Kobo adds touch screen functionality to its eReader-- combining the touch-based controls with a more reader-comfortable e-ink screen.
To get around regular e-ink touchscreens (which tend to suffer from being low contrast) Kobo uses IR sensors to detect where the user's fingers are. The screen itself is 6" in size, with 16 greyscale levels.
Being wifi enabled, it also allows for internet browsing as well as ebooks (in epub and pdf formats). It also comes with free apps for iDevices, Blackberry (smartphones and Playbook), Android smartphones, PC and Mac.
Kobo says the device's battery life is up to 10 days, while memory is expandable to 32GB via SD cards.
