Kobo’s Pocket interface is so slick that it makes a Kindle’s ability to sync content from an Instapaper look archaic by comparison. In addition to reading books, it’s also possible to consume articles saved to a Pocket account with the Clara HD. If you want to buy a book, the Kobo Store is accessible via a link at the bottom of your device’s homepage. Unlike Amazon’s subsidized, advertising-rich interface, the Clara HD’s UI doesn’t force new book suggestions down your throat. Speaking of the Kobo Store, you’d scarcely know it’s there. There are icons for managing the device’s backlighting, Wi-Fi, and battery life, and options for searching your device’s memory or syncing your books bought from the Kobo Store to the cloud. The top of its home screen is lined with a drop-down menu that provides access to your library, Pocket articles (more on that in a moment), and a Settings menu. The e-reader’s onscreen user interface is spartan and easy to navigate. That’s twice as much as a standard Kindle Paperwhite has onboard. As for storage, you’ll find 8GB of flash memory under the hood. For an E-Ink device designed to serve up text, this is a pretty zippy chipset. The Clara HD’s display can be illuminated by white or soothing orange front lighting.īuried inside of the Kobo Clara HD is a 1GHz Freescale Solo Lite processor and 512MB of RAM. Given the propensity for white- and blue-spectrum light to keep folks awake at night, Kobo’s orange ComfortLight PRO front lighting is a win for anyone who wants to wind down for the night by reading in bed. What’s more, the Paperwhite is only capable of illuminating its display with white light. Its eight white LEDs provide more consistent illumination than the latest-generation Kindle Paperwhite’s front lighting can. The Clara HD’s front lighting bests the Paperwhite as well. The same can’t be said, however, for images: the Clara HD displays photos at a much higher resolution. While reading the same book on both devices over the course of a week, I didn’t note any difference in the sharpness of text. The Clara HD packs a six-inch, 300-ppi Carta E-Ink display, just like the Paperwhite does. Add to that the textured plastic back, and the Clara HD is a comfortable hold, even one-handed, for long periods of time. With its trim dimensions (6.2 x 4.33 x 0.3 inches) and 5.85-ounce heft, the Clara HD is a featherweight compared to the Kindle Paperwhite. The Clara HD definitely wins on hardware.
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