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instead of going small with its new top-of-the-line Yankee reader cobos gone big the ro1 sports a seven-point eight inch screen that's significantly larger than the six inch screens found on all of Amazon's Kindle e-readers however at 230 grams or 8.1 ounces this is thinner and a touch lighter than Cobos earlier Ora h2o which has a smaller 6.8 inch screen so you're basically getting more screen without adding any weight I also liked how the back of the device has a rubberized textured finish which makes it a little easier to grip like the h2o this one's also waterproof and even more so it's got a higher ipx8 rating which means it can be submerged in up to 2 meters of water for up to 60 minutes no Kindle is currently waterproof although Barnes & Noble's latest Nook is other upgrades include an ultra-high resolution 1872 by 1404 300 pixel per inch display 8 gigabytes of on-board storage instead of 4 gigabytes an improved integrated lighting system allows you to adjust not only brightness but color temperature which is kind of cool battery life is rated up to a month and there's Wi-Fi connectivity but no cellular option as you'd expect from a Kobo e-reader you can shop for ebooks using the Kobo ebook store but in the US Canada the UK Australia and New Zealand you could also check out library ebooks via overdrive which Kobo now owns other supported formats include ePub PDF and mobi as well as various image file formats HTML and comic-book file formats at $230 the Oro one is fairly pricey but the value proposition here is that you're getting a so-called open e reader that has a large crisp eye ink display and for those who like to read in the bathtub or any other body of water it's also fully waterproof I'm David Carney for cnet.com that's the Kobo aura one eReader thanks for watching you