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priced at 180 dollars Australian 130 dollars in the US and 110 pounds in the UK the Kobo Glo HD is a slick crisp eReader with some great features I'm Nikki Lee senior editor for Senate cobos latest model in its long long range of readers is not only slimmer and lighter than its predecessor it also as the name suggests packs in an impressive 1448 by 1072 pixel resolution on its six-inch card at 8 inch screen that's 300 pixels per inch up from 213 on the original glow the glow HD is just nine point two millimeters thick or 0.3 of an inch and weighs just 180 grams or six point three ounces the design goes even more minimalist with only a single button and a micro USB port that functions for both PC connectivity and charging this means the backlight button that was on older Kobo e-reader is gone with brightness now controlled by the touch screen the light itself is uniform across the screen and makes for a very pleasant nighttime reading experience the Glo HD features a now standard one gigahertz processor which makes very very smooth experience with your changing pages or just zipping around the interface there's no microSD port so you're stuck with a full gigabyte of internal memory which is actually pretty good when you think about the average size of an e-book the Kobo Glo HD has a tidy and clean design with a great run of features all at a really good price it's an excellent upgrade from the globe but if you're already using a Kindle you'll need to have a big think about the Kindle voyage before you consider swapping manufacturers and ecosystems I'm Nick Healy for more videos and reviews head to cnet.com