]

This was great! These color Kobos have gotten so much hype. I am super excited to watch you break it all down. Eapecially the battery consumption pieces. Looking forward to the next one.

[@Grey-Fox]

Other Surface compatible pens also work on this device. The Kobo pen is just a rebranded Metapen M2. So the M2 will work, the M1 will work, and the Raphael 520C will also work.

[@jeffreymoss]

I had no idea! I have a pen that came with the Surface Book 2 and I just started writing and it worked. Thanks for the tip!

[@danlowe]

I've run a Surface Laptop Studio for a couple years that has a magnetic pen dock. The pen is admittedly $120+ so maybe I'm more conscious but every time it snags on my bag (say, 5% of the time or less) and catapults off from the released surface tension, I go back to leaving it in a safe fabric pen pouch sewed into my backpack. Magnet is neat while in hand but doesn't seem worth the risk while traveling

[@harshwardhanbahirat5692]

Compare b/w text on both, new vs old libra

[@Rsmin]

Jeffrey, are you still enjoying the Libra? I don't really need the notebooks since i already have a Supernote and remarkable 2. I like the idea of the Libra mostly because of being to annotate notes and highlights in color on the books themselves.

[@jeffreymoss]

I'm going to release my full review tomorrow. But yeah, I like it. I think it's best as an ereader/annotator. I'll probably give mine to my wife as I'm happy with the Bigme S6 Color+ Lite as my go-to ereader.

[@Rsmin]

@@jeffreymoss Thank you for the reply. Look forward to the review.

[@davidr1431]

The backlight looks very nice and even. Do you happen to know if the company that makes the screen also makes the backlighting or is that the device manufacturer?

[@jeffreymoss]

That's my understanding, that Eink provides both the screens and the front lighting modules.

[@davidr1431]

@@jeffreymoss that’s interesting. It might be user bias, but the lighting in my scribe seems so much better than than on my note air 3.

[@jeffreymoss]

@@davidr1431 I know what you mean. I see differences between devices with front lighting. For example, I was looking at the Elipsa 2E compared to the Bigme Inknote Color+ and I had to reduce the Elipsa to less than half intensity just to match the max. brightness of the Bigme. Not sure what drives those differences. I see differences between the Bigme and the Note Air 3C and they are supposed to be using the same Kaleido 3 screen. I'm not sure what is going on there.

[@eyhtwozed2606]

Can you zoom in and zoom out with touch? Most if my comics are kept in onedrive

[@user-ez4jy6jj4g]

Yes you can

[@jeffreymoss]

You can, and then you can scroll across the page. One thing to note however, is that in order to remove the ghosting, the screen will refresh each time its changed, which creates a flashing effect. It doesn't bother me that much, but you do notice it.