{"id":176347,"date":"2016-08-18T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=176347"},"modified":"2016-08-18T10:02:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T08:02:26","slug":"kobo-aura-one-e-reader-takes-on-the-amazon-kindle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/176347-kobo-aura-one-e-reader-takes-on-the-amazon-kindle.html","title":{"rendered":"Kobo Aura One e-reader takes on the Amazon Kindle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rakuten Kobo has revealed\u00a0a new e-reader which will take\u00a0on Amazon&#8217;s Kindle devices, the Kobo Aura One.<\/p>\n<p>It features a 7.8-inch, 300ppi\u00a0touchscreen display and weighs 230g.<\/p>\n<p>The Aura&#8217;s built-in reading light also won&#8217;t keep you up at night, said Rakuten.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By reducing blue light exposure, Kobo Aura One&#8217;s\u00a0enhanced front-light technology lets people enjoy nighttime reading without impacting their sleep,&#8221; said the company.<\/p>\n<p>An ambient light sensor detects light levels in the room and sets the screen brightness accordingly.\u00a0Users can also manually\u00a0adjust the light settings.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Aura One is also water resistant, meeting\u00a0IPX8 standards.<\/p>\n<p>Kobo has announced launch dates for the US &#8211; selling for $229 &#8211; the UK, and several other countries.\u00a0No launch date\u00a0or pricing has been announced for South Africa.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Kobo and Kindle<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/169327-new-amazon-kindle-for-79-99.html\"><strong>New Amazon Kindle for .99<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/159257-critical-software-update-for-older-kindles.html\"><strong>Critical software update for older Kindles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/63592-kobo-touch-ereader-for-sa.html\"><strong>Kobo Touch eReader for SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rakuten Kobo has unveiled a new 7.8-inch e-reader: the Kobo Aura One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":176355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[36,1099,38595],"class_list":["post-176347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-active","tag-kobo","tag-kobo-aura-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176347"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176361,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176347\/revisions\/176361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}