The Clara 2E also supports Audiobooks, which the Clara HD did not have. A USB-C port adorn the lower width of the reader, with the requisite regulatory labels. Speaking of which, the Clara 2E supports 15 file formats natively – EPUB, EPUB3, FlePub, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, and CBR. The latter is double that of its Clara HD predecessor, and is definitely welcome for loading non-text materials like manga and comics onto the device. Under the hood, the Clara 2E has a 1GHz dual-core processor, 512MB of RAM, and 16GB of built-in storage. ![]() I found this outlook attractive as it made the entire set-up feel even more like paper, while reducing glare. The Clara 2E is designed with a sunken screen and protruding bezels. Glass would have increased glare under sun, and made the display less pin-sharp. (PHOTO: Esmond Xu)Ī benefit of e-ink displays is that they provide a matte, capacitive experience without requiring a glass panel on top. ![]() I have seen animated banners while loading some pages on the built-in browser, they cannot be described at fluid – but that is not what you use an e-ink screen for. E-ink displays are designed for comfortable consumption of high-contrast static material on a paper-like experience. While the better contrast is welcome, response time improvements are less meaningful. This is the exact panel and resolution on the 5th-gen Kindle Paperwhite, except that the Clara 2E has a denser and more portable 6-inch display, while the Paperwhite has a less dense but larger 6.8-inch one.Īccording to the screen maker E Ink, the Carta 1200 panel brought about a 20 per cent improvement in response time over its Carta 1000 predecessor, and 15 per cent improvement in contrast ratio. The screen here is a E Ink Carta 1200 panel running at 1,448 x 1,072 resolution, giving 300 pixels-per-inch display density. A ribbed, matte design makes the Clara 2E comfortable to hold. This e-book reader will be among the lightest and most portable that you can find on the market. The Clara 2E comes in at 112 x 159 x 8.66 mm, and weighs 171 grams. Its back has a ribbed texture for a better grip, and while the colourway is described as dark blue, can look rather close to black. The Clara 2E has a body that feels well-made and sufficiently rugged for a day out to the beach. It has a 6-inch screen with 300 pixels per inch resolution, 16GB of storage, IPX8 water resistance that can handle an hour underwater, and a body made out of 85 percent recycled plastics.Īs with other Kobo e-book readers, one big selling point for Singapore users is OverDrive, which lets you directly connect to, and borrow, e-books available on the National Library Board (NLB) catalogue.Īt first glance, the device bears obvious similarities to the Kindle series, not that there is anything wrong. I recently tried out Kobo Clara 2E, a S$219.90 (on Kobo’s Singapore store) e-book reader from Japanese retail giant Rakuten. ![]() ![]() When it comes to e-ink tablets – where the readout you get is crisp like print on paper, and without the glare of an LCD screen – there are decent, competitive options beyond a well-known Amazon Kindle.
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